Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
Former residents
Of China Speakers
AT Church Dinner

Four guests having intimate
knowledge of present-day con-
ditions in China were guests at
the monthly Methodist Fellow
ship Dinner on Wednesday even
ing. Mr.. Tracey Jones, ten years
a YNfCA Secretary in Hong-Kong.
and Mrs. Jones spoke briefly.
Both are now IN the Public Re-
lations staff of Ohio Wesleyan
University. Mr.. and Mrs Paul
Want have spent thirty-three
years in China and are now on
a brief Iurlough. VI Wiali was
the speaker of the evening He
has been a missionary architect
engineer under the Board of Mis-
sions of tie Methodist Church. in
charge of building operations
throughout China hospitals,
homes, schools, churches, social
centers. He was the first to in
troduce modern plumbing in both
Foochow and Shanghai Before
coming home he built a large hos
pital in the Philippines. In Sep
tember he is being sent to Liberia
to begin construction Of a hospital
and three schools.
The Wants were in Shanghai
when the Communist armies took
over and lived under their rule
for eighteen months A brother,
Bliss Want, is still in Yenching.
His address was based or the
political history of China; from
the overthrow Of the monarchy in
1912 by Sun-Yet-Sen's first rev.
olution, through the twelve year
period Of the warlords, the be-
ginnings of communist idealogical
infiltration preceding and through
the second revolution of 1926, the
forming IF the ,JaIlona.'st Gov
ernment under Chang -kai-Shel<,
the bargain made between big
business and Chiang, the conse-
quent better organization Of gov
ernment but also its great weak
nesses and cruelties, the mass ex-
ecution Of con1munists-oEc OK
ample being the execution of three
thousand high school and college
students in Shanghai in single
morning, the resulting hatreds be-
tween the two parties and the re-
vealing fact that all the big
names in The present ruling Com
munist government are survivors
of those days of persecution. He
described living conditions under
present Communist rule, what
happens TO hospitals, schools,
freedom of worship, the diff
fercnt approach to the various
religions Of the country Christi
anity receives the most active OPP
position because it is considered
to be most vital in its effect Ip-
on the people. Catholicism they
are trying TO kill and Protestant
ism to convert to the Party"
Neither is successful Foreigners
are forced out but the native
church is growing more people
attending services and more stud
ents in training and theological
schools than ever before.
In answer to questions Mr.
Want stated tiiat diljlc tic Cnr-
munists are currently definitely in
control of the government they
are not at all popular with the
people as whole. Neither is the
Chang regime popular. The
people still mold q belief in the
friendship Of America and can
be won by friendly overtures and
definite demonstrations, that the
bombing of the Chinese mainland
or going TO war With the Chinese
people would be suicidal
His entire speech was replcte
with Illustrations and anecdotes
of actual experiences. As he said.
he told only what he himself has
seen and heard"
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