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SHANHAIKWAN
Q, MacLeod Ross
Mental association may seem
devtoUS in its manifestations,
lovertfieless association of
'idea, is one of the prime aids
,t„ theregi tune of Inemories.
First there; was a story by a
Press correspondent from Pek.
ing, Who had recently visited
Peitaiho on the Of of Pechil'i, '
some. -160 miles north east of
Tienstin in North China. this
used to be the summer camp
for America;) diplomats from
Peking- and for W.S. troops of
the Tientsin International gar.
rison. around 1930. This story
alone .aroused memories of the
British equivalent, still further
east at Shanhaikwan, where a
few weeks of respite from the
Tientsin summer was vouch-
safe to ,the British soldiery.
Then came the report that
the. U.S. Army would build an
electronic barrier at the 17th
Parallel in Vietnam to contain
Ho's depredations. The report
instanced other bar eJcad es
which a variety of countries
had built: Kitchener id South
Africa to contain • the Boer$;
France, the Maginot Ling and
later the Morice Line in Al.
geria, Hadrian also built a wall
a,+
to contain thetabid Scots., Fin*
ally the Great Wall of China,
built first in 246 B.C1 then
virtually rebuilt in the Ming
dynasty (1368.-16.44) It was 1500
miles long and it runs into the
gulf of PechiliShanhaikwan,
Thus were the memories of
Shanhaikwan established on two
counts: .
Shanner, as the British, troops
affectionately " called it, was
reached from Peking and Tien.
tsin by the P eking-Mukden Rail•
way. As a result of the Fro,
tocol following the Boxer war
of 1900. the British acquired
a right of way thence to the sea.
It consisted laughably, of a 12
foot wide path, marked by con.
trete pillars and it ran on the
nbrth side of the railway from
Peking to Shanhaikwan. In these
days when we have come to
ridicule "bits of paper", it
seems the heightof naivete
that anyone, the British least
of all, should have believed
that this gave them an inviol.
able line of retreat if and when
things became hot in eking, as
• they did recently. Can your see
Secretary Hop'sonretreating, on
foot, 150 miles down the right
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of way; pursued by 10,000 Red
Guards and Letting away with it?
The - train used to leave Tient.
sin station for Spanner about
10 p.m. and erawlect in +nt,t
6 a,m. the next morning. Train
accommodation was, for those
days of the '30's, luxurious.
Deposited on a station, virtually
a whistle stop, one was im•
mediately aware of the hills,
the, sight of which produced a
strange sense of relief after
being cooped up iirkone square.
'mile in the British Concession"
at Tientsin, on delta ground,
flatter than flat, I remember
seeing a Chinese stand up, on
the bund of a rice paddy and
hold up the cage containing his
pet lark, to allow the bird to
see the last rays of the sun,
as it lowered itselfbelow the
horizon. Though the 'hills' were
only undulations for the . moSt
part, they spelt freedom from
the claustrophobic atmosphere
of " Tientsin, so that at once
the spirit was rejuvenated -
in fact it leapt, Close by the
station platform, isolated in a
sort of dry desert, with no sign
of habitation, was a metre gauge
trolley track, which ran 4 miles
to the sea.
Thane was more amusing pxa
tocol about this. First and fore.
most the track was the con-
tinuation of the British line of
retreat to the sea, therefore
Brushtrolleys took prece-
dence over Italian, French, even
Japanese, which were•distingu.
ished by their national flags
flown on a short staff. on the
respective trolleys. And while
there were some lay-bys or
loops aloe the way, if a Bri.
tish troller met that of any
other nationality the latter had
a choice of returning to the,
nearest lay-by or of offloading
its trolley at the point of meet-
ing. Ever since- some men of
the Queen's Royal West Kebt
Regiment - the Britishgarrison
troops - had laughed at pia
tures of Mussolini shown in the
Peking cinema, open war had
been declared between the Ita-
lian Marines and the Queen's.
I would hate to reveal to tem-
perate Ontario how. much al.
cohol was needed to smooth the
ruffled feathers of the Italian
commandant after a gory
Christmas Eve fight wit i cast-
iron barrack ' bedstead legs,
right under the Christmas tree
in Victoria Park, Tientsifi, with
its illuminated sign: "Goodwill
to men. Peace o1, earth." Thus
it was that the meeting of an
'Eyetie' trolley invariably spelt
bad blood, together with loud
references to 'ice-cream mer-
chants': The Italian collapse in
World War I still smouldered.
But before we pursue• our
way to Shanner proper, we must
return to the office in Tient.
BEFORE RED GUARDS
sin for an important .ceremony:
One morning, before the flit to
Shanner, )Mister Fung, our gen.
•eral building contractor, would
ease his huge bulk into a chair.
(He needed two coolies to pull
his rickshaw,) After many fel.
icitations and in his very bra
ken English, hewould ask for
Union; Jacks which, his advance
party at Slimmer, preparingour
camp; would wear, The Union
Jacks were large 9 inches by 3
laches sewn on the left breast
of the coolies' shirts. Thus,ar•
rayed they became inviolate as
they went • about their lawful
occasions. This annual ritual
always amused me, for the
wearing of the flag was held
in the highest esteem by Mi.
Fung and all his cohorts,
En route to the' camp by the
sea, we passed the encamp.
ments of the other International
forces, but none possessed a
ruined„fort such as we did,
No one, knows• who built it and
the awful confession must `be
made that the Great Wall of
China, only a stone's throw”
away, before it plunged into the
warm waters of the gulf, had
given of its rib . to build the
fort. Thus we took over a bun.
galow, sparsely furnished a few
e..a
yards from the tideless sea and
in the full blast of the high
humidity with which the breeze
was charged, in all a wel«
come two weeks away from '
Tientsin, even if the beds were
always damp. '
Around about were some of
those Chinese fir trees without
which 'no Chinese picture is
complete; the remains .of a
small temple. with, a blue gl'az.
ed tile roof, 'odd' incense bur.
ners and sculpted , Pekines'
dogs. It, was a typical Chinese
painting in itself.
'An expedition led us into the
walled town of Shanhaikwan it.
self. It had probably housed the
garrison of the watch towers al.
ong the Great Walls in days -
of yore;, but that day, it pro. ,
duced the normal crowd of child-
ren and chickens,' -interspersed
with old long bearded men, some
'of whom still sported the pig:
tail. The town presented a warm
sand colored fabric, mellow,
like .. the buildings in Malta,
seemingly crit frorn a mellow
cheese. Out of , the - maze of
alleys; the " 'needles' which
camels could not, traverse,
came a priest, for the Societe'
des ,Laxaristes are active here
Kingsbridge
KINGSBRIDGE - The coin.
munity extends "get well"
wishes to young Kevin Austin
who under went ear surgery
on Monday, September 25 at
St. Joseph's Hospital, London.
* * *
Clarence Doherty and Pete
Martin of Toronto joined up
with Joe Martin of Hamilton,
JinT Martine and Jim Doherty
,,of Kingsbridge for the' open-
ing of the duck season here
Saturday. They bagged six
Canada geese and five ducks
and reported a wonderful hunt
for the opening day.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Garvey
• and famay, Toronto, spent' the
weekend at the' Garvey Home.
stead with their new son Daniel.
* * *
Mourners from a distance to
the funeral of the late Mrs.
Martha O'Neill were James
Moore of Tama, Florida; Dan
Moore of West Virginia; Miss
Beatrice Keenan of Toronto;
Mr. aHyl Mrs. `Lawrence Brown
of Don Mills; Mrs. Brewer and •
James of Ingersoll; Mr. and
Mrs. Make Costello, Mrs. Cath.,,,:
arine Costello and Terry all of
London; Ethel Ganter, Mr. and
Mrs. Nick Perry; Mr. and Mrs.
Emet O'Neill, Mrs. Mr.ry
O'Neill Henry and Margetirace
all of Michigan. y _
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Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Austin
are travelling to Expo by train
'this week.
* * *
The first meeting of the
Kingsbridge Glee Clubpfall ses.
sion, was held. Sunda,evening
at St, Jospeh's School. We cor.
dially invite all adults in the
area .to help us out with this
comm'•Inity' project. Don't be.
bashful •it's fun! See you Oct.
ober 15.
* *. *
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four days at St. Joseph's Hos.
pital, London last week. Paul's
father, Desmond, returned to
wOrk Saturday) on the ship the
Stonefax,after the tentative seta
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I
too nhis r Chinese dress h
C e e
remiuOed one of the Father
Hugo, who had garnered the seed.
of that lovely shrub rose which
bears his name, and given it
to the Western world many
years before. Had he been back
to France? Oh no, when you
come to China you spent the
rest of our life there, With
Cadts work tofulfil, who could
relax:, Of such is devotion'com.
pounded!
Another day we climbed the
steep hill to a lovely tiered
temple set in its side, 'A most
marvellous display accom.
panted us • as we climbed; a
display of multi-. eOlored butter•
flies; wing spans�of six inches
and colored in the way in• -which
only nature can mix her colors.
At the terrace at the top more,
braziers, more fir trees, more
dogs of Imperial ancestry.
Returning we found a way on
top of the Wall. Height 25 feet
and 15 to 30 feet wide at the
base, sloping tb 12 feet at, the
top - wide enough to dritre a
horse and cart, except- that
where the hills protrude the
Wall advances over them by
steps re>'iiniscent of ,the Pyra-
mids of Giza. But here the
Wall starts its long journey
over hill and dalel its sides
faced with stone for the most
part, - rambling away into the
lonely wastes on its 1,500 mile
journey of futility, for it never
did halt the barbarian hordes.
When you . drop over its east.
ern side you are in Manchuria,
which for as far as the eye
can see is clothed in acres
and acre* of gowliang, a sort
of fodder corn. which grows
thickly to alarming heights and
thus provides cover for bands
of brigands and kidnappers.
As you will have gathered,
all this was many, many moons
ago while China slumbered; be.
fore the tumult and the shout.
ing arose; before,Communism
attempted to debase the Chinese
story.
ASMFIEI,D
ASHFIELD - Twelve mem«
hers.' attended the meeting of
the WMS held in the Church
School. Mrs. MacRae,who was
in charge opened the meeting
MS was assisted in the study
book panel by, ifrs. C. Mac..
grbgor, and Mrs. D. R. Mao/
bogie, Mrs. Dave MaoMurehy
read the Scriptures and, lied the
discussion.
Mrs. R. West conducted the
business.. A leader is needed
by the CGIT 'and an assistant
for the Explorers. IVIrs. Sykes
closed with prayer.
PPS COALS
Mrs. Bruce Macdonald is a
patient in Kincardine Hospital
with flu.
, I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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Barbara Mackenzih has a,pos..
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Goderich.
* * 4
Rev. R. kickgtini;t of *Mt'
Ferstet preached here oa 81
day while Rev. NetaGCombie
conducted anniversaryeervices
in his church.
* ,* *
The Sacrament of the Lo d's
Supper will be held next .Sunni
day, October 1, with prepare*
tory service on Friday 6.#`fi-A.
Atm.
* * *
• The a three groups of Explbr.
ers are having their first Meet,
ing on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday with Mrs. Henry
Mackenzie as leader, •`n
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