New Britain herald., 1927-05-28

AN0SSSASSso AS&40 W SOF
ture of City by Southern
Army.
A graphic description Of scenes Of
looting aud horror In Marking. China,
when the southern army took the
city IL told In . letter just received
through Mrs. F. q. Plat Of this city.
Mrs. Platt who u Z former mission
airy. received the letter through the
Presbyterian mission. The letter
was written by Mrs. Samuel J. Mills,
who was with the Presbyterian Mis-
sion In Marking with her husband
and family. It was written on board
ship. On route to America and 10 a
follows:
On board 8. 8. President Madison,
En- route to San Francisco.
April .. 1927.
Il have to begin away back In
the winter when rumors were rife
everywhere about what would hap
pen when the south came. All fall
We had been hearing tales Of the
places in Human. Of Wuchang. Of
Nanehang and Kiukiang. but In spite
Of the discomforts Of labor strikes
and servant troubles most OF the
people believed In the nav govern
ment. One man wrote my husband
from Wuchang In tho fall. We have
a strike or more every day. but In
spite Of 1t all II 10 = great thing to
be living under such an orderly. pro-
gressivs government: and here's
hoping tho. south will be with you
by Christmas.'
foreigners stayed in all those
cities through the southern oecupa-
ton and were not hurt. One woman
in Nanehang said she was glad she
had stuck through It: that 1t had
brought them 20 very much closer
to thely local Chinese. In Hang,
chow few weeks before they came
to Marking the southerners did not
disturb foreigners and tho only
houses looted were those where peo-
pie were not living at the time.
well. all winter we talked all
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