Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-06-01

'tiAo ShNSolCo. ASt Hdu D6eu WARN
ed by telegram to take flight, bu
had remained at their post and tn,
city raised the white flag at the ap
proach of President Suns men. Sc
we secured passage on a not-yery
large steamboat called the Kwons
Wing, one Saturday afternoon, an(
that evening struck across 40 mile:
of sea for the mouth of the great
winding West River. The armed
guards of whom some mention haC
been seen in the papers, We're in ev.
ldence, and the front part of the up
per deck was enclosed with armol
plate, the upper half hinged so il
could be swung up into place like a
door upon occasion. 1t was also no
ticeable that the pilot house and of
fcers' quarters were shut off from
the rear end of the vessel by iron
bars and doors. The operating crew
was Chinese, but three white Off
GERS were aboard to meet the re-
quirements of the law and be of
real service if they were needed
Apparently in normal times they
are not needed, but if a boiler tube
plays out the chief engineer eX-
poets to have TO get into working
clothes and repair it.
Sunday morning breaks at Sam
Shut, a notat-all interesting place,
and here the boat lies until evening
to catch the last passenger from
Canton. Monday about II o'clock
brings us to Wuchow and we are
very glad indeed to see our friend
~
wharf boat AS the Kwong Ying
draws alongside. woman is seen
in a sampan between the wharf boat
and the steamer, polling first one
way and then the other, our Cap
tain British expressing some fears
for her safety, but we are soon
ashore and hear of no damage done.
Passage is engaged on a smaller
boat for the remainder of the voy-
age and we are to leave in the morn
ing. This ship" sails by kerosene
motor power; has two cabins; and "a
row of open berths around the edge
of what might be called saloon"
at sea, or the dining hall at home.
There had been considerable talk
on the Kwong Ying about the trou
oil boat had been seized by robbers;
a boat was held up and released af
ter the American in charge told
them they did not dare to touch
him, being one of Uncle Sans men.
They replied they had fired too
many shots at him and he must pay
for them, so he passed over $40. \
government gun boat, having been
fired upon had turned back; there
had been some trouble the week be-
fore. When the chief engineer of
our first boat learned where we
were going, he bowed and said:
God bless you" as though he
thought we might need the favor.
A Mr.. Rasmussen, in the service of
the Asiatic Petroleum Co., had been
and was still held-"for
political purposes" said the engi-
neer, but for ransom it appears now.
Such things make a not very bright
outlook for an inland trip in for
eign country, but our hearts were
not upset and we had no other idea
than that of going on the next day
A considerable number of mis-
a good sized force of Gus
toms officials (Europeans) and
some American business people hold
forth at Wuchow. A protracted
under a tent was going on
and Mrs. James and | went up at
night. leaving Mr.. Smith on the boat
with the "stuff.' We were very
one woman learning we
were from Kentucky, rushing at the
writer with both hands extended A
gentleman who had spent time in
Camp Zachary Taylor took US in
charge. extending the hospitality of
his home and we accepted, finding
him and his wife to be exceedingly
people. Before retiring,
late as it now was, | was shown
the unfinished hospital the
Baptists are building here and oc-
cupying as they go. The great Pc
king Union Medical college with
hospital in connection) established
by the Rockefeller Foundation,
makes heavy drafts upon the home
treasury, but this little institution
which moves into each additional
story as fast as the concrete sets up
and makes occupancy possible, is
not only paying its way, but month
before it's fiscal year ends has clear
I'd about IS 900. President Sun is in
he city tonight and we are shown
lis photo in a group with mission
aries and members of his staff. He
las bought some supplies from the
hospital and is on his way up GER
ain going F'tO inspect the
'iver," as he says, but most likely
ooking to the enlarging of the
of South China. During
he night, some shots were heard,
)ut interpreting them as firecrack-
ars (Which are so extensively used
n China) no disturbance was felt
md the night passed without alarm.
As we went down to the poat next
morning there was a well-defned
rail of blood spots up the hospital
steps, bue we didn't know why they
we're there. Tuesday morning finds
is moving up stream; Tuesday night
sees us tied up at one of the unat-
,ractive towns on the river. We'd
lesday we move again and tie up at
night. Most of the boats on the
upper course have been COM
mandeered for bringing down sea-
soned soldiers for the new campaign
and replacing them with less ex-
perienced men for garrison duty.
On Thursday evening boat came
along side and took off a few men
POSSIBLY our guard) armed, so far
as observed, with belts and bayo-
nets! Just little later, when we
were three or four hours from our
destination, another boat, heavily
laden with soldiers both on the boat
itself and the junk tied to her, stop
nod us and the officer came in and