The Crescent in North-West China. By G. Findlay Andrew. (R.T.S.
for "-he China Inland Mission. 3s. 6d. net.)—This is a good and concise account of the Moslems of Arab, Turk and Mongol extraction in the province of Kansu, where the author has been stationed as a missionary. He estimates their numbers at three millions, or a third of the population ; they are stronger in Kansu than in any other province and appear to be increasing. Though they have lived in China for centuries, they still remain a race apart, speaking their own languages and professing a debased form of Islam. The Hwei-Iiwei," as they are called, hate the Chinese and are hated by them. They have often rebelled, and will, the author thinks, rebel again. They are shrewd men of business and hard workers when they choose; as soldiers they arc unsatisfactory because they lack discipline. Mr. Andrew tells some strange stories of their fierce sectarian quarrels and describes the missions which are now at work among them.
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