. Where half the world is waking up; the old and the new in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, reported with especial reference to American conditions. idence of official corruption placethis evidence of a high sense of honor in private life. A youngChinaman, employed in a position of trust in Hankow, em-bezzled some money. The company, knowing that his familywas one of some standing, notffied the father. He and his sons,brothers of the thief, went after the yoimg fellow and killedhim with an ax. The community as a whole approved theaction, because in no other way could the father free
. Where half the world is waking up; the old and the new in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, reported with especial reference to American conditions. idence of official corruption placethis evidence of a high sense of honor in private life. A youngChinaman, employed in a position of trust in Hankow, em-bezzled some money. The company, knowing that his familywas one of some standing, notffied the father. He and his sons,brothers of the thief, went after the yoimg fellow and killedhim with an ax. The community as a whole approved theaction, because in no other way could the father free his familyfrom the disgrace and ostracism it would have incurred byhaving an embezzler in it. The Yangtze River trip from Hankow to Shanghai, men-tioned in my last letter, I found very interesting. We werethree days going the 600 miles. The Yangtze is the thirdlargest river in the world and navigable 400 miles beyondHankow, or 1000 miles in all. It would be navigable muchfarther but for a series of waterfalls. Nearly thirty mileswide toward the mouth, its muddy current discolors the oceansblue forty miles out in the Pacific, I am told. In fact, I think. FASHIONABLE CHINESE DINNER PARTY
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