B a c k g r o u n d I n f o r m a t i o n f o r r e a d e r s o f Page 1 “ A D i f f e r e n t D r u m b e a t ” Background Information for A DIFFERENT DRUMBEAT The extraordinary life of GEORGE FINDLAY ANDREW RAY MOORE “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” Henry David Thoreau 2013 B a c k g r o u n d I n f o r m a t i o n f o r r e a d e r s o f “ A D i f f e r e n t D r u m b e a t ” Page 2 National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Creator: Moore, Ray, 1935- author. Title: A different drumbeat : the extraordinary life of George Findlay Andrew. Book 2, Background information / Ray Moore. ISBN: 9780987182791 (ebook) Subjects: Andrew, George Findlay, 1887-1971. Missionaries--China--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain--Biography. World War, 1914-1918--Secret service--Great Britain--Biography. Disaster relief--China--History. Dewey Number: 266.0092 B a c k g r o u n d I n f o r m a t i o n f o r r e a d e r s o f “ A D i f f e r e n t D r u m b e a t ” Page 3 Contents CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 MAP OF CHINA ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6 ALFRED ANDREW’S WW1 SERVICE RECORD ............................................................................................................................. 7 EYEWITNESS REPORTS OF THE DEC. 1920 QUAKE .................................................................................................................. 13 WHERE THE MOUNTAINS WALKED” ARTICLE ......................................................................................................................... 15 A MOSLEM FANATIC AND HIS FOLLOWERS SEALED IN A CAVE ........................................................................................................... 16 SEVEN GREAT SLIDES CRASH THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE DEAD ..................................................................................................... 18 THE CHINESE DRAGON WAGGLES HIS TAIL EVERY THIRD CENTURY ..................................................................................................... 21 "THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE GODS" ................................................................................................................................................ 23 IN THE DISTRICT WHERE "THE MOUNTAINS WALKED"..................................................................................................................... 30 THE CLIMAX OF DESOLATION ..................................................................................................................................................... 30 THE FIRST SHOCK CAME AT 9:30 IN THE EVENING .................................................................................................................... 31 THREE LAKES ARE FORMED ........................................................................................................................................................ 32 WHY THE CHINESE CONSIDER THE CALAMITY A BLESSING................................................................................................................. 34 ALL CAVE DWELLINGS COLLAPSED ............................................................................................................................................... 34 SOME PAGES SOME PAGES FROM GFA’S 1921 DIARY ............................................................................................................ 36 GFA’S 1921 ARTICLE AND NEWSLETTER.................................................................................................................................. 47 ABBOT LOW MOFFAT’S 1962 LETTER TO GFA ......................................................................................................................... 53 1932 INTERVIEW WITH MR. FINDLAY ANDREW. .................................................................................................................... 58 REPORTS & APPRECIATION FOR CAPTAIN BAKER’S RELEASE ................................................................................................. 61 OTHER INTERESTING LETTERS ................................................................................................................................................ 61 MEYRICK HOWLETT. BRITISH CONSUL GENERAL ............................................................................................................. 61 PEARL BUCK ................................................................................................................................................................... 62 GENERAL WAVELL .......................................................................................................................................................... 63 C J HAMES. BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE .............................................................................................................................. 64 FRANK DOODHA. GFA'S SECRETARY 1932 ....................................................................................................................... 65 Dawson Kwauk, on hearing of GFA's death ..................................................................................................................... 67 REV. ROY SEAMAN WHO WORKED WITH GFA ON EARTHQUAKE RELIEF. ........................................................................ 68 T.V.SOONG ..................................................................................................................................................................... 70 GFA’S ASSOCIATION WITH THE WELLCOME INSTITUTE .......................................................................................................... 72 CHAPTER ABOUT TORNVALL IN “A MARTYR’S GRACE” .......................................................................................................... 75 EARLY CHILDHOOD ......................................................................................................................................................... 76 THE NOVICE MISSIONARY ............................................................................................................................................... 76 IN THE STATES ................................................................................................................................................................ 77 WORK OF COMPASSION ................................................................................................................................................. 77 VANISHED!...................................................................................................................................................................... 78 THE FUNDAMENTALIST-MODERNIST CLASH IN THE 20S &30S ............................................................................................... 81 Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973). .............................................................................................................................................. 82 1911 REVOLUTION .................................................................................................................................................................. 84 CHINA BETWEEN 1911 AND 1920 ........................................................................................................................................ 85 YUAN SHIKAI .......................................................................................................................................................................... 85 FREDERICK BALLER ................................................................................................................................................................. 87 MAYBETH JUDD ...................................................................................................................................................................... 87 BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE ........................................................................................................................................................... 88 1816 JohnSwire ........................................................................................................................................................... 88 B a c k g r o u n d I n f o r m a t i o n f o r r e a d e r s o f “ A D i f f e r e n t D r u m b e a t ” Page 4 1872 TheChinaNavigationCompany ............................................................................................................................ 89 1881 ............................................................................................................................................................................... 90 1941–1945 WorldWarII ........................................................................................................................................... 90 PostWar.......................................................................................................................................................................... 91 1946 ..............................................................................................................................................................................