The face of Manchuria, Korea, & Russian TurkestanKemp, E. G. (Emily Georgiana)
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The face of Manchuria, Korea, & Russian Turkestan
Kemp, E. G. (Emily Georgiana)
Asia, Central -- Description and travel; Korea -- Description and travel; Manchuria (China) -- Description and travel
When at last the time came for building the new hospital, the money
granted as an indemnity for the destruction of the former ones by the
Boxers was wholly inadequate, for the price of everything was more than
quadrupled. The Chinese were not slow to show their sense of indebtedness
for the unstinted labours on their behalf, and the new buildings, owing
to their generosity, were built on a larger scale than before. The
Japanese, too, came forward with most generous aid, in return for the
work that had been done for their wounded during the war. Marshal Oyama
sent a donation of about £100 for the Red Cross work, and ordered all the
wood required for the buildings to be sent up by rail, free of charge,
from Newchwang. This was of the greatest importance, as there was no
seasoned wood to be obtained in Moukden, and it meant a saving of several
hundred pounds. The Viceroy sent a gift of over £600, to which he added
another £150 when he opened the new hospital. Another friend carted all
the bricks and tiles; a director of the Chinese railway ordered all the
requisite Portland cement and floor tiles to be brought up free of charge
from Tang Shan to Hsin Muntun, and others helped in various ways. No
wonder the hospital is such a splendid success, when it has such workers
and such friends! It has several wings radiating out from a long central
corridor, with a fine operating theatre at the end. There is an X-ray
apparatus and other special furnishings.[3] There are outbuildings for
students, &c., a laboratory and class-rooms, besides the preaching hall,
where service goes on daily.
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