New Britain herald., 1926-01-30

-. pItal has four or five Chinese doc- tors and two Missionary doctors at presenO. Students from our high school volunteered to so into the wards as volunteer nurses; others went Into the dispensary; still oth- CTS aided elsewhere. A military Red Gross unit came back shortly after the return of the Shantung army and relieved the hospital Of some of the shantung soldiers who were less severely wounded. and were able 10 be moved. Some who came to the hospital were in terrible shape: one man had five bullets pass thru parts of his body, and he Is said to be the only one of his "p'eng" of ten men survived at all. Not n few wounded civilians were brought in also.
 Care for 2300 Refugees
 Al times like these. the terror stricken populace hardly know where 10 turn or what 10 do. Somo days ago an organization was ef- fected consisting of leading men of tho city (with some Of us mission aries included), to provide refuges for women and children in case there should be fighting. The mis. sion compound and the Christian church were the two places desig- mated. During these days we have had something like 23o0 refugees to take care of in these two places, in addition to giving medical aid to the wounded. It was no small task to care for this crowd of women and children. over 1890 In the mission compound and the rest at the Christian church.
 Bandits have beon carrying on their depredatons just few miles 10 tAe south east of here for some weeks past. It is rumored that the Shantung army made an agreement with the bandit chiefs, whereby 300 bandits were taken into the army temporarily. and led the attack on the "onomy" forces when Techow was rccaptured on Monday. It Is rumored also that, as part of the agreement. the bandits were 10 bo given free hand in the city for three days after the return of the Shantung army, | ot all the rumors we hear can be edited (we hear dozens of themD. But there seems 10 be no doubt that bandits did come in. in fact we g " that part Of the advance cavalry did not have ordinary uniforms of soldiers: and there is no doubt thGG there has been a great deal of footing in the city, since Monday, part of it by soldiers. doubtless. and part of f. by bandits. The mission compound has not been molestcd; the military authorities have promised protection 10 the foreigners, and a guard has been stationed around our com pound Nevertheless there was tremendous tension and fear among many of our students, teachers. and others, a panic of fear such as l have never before witnessed, which reached its clima; on Tuesday night. Nothing happened to us and condi- lions have been gradually improv- ing: about tWo-tlirjs of our stu dents petitioncd that school be clos cd. and that they be allowed to 50 homo (portrr Middle school is q boarding schooN. but that step does not seem 10 be justified at this time: so we have been endoavoring to continue classes, tho under very great handicap.
 ClOsetl-No Merchandise
 I was on inc street today, and nearly every shop is closed, many Of them nailed up on the outside. Most of them bear signs which read like this: This shop footed, al- ready empty" "'rhs shop footed several times. empty" Several nights ago this shop was footed; no one inside; do not call:" "Lootcd, closed 10 business" This shop footed; business suspended tempor-. arily." Now of course, there may be moro than one reason for putting up .a sign like that on ones shop; but the fact remains that most of these shops really seem to be empty, Without doubt there has been pretty thorough footing of shops, and also of many homes. There is reason TOT tho terror which comes upons th" helpless people at such a time Of
 disorder. rhe city will probably not recover for q considerable time And tho whole country side is af- rccted. Peanuts and cotton and oth- rr crops cannot he shipped out, the military authorities have had charge of tho railroad for nearly 1.-two months. and no ordinary freight has been hauled for weeks past. Photographic communications have now been restored ill certain directions, and one train a day is operating now between here and Tsinanfu. A part of tho ShantunG army has gone northward, where .therc is more fighting 10 be done Yesterday and today wo have TO- lccivcd mail from the United, a nice lot of it coming from friends in New Britain.
 Now this is rather a dark picture It is not q true picture of China as whole. Hut ii is an account of what has actually been happening in this region for thirteen days past. .As mentioned above, this is only one of the zones of warfare this fall and winter. No one can vet torsce the end of it. It is not easy 10 over throw a military autocracy or military bureaucracy here in China or in any other place. II is hard 10 sec how anything of good can come 10 China from this warfare. There is nothing anti foreign about it. the foreigners have been protected and have been about the only refug"