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the352 CHRISTIAN LITERATUREthe Chueh Hun in Canton. When the monarchy movementwas at its height such political opinions as were expressedin the Ciiristian papers were always in opposition to thatmovement. These two papers were leaders in that opposition. As the Ta Kuang which is published in HoDgkong,was not within the reach of the Chinese Government, thepaper could not be confiscated, though no issue was allowedto touch Chinese soil. The Chueh Hun was twice closed byofficial orders, and the editors made political prisoners.The Rev. Hwang Ilsii-sheng ( Jt 7 H-)>managing editorof. the paper, is making further efforts to restore the paper,and probably hereafter will make it more strictly a religiousdaily.XIV. The Seventh of May, J9J5The seventh of May, 1915, will live in the memory ofmany loyal Chinese subjects as a day of Kuo Chih (1$ g-fe)(national shame). The twenty-one demands made uponChina by her neighbouring nation distressed many a heart.The Christians were not indifferent to this great nationaldisaster. As the present paper is confined to the activitiesof the Christian Church we omit all reference to theattitude and activities of the people outside of the Christianchurches regarding this crisis.T c The originator of the Chin Kuo Chu Chin,.The Salvation .n ^ r ^ rFund $c m iH &, or the Salvation .^Fund, Mr. MaTso-chen (j| fe gL), is a member of the Rev.Chow Liang- ting s (j$ ^ ^) church in Shanghai. His schemewas first published in the North China Daily Neus fromwhence it was immediately translated into most of theChinese papers, and actively taken up by the general public.The plan involved voluntary popular contributions to theGovernment to a total of $.100,000,000 to be at its disposalin this time of crisis, to be available as soon as the fullamount was subscribed.Meanwhile special meetings for prayer were organizedin the various churches, and God s help and blessing weresought for. This at once showed that the lovers of Christare also lovers of their country and that men of prayer arealso men of action.