# Letter
>Foochow
26 May 1908
Dear Mr. Baring Gould.
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>I am sorry for the min[ute?] re. <u>wire</u>, which I write you on May 24th. I thought it was from London but it was really form Melbourne & gave the decision of the Victorian Ass. Miss Molloy told me they intended occupying new ground & not building on another man's foundation & I had hoped they were going to some unoccupied territory but we hear [Illeg.] that they are going into Foochow city & that Miss Barber is coming out to join them. A [2 words illegible] in that they are to form a Fuhkien Evangelistic Band a la the Japanese Evangelistic Band under Mr. Paget-Wilkes. We are all so sorry about it & I should not be at all surprised if one or two others follow their example .
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>They got[...] Japan [3 words illegible] & got hold of these (as I think) foolish ideas.
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Ll Lloyd
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>Very glad Mr. Muller is O.K.