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Show AMERICAN BOARD MISSION LINTSING, SHANTUNG, CHINA LINTS1NG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL J u l y 5, 19? P. Dear L.rs, L i li l e s t e r a a y came your l e t t e r ox Ma| £3rd witii " i t s draft lor y£S,&G lor the five p e r s o n s , ±% came t h r u r, Grimes and made p r e t t y &ood time down to us - e v i d e n t l y mail i s coming t h r u fay.y normally now, ^s hoon as I ca got t h e draft exchange a I w i l l give it t o i t s owners, Exchange i s ovei two to one now I be4 l i e v e so they will be p l e a s e d. We are a l l here as yen no doubt have hear^- I v{£$te you about a month 01 more ago * School, in the Mble K i n d e r g a r t e n , every-b e f o r e t h i s, ana t u l a you about our a f f a i r s here, lou know then t h a t L i n t s ing was taken May f i f t h by the N a t i o n a l i s ts i^r&i-iM-i-t ^n a t h a t since then the General Staff of Chiang &ai Shek, a l l except t h e great man himself have been l i v i n g in ovT^r Compound in t h e -astman house for n e a r l y two months. Their s o l d i e r s occupy every vacant roorn i n t h e Comyound, in t h e B©ys S ©h o o 1 , i n t fa e H a t e Ho us e , in t h e where but the G i r l s ' School and the Church, The gene r a l s t a f f is leaving t h i s week and we are hoping th&t they wi 11 t ake t he i r a o 16 ie ra a] cng with them, 0 u r re - l a t ions have been of the pleasant e s t and it has been a p r i v i l e g e t o become aBcmainten with t h e s e men who a r e making h i s t o r y in China, We have only p r a i s e ior t h e ir a t t i t u d e toward us and we want America t o know t h a t a n t i - f o r e i g n f e e l i n g i s dying out - we have seen none of it s i n c e I r e t u r n e d . They of course s t i l l feel that the unequal t r e a t i e s must be done sway with but they hav no hard f e e l i n g s apparently towards us as f o r e i g n e r s, Lois and Lr, To da ana Doris l e f t china June t w e l f t h foi S e a t t l e . i won: ei i f you w i l l see them in Berkeley, They v i s i t his people in Eugene, Ore, f i r s t ana expect to be around' San Francisco Bay but a few days, I nope you may see her and t h e baby, i am g l a a t h a t you can r e p o r t Lr. E l l i s so w e l l . The auto w i l l be a good t h i n g for him without doubt ana I am glad t h a t you can have i t. Valley and Alice expect to go to F e i t a i ho i n a day or two via t h e Ching-Kan K.K, ¥ Hugh w i l l go *?/vivTuJ3r* %R* *£&* h t i d h i s v a c a t i o n Mrs R Is in p a l r e a d y , The Whitakers are s t i l l here'"and " t r y %o go n o r t h u n t i l the T a i n - P u K.E w i l l not i s ag a i n runn i ng, |
