. Fifty years in China : being an account of the history and conditions in China and of the missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States there from 1867 to the present day. mif^ Home of Dr. and Mrs. George C. Worth, Kiangyin tion. Everything was at lose ends, and there werefew of the patriots qualified to gather these up andframe a proper constitution. A few of the leaders were like the raw Irishmanjust landed in New York, who began to crack theshopkeepers over the head with his shillalah and grabtheir belongings. When arrested and taken beforethe court he was sternly asked whether
. Fifty years in China : being an account of the history and conditions in China and of the missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States there from 1867 to the present day. mif^ Home of Dr. and Mrs. George C. Worth, Kiangyin tion. Everything was at lose ends, and there werefew of the patriots qualified to gather these up andframe a proper constitution. A few of the leaders were like the raw Irishmanjust landed in New York, who began to crack theshopkeepers over the head with his shillalah and grabtheir belongings. When arrested and taken beforethe court he was sternly asked whether he had beendrinking. No, your Honor, replied Pat in a sur-prised tone, but I thought America was a free coun-try. In this sense some leaders thought China was no FIFTY YEARS IN CHINA free. They learned better afterwards from bitter ex-perience. Rapid changes were instituted. Instead ofburning the temples, as the Taipings did, the revolu-tionists converted these dark, germ-breeding buildingsinto primary schools, after making windows in thewalls. The New Flag.—The republic adopted a new na-tional flag, consisting of five horizontal bars of equalwidth, red, yellow, blue, white,
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