The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-05-13

ton have the honor to notify you
that they, under instructions from
the Japanese government, have de-
cided to concentrate enemy civilians
under their jurisdiction in the Con-
centrated Camp n to be pres
ent at the Honan Missionary Socl-
ETY., Honan, Canton, at 2 p. m. on
Feb. 5, 1913. Any enemy civilian who
ignores this notification and is not
present at the above place at the
appointed time without unavoidable
reason will be strictly punished"
Follows a list of conditions i'm
posed on the enemy civilians" add
ing that they should make an in
ventory of private properties which
will be left behind and should pre-
sent it to the nearest Japanese gar
rison," which will later be brought
to camp"
Were Expecting Order
I'VE were quite prepared for this.
as some of our fellow nationals and
allies are already there" Mrs. Law
son writes. There has been no dis
tinction as to years. Mrs. Todd -
age 70 went some days ago. At
the present time Chester CDr. Law
SOM and his mates are not to join
us, as they are military prisoners
and we are civil. Rumor has it that
at a later date they may join us.
THE Oriental Missionary Society
is located on a heavily populated
island which is part of the city
the single ladies are to live on the
third floor of a church. 1 with five
other widowed ladies each having
a child will live on the second floor
of the girls dormitory. We each
have a separate Don and share a
dining-living room. We have sent
there every single thing we can
think. of to make us comfortable. All
this was accomplished in four days.
Tired would be inadequate to de-
scribe the way we feel. We have
also prepared some so boxes of
goods belonging mostly to other
people to store in the American con-
800.
I'm the meantime we have a
constant stream of guests - to wish
well and bring us gifts of food,
etc. The staff of the hospital here
gave us a bag of flour and about
so pounds of sugar which represents
about s100 the way things are here
now.
Must Finance Selves
Speaking of finances, the con-
.centratees are to finance themselves,
as they have been doing, on funds
from the U. S. A. 1t has been
pointed out to us this is an exact
counterpart of treatment accorded
prisoners in the U. S. A. Is this the
we are not dismayed, the finan-
,ial situation is good. We have
supplies and enough things to make
is comfortable. Milk Will be OBJ
for John and he will have
he company of other children, for
which he has been burning
There will be about go in all AND
- we have not given up hope OF
'epatriation every once in a while
hear some cheering possibility
- and internment, E. c., or what
you, we are still the happiest {
people in the world to be citizens
# the U. S. A. In fact, it is quite
lmusing to hear the pride in our {
'oices when questioned about it by
capCOrS ...
Letter Refused
This week when I sent my weekly I
iasket and letter to Chester, 1t was |
NO explanation being given g
kept that temporarily the men are t
lot to receive anything. This both
RS me because 1 was able to help {
ut their meagre meals considerable
nth my contributions. {
1T is now over three months
ince they left and the only visitor
hey have had is the Swiss consul,
Tho saw them once. My last letter
rom Chester came through Dec. 80.
t is to be presumed that I will
eceive no more They + however
Violently in fine condition and have
fairly decent program OF living
out" n
In a postscript, she writes that t
)r. Lawson is informed with a Brit I
IN physician, "a fellow of the Royal '
of Surgeons so they get a y
ot of mutual profit from each 8
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