Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-07-07

vocabulary have no power to express
the suffering that we see constantly.
American people were talking about
financial depression when I was home.
and about men being out of work.
But what I saw as poverty at home
would be counted one degree above
luxury to thousands upon thousands
Of these poor flood victims who pace
the streets Of our city-homes washed
away In the flood. everything destroy
ed but the rags they have on their
backs, husbands drowned, sons taken
by disease; nothing to eat, nothing to
wear; no way to make money; and
too many Of them to get much out Of
begging either in begging for work or
begging for money or begging for
warmer rags than they escaped with.
I have never seen such wretched
misery and abject poverty In my life
as have seen since last September
and seen so constantly. I hope flood
or famine never strike our district
again as long as / am in China. Well,
that's more than I intended to write;
I'll change the subject now.
There has been quite q long ces-
sation In the fighting In Shanghai but
no satisfactory agreement has been
reached yet, believe, between the two
nations. We feel for China being SO
torn by war when she is already suf-
fering so from famine and disaster
and yet Japan has lot Of reason on
her side. We can't predict what the
outcome will be. We don't even know
what would be best for China-peace
terms or good licking The war, Of
course, has only indirectly affected us
in the cutting off Of transportation
and thus cutting off certain food sup
plies It has entailed no suffering OF
anxiety for ourselves. BY the way,
mentioned in my last letter and sent
you picture of the new administra-
ton building the Women's Bible
Seminary had had build In Shanghai
The two columns of the front cntran &C
is all that was left standing when
fighting stopped in Shanghai. The
school has opened again In rented
building in another part Of the city.
"What the wuchan cities fear most
is an attack by communists It has
been reported again and again that
they were very near and that their
numbers were large. We have had
letters from our consuls warning us
to be ready for evacuation. But the
strongest one came when fighting was
at its worst in Shanghai, SO we felt II
was pleasanter here If not safer: SC
we stayed on. Fears have subsidized
once or twice since then, and we don't
even have suitcases packed In prepar.
alton now. The fact is we live day
after day as If the country were per.
fectly peaceful. Besides the church
work we have widows home with
about thirty widows, and orphanag'
with over three hundred in 1t, schoo
for blind girls with between fifty ant
sixty and a refugee camp with abou
four thousand in which to preach ans
teach and give what temporal relic
we can.
II go to Hankow twice week t,
help bit in the office of the Relig
ious Tract Society. On my way dow,
to the boat Saturday I saw woman
sitting on the curb with y tiny CULVER
ing form under her blouse and quit,
q lot of folks around so that I jus
naturally looked back for another look
I voiced no inquiry but a policeman
standing by saw the look Of inquir.
and informed me that the woman
had just given birth to the child ther,
on the sidewalk. Where she wouls
spend the night. I don't know O
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