Burma Fugitive

The latest report on the Rev. Harry I. Marshall 'oo, who with his wife has been stationed at the American Baptist Mission headquarters on the Burma Road at Toungoo, Burma, since 1936, is that he and Mrs. Marshall have been safely evacuated to Narsaravupet, Guntur District, South India.

Early in March a letter was received from Mr. Marshall which bore the date Nov. 13, 1941. Addressed to Don Frothingham '43 concerning his article in Dartmouth Out O'Doors on the winter ascent of Mt. Washington by Jonathan Marshall '54, it was filled with nostalgia for Hanover snows and contained an account of Mr. Marshall's first skis, homemade in the year 1899-1900.

Accompanying the letter was a copy of Toungoo Tidings, a report of Mr. Marshall's work among the Karen, the dialect group of south Burma and the bordering Thailand, and of his Karen writings. It reflected the fear of Japanese aggression in that part of the world, saying "In fact before you read these lines there may be terrific changes in the situation." Speaking of his plans for April Mr. Marshall said, "If we carry out the Mission plan we will be sailing for U.S.A. about that time. If Japan makes the seas unsafe, we may remain here." Japan made even Toungoo unsafe.