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RITTER WRITES ON
CHINA CONDITIONS
Tells of Intense Suffering of
Chinese People and the Rise
of Nationalistic Ideas.
Conditions in China, which have been
commented upon so much recently in
daily papers and have been the source
of much editorial comment from leading
daily papers, are graphically described
in a letter received from H. C. Ritter,
former professor of theology at Duke,
who is now in the foreign mission field.
The letter received at Duke is as fol
lows :
“My dear Friends:-
Your China missionaries are now
passing through a difficult and trying
period. The rising tide of Chinese
nationalism rightly protests against the
injustices and inequalities imposed upon
China by the foreign powers in treaties
that were forced upon her tw o genera
tions ago. The Chinese are awake to the
political and social mlaadjustments in
the internal life of the nation. Po% erty,
illiteracy, corruption, and disease levy
a fearful toll. An increasing number of
men who ardently love their nation
many of them having been trained in
mission schools where they first caught
the vision of a transformed China are
now giving their lives to the promotion
of the revolution. With vehemence they
protest against all oppressions and in
justices, whether imposed upon China
from without by foreign powers or from
within by the forces of reaction and
greed. The ignorant multitudes have
been stirred up and many excesses and
injustices are being perpetrated by those
who are demanding justice for them
selves. Christian work is at a standstill.
The missionaries are foreigners, and
foreigners are blamed for many of the
ills from which China is suffering. The
Chinese Christians suffer great persecu
tion because of their connection with us.
In many places in south, central, and
west China, the missionaries have had
to give up their work and seek refuge
in the treaty ports where there is for
eign protection. Some of the mission
aries are returning to their home lands
until the storm blows over.
In north China the revolution has
made no progress because of the oppo
sition of General Chang Tso-lin, the fam
ous Manchurian warlord. General Chang
represents the old autocratic dictator,
whose existence depends upon the pre
servation of the status quo. He is a bold
ary forces. The patriots who oppose
him are branded as “Reds,” and the war
leader of strength and ability and is
ambitious to impose his authority over
the whole of China. He would pacify
the country by crushing the revolution
is for their extermination. The two sides,
North and South, are now in battle ar
ray, and are energetically preparing for
the 1927 campaign. The southern forces
are the nationalists or revolutionists.
They made unbelievable gains during the
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past year, and flushed with confidence
because of their victories in central
China, they are now pressing forward
against General Chang. In military
strength and supplies the advantage is
with the North, but the southern armies
are fighting for a great cause and are
not mercenaries like the soldiers of uen
eral Chang. The dealiest weapons which
they employ are the floods of revolution
ary ideas which they skilfully dissemi
nate among the enemy troops. In this
way they have already defeated two
powerful warlords —General Uu Pei-fu
and General Sun Chuan-fang. The indi
cations now are that 1927 will witness
the bitterest struggle that China has
known in many years.
The tragedy of the situation is the
terrible suffering of the innocent and
defenseless people. The soldiers often
confiscate the food supplies and leave
the people starving. In two instances in
192(i defeated armies sought refuge in
walled cities and compelled the innocent
people to undergo the horrors of a long
siege. It is reported that 15,000 people
died of starvation in the siege of Sianfu,
which was lifted a few weeks ago. The
soldiers seize the farm laborers and
compel them to do the drudge work for
the army. As the military authorities
have flooded the country with paper
money, which they compel the people to
accept in exchange for supplies, the re
sult has been ruinous to merchants and
farmers. Defeated soldiers become ban
dits and prey upon the country people
and the small villages. Indescribable
suffering has thus come to multitudes
of the Chinese people. However antag
onistic the radical elements may be to
wards the foreigners, the people of China
in their suffering need the sympathy of
all Christian people.
Here in Harbin we have been able to
live in peace and security, but we realize
the situation may change at any moment.
Only a few days ago a prominent Chinese
general living in Harbin was arrested
and executed for an alleged secret
agreement with the Bolsheviki. There is
constant friction between the Chinese
and Russian authorities over the joint
management of the Chinese Eastern
Railway. Many people believe that the
HOUSEHOLD GOODS AT AUCTION
At the late residence of Mrs. Charlie
Crutchfield near New Salem church,
Saturday, Feb. 12, at eleven o’clock,
the household goods of Mrs. Crutchfield
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JULIAN POLK,
MRS. SALLIE ABERNETHY,
MRS. CHAS. L. WILLIAMS,
Heirs of Mrs. Crutchfield.
DR. LUTHER C. ROLLINS
DENTIST
Siler City, N. C.
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Russian government is only waiting for
a favorable opportunity for sending in
their soldiers so as to bring about the
overthrow of General Tso-lin and the
triumph of the southern armies.
My connection with the Chinese Mis
sion in Harbin was dropped in October,
when Bishop Ainsworth visited Harbin
for the annual Mission meeting. The
work is under the direction of the Board
of Missions of our Chinese Church in
central China. Under the stimulus of
national sentiments, they desire to oper
ate the Mission in Harbin without the
aid of a foreign missionary. I believe
they are quite capable of building up
a strong work in Harbin, and I gladly
withdrew from their Mission so that they
might have full responsibility for that
work. When Bishop Ainsworth arrived
in October I asked permission to return
to America rather than have to go back
to central China for an appointment. As
the Russian Mission is short of helpers,
the Bishop asked me to remain in Harbin
and assist in the Russian work for the
time being. So through force of circum
stances this Chinese missionary has be
come a Russian missionary. We hope
that people will not lose interest in us
because of the change. Perhaps this will
serve to waken a new interest in mis
sions as we will now be writing about
the Russians and the work of the Rus
sian mission.
Though we are often discouraged by
our impotence and failure, yet it means
much to us to be able to stand here in
the thick of the struggle and point men
to the Christ through whom alone a new
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I gladly bear testimony to my faith and
look forward with hope and courage to
his ultimate triumph in the world.
Your friend and brother,
H. C. RITTER,
Harbin, Manchuria.”
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One farmer in Wake county sold
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each and has raised one heifer valued
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RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
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On December 14, 1926, God came into
our midst and took one of our most
loved members, Mrs. Fanny Bland.
Therefore, be it resolved; First, that
we bow in humble submission to the will
of Him who is too wise to err and too
good to be unkind.
Second, that her departure brings us
sadness and leaves a vacancy that cannot
be easily filled.
Third, that we extend to the family
our heartfelt sympathy and love.
Fourth, that these resolutions be put
on the minutes of the society, a copy
sent to the family, one to the Christian
Advocate and one to the Chatham
Record.
Mrs. W. C. Abernathy,
Mrs. W. B. Riddle,
Miss Clytie J. Foushee,
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