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Missionary on Chinese trip recounts travels in Korea and China
Gerald Mokma, a Steele Academy teacher, logs a spring vacation journey starting March 12 from Nagasaki to Shimonoseki and Korea by ferry and train then onward through Manchuria and Peking. He notes weather, urban contrasts, grave sites, rickshaw life, and visits to Temple of Heaven, Coal Hill, Rockefeller Hospital, Summer Palace and imperial sites, with observations on Japanese influence in Korea and local customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Mokma
Steele Academy
Nagasaki
Japan
Mokma
China
Mr. Mokma
John Ter Borg
Kagoshima
Tosu
Moji
Shimonoseki
Fusan
Korea
Keijo
Seoul
Chosen
Manchuria
Antung
Mukden
Ter
Borg
Tientsin
Peking
Palace Hotel
Temple of Heaven
Yang Lo
Coal Hill
Forbidden City
Rockefeller Hospital
Orient
Shafer
Winter Palace
Wan-shaw
Pukow
Yantze River
Nanking
Shanghai
Yokohama
Altho
Shimonose
Nagasak