MISSIONARIES IN CHINA

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26263, 7 November 1950, Page 5

MISSIONARIES IN CHINA

ASSEMBLY TOLD OF DIFFICULTIES

ATTITUDE OF COMMUNIST AUTHORITIES

(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, November 6. In spite of police state conditions, under the Communist regime, Presby-. terian missionaries would not withdraw from "liberated” China, said the Rev. R, G. McDowall at the Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand in Auckland to-day.. Church missionaries would remain "as long as their presence is not an embarrass- 1 ment to the Chinese people.” Communist measures against Christian missionaries were described in reports. The future of the South China Mission was described as uncertain. 1 It seemed certain that all schools would soon come under Government control and that heavy taxation would force private hospitals to follow suit. In spite of vigorous opposition from the authorities, groups of Christian Chinese were meeting to carry on the practices of the Presbyterian Church. t Chinese in New Zealand have contributed £6OO to a special fund as, a testimonial to the work of the Very Rev. Dp. G. H. McNeur and Mrs McNeur. former missionaries in China. Accepting the fund to-day, Dr. McNeur said that he regarded it as a trust for the furthering of missionary work in China.