The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-10

of Christianization," said Doctor Todd
When l first went to China with the
Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board
in 1902, We had hard shedding. The
coolies were against us. and for that
matter they still call us foreign dew
lis The monicker. however. does not
hold the meaning now that it used to.
1t is more of a common nickname
now. where before it was used in con-
tempt.
China politically is in a far worse
shape than the United States. The
politicians of this country could learn
many tricks of the trade from the
Chinese politicians A former bandit
and the bandits in that part of the
country are. believe me, Tery bad. A
woman is not any safer than a man,
when out of the cities They will hold
you up, and not content with taking
your money, they'll take your life.
THE Kung zee hospital is located
on the outskirts of Canton, and we
have a wonderful location. We have
fifteer acres of ground, and ten of
those acres had to be cleared of graves
before We could erect any buildings"
Bury Dead ANY Place.
Cleared of graves" asked the re-
porter. Don't they hare a general
place to bury their dead?"
mo, they have general place to
live and bury their dead any place"
said Doctor Todd. There are seven
million graves all over the mountains
in an around Capton. The Chinese
bury their dead almost any place, and
that has been one of their customs for
centuries, and when you remember
that China is the oldest country in the
world. it is not strange that the graves
literally cover the places outside the
city. .s
Forty Autos fOre2 Million People.
Canton is a city of about two mil
lion people, and in the entire city there
are 40 automobiles. We own one; a
Ford and the coolies never cease ask
ing to be admitted to the hospital gar
age to see the machine.
In connection with the suburban
hospital, we have an emergency hos
pital right in the heart of the city. 1t
isNequipped with forty-two beds, and a
sufficient number of nurses and doc
tors TO take care of all the emergency
cases. Both of the hospitals are owned
by a corporation of heather China
men. not one of them Christian. under
the name of the Chinese Philanthropic
society. The board of directors is
composed of several Cinnamon, who.
tho they are heathens, do not bother
the Christian teaching in the hospital.
In connection with the actual hospital
work, we operate a school for fifty
pupils They are taught by Christian
teachers and we never have enough
room for the applicants.
DO the Chinese take readily to
the Christian education?" asked the
reporter.
School Strikes Frequent.
"They most certainly do, that is,
where they can. In the public schools
of the country, the government
schools. the pupils show signs of being
Americans. When something goes
wrong that they do not like. they call
strike. boycott the school, and
leave. In the missionary schools,
however this is an entirely different
thing. The missionary teacher soon
learns how to handle the coolie, and
a result of this skillful handling
the Chinaman cannot come to school
enough. They crowd the doors, and
we turn away hundreds of applicants
every day"
he Todds landed in Vancouver
Canada, August 8. and spent some time
there before coming to Topeka. They
intend to remain for some time in the
United States, at least until the latter
part of October.