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Paid a visit to my angel darling's grave at 楊花津 in the afternoon.
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6 p.m. I entertained Mr. 加藤 the new 京城日報社長, Mr. 早田, the 主筆 and Mr. 松尾, the 編輯局長 at a supper at the Family Hotel.
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At 1 p.m. went to the 回甲宴 of Mr. 崔南善's father. The feast has been going on for the last five days entertaining three sets of guests a day―What a nonsense!
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4th. Wednesday. Rain. Steamy.
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Mr. Cynn goes to Japan to attend the meeting of the 同盟委員 for considering the question of sending Y.M.C.A. workers to the Siberian front.
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4 p.m. at the 貞洞 ChurchHenry Appenseller and Miss Ruth Noble were married. But for the down-pouring rain there would have been a big crowd. At such a marriage a Korean might have been given a part in one of the many little offices connected with the ceremony. But no; every thing seemed to have been carefully from the program.
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5th. Thursday. Bright―sticky.
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Wife's birthday today. Her birthday comes and goes but it brings no sign of improvement in her avarice, selfishness, and diabolical temper.
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Candler returned to Song Do this afternoon.
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7th. Saturday. Sticky-noon―Breeze.
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8th. Sunday. Sticky―Fine weather.
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In the afternoon called on 李通津 at his new home in 龍山. What a come down for him. The most influential man in Song Do for past 20 years―now a poor man of 70 in a small back alley house in 龍山!
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9th. Monday. Sticky noon.
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From this day the trains on all the Korean R.R. run only once each way. For instance instead of four trains a day from Seoul to Pusan, only one train leaves in the morning. There were nine trains from Seoul to Chemulpo a day. Only two now. The cars are used to their last limit in transporting troops and war materials to Siberia.
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Supper at Mr. Brockman's. Met Dr. Moffett. Told the latter there is gradual alienation between the Korean Church workers and the missionaries. Suggested a Committee be appointed to investigate into the causes of this alienation. Dr. Moffett agreed with me perfectly. But I fear nothing will come of it. The foreigners'contempt for Koreans is too profound to advise any advice. Final break or rebellion only will open the eyes of the missionaries―then may be too late.
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10th. Tuesday. Cloudy.
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11th. Wednesday. Beautiful.
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At 9 a.m. went to Ewha Chapel at the request of the Committee of Arrangement to address the Federal Council, on the personal relationship―the gradual estrangement that exists in the relation between the missionaries and the Korean Christian leaders. My address was most cordially received. A committee was to be appointed to investigate the causes of this estrangement.
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12th. Thursday. Beautiful.
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At 8 p.m. went to Dr. Avision's home to attend the B. of managers' meeting. Returned about 11 in the night.
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13th. Friday. Beautiful.
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金麟 came and said that in spite of all our(his and mine) efforts to prove ourselves pro-Japanese, the Japanese, the Japanese authorities look on us as, in heart, anti-J's. He strongly advised me to quit this connection with the Y.M.C.A.
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Received a letter from 致旺 dated July 27th. Ans. him.
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14th. Saturday. Beautiful. Too cool.
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5 p.m. entertained Mr. 山室君平 at 奉春館. At 7:30 Mr. 山室 addressed a full room crowd. He is thoroughly spiritual―lovely and lovable. One of the great lights of Japanese Christendom.
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15th. Sunday. Beautiful―Too cool.
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Of late, so appetiteless and so tired. Took nap―too late to go to Church.
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16th. Monday. Beautiful―Too cool.
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Called on Mr. Cynn who had just returned from Tokyo, where he had gone to attend the Japanese Y.M.C.A. Union meeting met to consider the question of starting Y.M.C.A. work in Siberia for the Japanese army. He said that the Union had decided to send about 12 men―with 3 Y.M.C.A. cars―at the estimated expense of ￥250,000.00.
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Asked Mr. Hugh Miller to send ￥400.00 or ￡ 40 sterling to 致旺.
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17th. Tuesday. Beautiful.
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9 a.m. went to the Pierson Memorial School to attend the 南監理 10年 紀念委員會.
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18th. Wednesday. Beautiful.
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It makes one sick to see the Korean carpenters and mijangees to work. They talk―smoke―drink―and loaf―do or rather not do a job in a day what a Japanese or Chinese workman could do in a couple of hours.
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20th. Friday. Beautiful.
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Feel very ill owing to a bad cold.
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4 p.m. the Board of Directors met at Mr. Gregg's. I proposed the employment of an Assistant Genl. Secretary in view of the fact that I have to retire to devote my time to some literary work.
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21st. Saturday. Beautiful.
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Laid up with very bad cold―kind of influenza.
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This unseasonable cool weather is hard on crops and on men.
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22nd. Sunday. Beautiful.
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Bad cold―Had to stay home.
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23rd. Monday. Beautiful.
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Feel weak. Went to Chosen Hotel to take lunch with Dr. Hahn, Col. French and Rew. 山本 were present.
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Went to Family Hotel at the invitation of 金光瑞 to meet Bishop Trollop. Had to wait for the Bishop from 3:30 to 5 p.m. After tea, returned home quite unwell.
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Mr. Lucas left for Siberia this p.m. Sorry couldn't see him off.
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24th. Tuesday. Beautiful―Too cool.
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25th. Wednesday. Beautiful.
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4:30 p.m. went to Dr. Gale's with F.M.B. to be present at the meeting of the Committee on Recommendation of an Assistant Genl. Secretary. Dr. Gale being in the chair, Dr. Avison, Judge Watanabe, Mr. Cynn Hung Woo, Rev. Kim Pil Soo beside the two Genl. Secretaries. After due consideration Mr. 陸完洙 was recommended for the position.
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10 p.m. went to Dr. Avison's to meet Mr. Armstrong, the Secretary of the B. of Missions of the Canadian Presbyterian Church. He and Dr. A. asked my opinion about the future prospect of the Korean Church, the chief difficulties in the way of evangelism, the advisability or otherwise of conforming to the New Regulations for School, etc.
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26th. Thursday. Beautiful.
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2 p.m. called on 宇佐美. He suggested once more the importance of landowners being interested in the welfare of the tenants.
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The Japanese landowners―some of them―in collecting rents use methods that no Korean landowner thinks of using―but the authorities seem to think the Korean landowners are hard on the tenants. Weakness is crime as true as might is right.
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27th. Friday. Beautiful.
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8 p.m. a benefit concert for the Japanese Red Cross Society. Hard to arouse the interest of the Korean public on themes of the kind. Surprised to learn that the Japanese would absolutely do nothing to encourage the effort―Though we made it in behalf of the Japanese Red Cross work. Americans showed more sympathy and help than the Japanese. What's the matter? I suppose the Powers that be and the Japanese public in Seoul don't want to see the Korean Y.M.C.A. to show any signs of a distinct, individual existence apart from the Japanese Y.M.C.A. No one can blame the Koreans for not showing any sympathy to anything Japanese. Pity!
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28th. Saturday. Cloudy―Cool.
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29th. Sunday. Beautiful.
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30th. Monday. Beautiful.
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2:30 p.m. went to Mr. Brockman's with 恩姬, I to attend the meeting of the Religious Committee.
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