STANLEY HIGH STANDS FIRM FOR

FOREIGN MISSIONS

Stanley High, a stirring leader in the revolt of youth, started out last year to visit the mission fields, in the expectation that upon his return he would write a series of articles that would "indicate something of the fundamental unity of all faiths, and indorse the idea of their eventual synthesis." Those articles have never been written, but instead we have Awaking World, which makes out a strong case for foreign missions and the uniqueness of Christianity. "Whatever I have seen," he writes in closing, "of need and of ministry, has convinced me that 'there is no other name given under heaven whereby men may be saved.'

Mr. High admits that he went to the field a victim of the prevalent American uncertainty regarding foreign missions. He has returned with the conviction that the "Save America First" program would be disastrous for Christianity, and impossible of execution anyhow. Moreover, it is difficult for him to see how the wavering faith of the church at home can be restored without some "more active, personal participation in that life-changing business of Christianity" which is already in operation on a mission field that extends to the farthest people across the farthest sea. "Foreign missions, to be sure, is an agency for the Christianization of the world; but it may provide an influence for the revitalizing of Christianity. As long as it contributes to either task the missionary enterprise-however reorganized and re-adapted-is indispensable."

The author, true to his colors, has plenty to say upon the necessity of a reorganization of our forces in favor of the nationals and a re-adaptation of our methods to meet the needs of an awaking world. His report of what he saw in Africa, India, Malaya and the Far East, and the stories he gives us of the transforming power of the Gospel are what many need today who are so tragically "well-walled against the disturbing spectacle of the world's need at home and abroad."

1 By Stanley High. Pp. 233. Abingdon Press, New York. $1.00 cloth, 60c paper.

BELOIT COLLEGE AND FOREIGN MISSIONS

At first thought reference to Historical Sketches of Beloit College, by Edward Dwight Eaton, may seem out of place in a foreign missionary magazine, but one does not question the appropriateness of our noticing the book when he realizes how much the cause of Foreign Missions owes to the graduates of Beloit-such as Arthur H. Smith and the Porters of China, Davis of Japan, Dewey, Christie and Wilson of Turkey, Eaton and Wright of Mexico, Ennis of 1 A. S. Barnes & Co., New York. Pp. 319. $2.00.

Africa, Katherine Gates of India-when he realizes how closely Beloit's great leaders, like Presidents! Chapin and Eaton have been identified with the American Board, and how nobly the institution has exemplified the spirit of the missionary enterprise in its struggle to secure a footing and to develop under most adverse conditions and in its dominating purpose to make itself a constructive force socially and religiously wherever it could be of service.

Reason enough for a reference to the book in these columns would be the fact that these sketches have for the most part been written by one who for several years was Vice-President of this Board, who represented the Board on an important deputation to China, and who, besides serving on the Prudential Committee, has long been a member of boards of i trustees of institutions closely affiliated with the American Board. We have a right to be interested in whatever Dr. Eaton says and does, he is so much a part of us and the Board's work so great a part of him.

It is difficult to select particular "sketches" for special attention. From our point of view the story of the pioneer days, covering the period between the Black Hand War and the Civil War, is of intense interest, this being partly due to the fine historical sense and literary touch of the author. Everything, too, written by and about Beloit's first president, Aaron L. Chapin, is meat for the advocate of the cultural college, as is the chapter on Dr. Eaton's administration which President Blaisdell of Pomona a former student and professor at Beloit has written with rare understanding and fidelity. Then there are the chapters on different phases of college development provided by members of the faculty, not the least of which is Vice-President Holden's impressive story of "Beloit and the Ideals of Service in Church and State."

It helps to sustain our faith and purpose in foreign missions to read the record of this pioneer cultural college in the great Midwest of our own land. Here we realize the unity of the missionary movement. What is done here under the impulse of a passion for humanity is felt in far-away Africa. This proof of the "possibility of developing men and women out of the lower into the higher ideals of life, out of aims which are bounded by self-interest into those which are inspired by loyalty to their fellows and regulated by the sentiment and conscience of the community as a whole" inspires us to strive for the same ends in China, Mexico and Turkey. Producing among conditions in the Western land a body of "alumni to whom the public looks with confidence for the inculcating of ideals, the training of intellects and, with the quickening of consciences, the generating of that powerful force called public

opinion which political leaders cannot resist" means patriots of like mind and spirit all through the East wherever "liberal education under Christian auspices" is having a fair chance to show what it can do.

And as Yale passed on the idea to Beloit and Beloit to other colleges west of the Mississippi, so these missionary schools and colleges, the lands beyond our own borders, will multiply two, thirty and sixtyfold, until every state system of education will feel the moral stimulus and necessity of the Christian College, and until all peoples shall be led in the various walks of life by men and women who put knowledge and service above material gain.

Such col

leges as Beloit stand in foreign lands, as they do at home, as "fountains of intelligence, homes of piety, promoters of the nations' liberties, bulwarks of the Church of Christ."

STUDIES IN CHINESE INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS

China and World Peace is by Mingchien J. Bau, who is a professor in the National University of Peking. The subtitle, which heads this review, is really a more accurate title for the work than the one chosen by the author. One looks in vain for a presentation of those contributions to the peace of the world which the Chinese race, because of what it is, is capable of making. However, as a discussion of the adjustments which other nations must make, if they would enjoy peaceful relations with China, it is clear and to those who sympathize with her aspirations quite convincing.

A brief presentation is made of the rise of the unequal treaties and of Chinese Nationalism, which stands unalterably opposed to those treaties. The example of Turkey's success in reclaiming her impaired sovereignty and the active assistance of Soviet Russia in rousing China to her unfortunate situation are cited as contributory factors in the rise of nationalism. A detailed account of the May 30 incident in Shanghai is given and called "The Spark that Set the Nation Afire." What is styled "The New British Policy in China" is criticized because of failure to express sincere regret for the Shanghai affair and to make concessions of a major character to meet Chinese aspirations.

The author then goes on to take up in order points in Chinese international relations, namely, tariff autonomy, extraterritoriality, concessions and treaties. In the matter of tariff autonomy the friendly attitude of the Powers is noted, but a frank statement is made of the difficulty which China might have in abolishing the "likin" or transit tax by January 1, 1929, when tariff autonomy is set to go into effect. Unless there is a strong central government the author doubts the possibility of enforcing China's commitments in this matter.

In discussing the surrender of extraterritoriality, Dr. Bau finds that under international law foreigners have no right to expect preferential treatment, simply to take the same chances with the people of the state where they live. Under the revised regulations governing the trial of subjects of non-extraterritorial

While it is noted that concessions and settlements were leased to nations and individuals under more or less regular treaties, yet it is strongly insisted that "they do not enjoy any inherent right of selfgovernment, but derive their privileges from the Chinese government" and that they are subject to negotiation and modification between China and the Foreign Powers concerned. Perhaps the most important bone of contention with Foreign Powers is the subject of the retrocession of these concessions. The author outlines in considerable detail how the government of the most important settlement of all, the International Settlement in Shanghai, might be reorganized so the Chinese should recover control and yet provide a large measure of participation to foreigners, a scheme aiming to make the city "a great corner stone of Chinese democracy and home rule."

In the matter of treaty revision the Powers are called upon to make good their promises, and their position in this regard will "decide tranquillity or turmoil, peace or war." The values of two methods of procedure are compared, that of individual negotiation between China and the Powers, and that of collective negotiation between China and the Washington Powers as a group. In the latter case it is suggested that the United States take the initiative in calling the conference.

Extensive excerpts from recent related international documents are inserted in the book. EDWIN D. KELLOGG, Shaowu, China.

AFRICA PICTURE STORIES

"Little Knife-Handle was busily scrubbing his teeth with the frayed end of a piece of vine. Suddenly he heard the distant rumble of a drum, and he hastily stuck his toothbrush into a crack in the bark wall. From a crooked stick which served as a hook, he took down his precious bag which his father had woven for him of dried grasses. He peered into it carefully to see if everything was there. Yes, there was his wooden slate, his stubby pencil, his notebook, and his pen. He sighed as he thought of the little book he wanted so much-the primer he did not have the money to buy." The rest of the story tells how Knife-Handle secured the book. The whole story, with a large picture of KnifeHandle and his schoolmates reading from their precious primers, can be found in Africa Picture Stories for Primary Children,1 by Lois J. McNeill.

Marta was a little African girl. Her teacher told the children that God made the gardens grow, so they decided that part of the food was really His. Marta and her schoolmates decided to plant a por

1 Can be ordered through Regional Offices or Board Headquarters. 50 cents for set of five pictures and stories.

tion of their garden just for Him and to bring the fruits to school as an offering. The money was to be used to help send a teacher to some little children who had no school and no church. Little children will enjoy the story of Marta. It is in the same collection and there is an accompanying picture.

BRIEFER MENTION

Christian Humanism. By Russell Henry Stafford. Chicago: Willett, Clark & Colby. Pp. 253. Price, $2.00.

Dr. Stafford's approach to the problems of Christian thinking is through the everyday experiences of men. He begins with the Good Life. He goes on to the question of the Approach to God and God in Nature. He ends with a thoughtful and catholic urgence of a tolerant spirit. The collection is a good indication of what many ministers are thinking, especially among the younger men. The thought is always direct and clearly uttered and in touch with the needs of our life today.

A WORD FROM HELEN DIZNEY, R.N., OF THE TAIKU HOSPITAL, SHANSI

"Do you know what the Lean To is? It is the bathhouse. It is attached to the kindergarten building, but projects into the hospital compound. A few years ago Miss Atzel fixed up two rooms for bathrooms, and ever since it has thrived as the only public bathhouse in our suburb. It is open Fridays: in the morning for women and girls and in the afternoon for boys. When it is going strong, as many as eighty come in in one day. The hospital furnishes coal, water, soap, towels, and strong arms to scrub the remoter regions. It is one part of the hospital I have no notion of improving.

"We are trying not to be too proud over all the progress at the hospital. Already there is an increase over last year at this time of over 60, and at the rate we are going we expect an increase at the end of the year of at least 150. This is largely in the women's hospital. There are those who say it is the result of the heart and time I have spent there. Next to carrying out doctor's orders correctly and doing things according to custom, my pet idea. has been to create an atmosphere of friendliness, and that is where the canaries and geraniums come in. Apparently, it works.

"Ever since Chinese New Year we have had only one doctor, the other two being off to war, and with them five men nurses. It is going to be heavenly when they all get back. From tales I hear of army hospitals and lack of supplies, I imagine our nurses will be glad to be back. I suppose we shall arrive somewhere, sometime, and there is always the daily satisfaction of knowing the sick are getting care they couldn't possibly have at home. The one fact alone here in Shansi of the number of lives of mothers and babies saved would be enough to justify our women's work. It is an outstanding service.

"I was disappointed that our man public health nurse felt it his patriotic duty to go to war, for the work he was doing seemed to me more important. His monthly reports are interesting. He is very interested in all I can tell him of the work of my sister, who is a Red Cross nurse at home. He lec

THE STAR PATIENT AT TAIKU Here is a man that went away happy from the Taiku Hospital, even though he had to do it on one leg. He has been a teacher in one of the government schools of Shansi Province.

tures in all sorts of places-schoolrooms, churches. homes, temples, and on street corners. He tells over and over about contagion, care of contagious diseases, value of vaccination and inoculation, gives school children physical exams, gives vaccinations and typhoid and other inoculations, etc. He is quite capable of filling the pulpit if he runs into a congregation without a preacher. He was in our first class of nurses to graduate and took the national examinations and failed in half his subjects. Every year since he has taken the subjects over. It has been pretty plucky of him, for he lost a good deal of 'face' coming back each year. And this year he passed his last exam!" FROM MISS AGNES BAIRD OF SOFIA, BULGARIA

"I wish you could have seen our Baby Health Station at work yesterday afternoon. We had fully fifty mothers with more than fifty babies. Our doc

tor's face was radiantly happy and the two nurses were kept busy for nearly three hours, registering weight and instructions on each baby's card.

"A remote village that I recently visited is notorious in the number of young women and mothers who have died from the hardships of village life and ignorance-causing a great number of tuberculosis sufferers. I was told of a number of our own Protestant homes where the mother now was a second, third, and even a fourth wife-not by divorce, but by tuberculosis. The mayor had lost his wife and two children by this disease.

"Taking this condition as a text, I had a woman's meeting in the church and asked the women to promise me not to drink out of the same clay jug of water as the rest of the family, especially if some one was sick, but to try to have individual cups. Yet one must remember that every drop of drinking water must be brought by hand a long distance for many of them, and individual cups are a luxury they cannot easily afford-too much water would be wasted in this way! Yet they must be taught a better way of living in spite of their poverty."

BULGARIAN VILLAGE WOMEN

This is a group of the peasant women of whom Miss Baird speaks above. Too many village families live in one or two-room mud-colored huts with earthen floors, on which they sleep, carefully excluding the outer air at night. Rural "upper-tendom" alone has individual dishes, tables, beds, and proper-sized glass windows. The Haskells' projected "Folk School" will teach the peasants to make their homes more sanitary, comfortable and happy.

RUTH COWLES OF JOHANNESBURG WROTE ON MAY 15, 1928

"The Baby Clinics have been growing beautifully since last I wrote, and we now have three instead of two. At the last clinic organized, we have an average attendance of thirty-four babies, and the mothers are tremendously enthusiastic. At my special pet clinic we have three pairs of twins. Nancy and Jeremiah are just beginning to walk; Maggie and Cecil are starting to creep; and Jacob and Esau are big enough only to eat and sleep. 'Sammy,' the first baby to attend an American Board Baby Clinic here, came last Saturday to show me his first tiny pair of trousers! He has scarcely missed one clinic

since the beginning, and his mother is justly proud of her fine young son. Fat Zaccheus comes every Saturday, too, in tow of his little brother since baby sister came. The baby clinics are such a joy!

"Our medical clinics continue to care for a great many folk who are not sick enough for hospital, and are doing much for the prevention of serious illness. Our three native nurses are doing splendid follow-up work in such cases, but unless we can get more funds, I fear we shall have to let one or two of them go. At present we are having to pay out more than $180 a month for doctors alone! The burden is really more than the clinic funds can stand, but we must not fail the people who depend on us.

"You see how intermingled are the lights and shadows of the work! You at home are responsible for much of the light, and I wish you might have a sense of the great joy it brings. We depend on you for it!"

H. W. ROBINSON GIVES PAOTINGFU'S 1927 MEDICAL REPORT

"With the war raging around Shihchiachuang, where our Noble Memorial Hospital is located, this work has become more of a problem for the station than ever before. Fewer people have come to the hospital this past year, and because of their poverty, increased by war, they have not been able to pay as much for medical service as usual. Our total expenditure for the hospital during 1927 was about $2,585 U. S. Currency, of which $1,598 came from Chinese sources. We had to close the hospital books at the end of the year with a deficit of more than $200, and conditions are such as to make self-support for the hospital out of the question still.

"We considered building on our lot in Shihchiachuang but had to give it up because of the war. Now we are considering the purchase of a building which can be bought for less than it would cost to put up a new one.

"During the year there were 36 major and 119 minor operations performed in the hospital, and the total number of treatments given was 5,083. Dr. Li was given two months' leave of absence during the year, one month of which he spent doing special study in the Peking Union Medical School. A nurse who gave excellent satisfaction when he was with us a few years ago has now returned to the hospital, and as soon as conditions quiet down we believe the hospital will be in a position to render excellent service to the Shihchiachuang community."

DAVID LIVINGSTONE

Medical Missionary

Forth to the fight he fared.

High things and great he dared. He thought of all men but himself; Himself he never spared.

He greatly loved, he greatly lived, And died right mightily.

Oxenham.