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Foreign News
June 26, 1919
The Chesterfield Advertiser
Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
Report on Chinese superstition: passengers on Yangtze River boat witness a drowning man not rescued due to belief in the river god's will.
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IGNORANT CHINA
China, with a population of over 400,000,000, is one of the most backward of all the races upon the earth. An instance of the gross superstition of the common people is shown by incident related by an American traveling in that country. Passengers on a boat on the Yangtze river saw a man floating with the tide, apparently drowning, with no attempt to rescue him. Asking why some of the natives did not try to save the drowning man he was told that "a man drowns because the river god wants the man. That it would not do to interfere with the plans of the river god."
A special says that the army worm has attacked and partially destroyed the navy bean crop in the great bean center of Indiana. It is very odd that the army should attack the navy in this way.
China, with a population of over 400,000,000, is one of the most backward of all the races upon the earth. An instance of the gross superstition of the common people is shown by incident related by an American traveling in that country. Passengers on a boat on the Yangtze river saw a man floating with the tide, apparently drowning, with no attempt to rescue him. Asking why some of the natives did not try to save the drowning man he was told that "a man drowns because the river god wants the man. That it would not do to interfere with the plans of the river god."
A special says that the army worm has attacked and partially destroyed the navy bean crop in the great bean center of Indiana. It is very odd that the army should attack the navy in this way.
What sub-type of article is it?
Religious Affairs
What keywords are associated?
China
Superstition
Yangtze River
Drowning
River God
Where did it happen?
Yangtze River, China
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Yangtze River, China
Outcome
one man drowned without rescue due to superstition.
Event Details
Passengers on a boat on the Yangtze River observed a man apparently drowning and floating with the tide. Natives made no attempt to rescue him, explaining that the river god wanted the man and it would not do to interfere with the river god's plans. This incident illustrates the gross superstition of the common people in China.