The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
I'M THE INTEREST OF RIGHT
WILL BE AT THE FIRST METHO-
DIST CHURCH FOR ONE
n WEEK.
INTERESTING IDEA OF THE WORK.
DIR. Kate Bushnell, Whose Exposure
of Methods in India Led to
Investigations.

unusual attention will be held at the
First Methodist Episcopal church in
this city, beginning Sunday, March I3,
and lasting throughout the week. The
revival Will be conducted by the pastor
OF the church, Rev. J. F. Stout, assist
ed by DR.. Kate Bushnell and Mrs.
Elizabeth Wheeler Andrew two Of the
most prominent women of the Worlds
w. c. T. u. DR.. Bushnell Is Mrs.
Stout's sister and she will, with her CO.
worker, be entertained at her home
during her stay in the city. Dr. Bush
nell and Mrs. Andrew are known as
round-the-world missionaries and have
had many interesting experiences in
their temperance work. They have
spent the past six years in visiting
the unions and working in behalf OF
temperance in every continent on the
globe, except South Africa
They relate some extremely interest
ing items in connection with this work
Twice in their experience they have
furnished material for parliamentary
Investigations in England which have
won them the excavations of all those
who thrive by catering to the tastes
Of the depraved and vicious, and the
heartfelt thanks Of those interested
In uplifting humanity whether English,
Indian or Chinese. Their first investi-
cation was in India of the charge that,
in violation Of the parliamentary or
der, prostitution was a system legal
lied and promoted with the knowledge
and consent Of the officers In the In
dian army, and the native women were
drafted into the most awful slavery
on earth TO satisfy the passions Of the
soldiers. The charge had been en-
phatically denied by the British Of
hcials and DR.. Bushnell and Mrs. An
drew, who were especially interested in
social purity reform, were requested
hNY YV71G 10Tl uric ND Il lob
in official positions to go to India and
prove the falsity of the official reports.
After four months investigation they
were able to do this beyond controversy
and on request they went to England
to make known the results of their
laborS. A special committee was ap-
pointed by Mr. Gladstone to sift the
matter and Lord Roberts, the head OF
the army, thought it worth while to go
home to deny the accusations and to
try to blind the public by casting as
PERSONS on the investigators. Their
case, however. could not be broken
down and when they described the
books in which the nefarious system
were kept, they were sent for from In
dia- Confronted by this evidence Lord
Roberts was Obliged to admit the
charges and to make a public, apology
to the women he had insulted. AS a
result the parliamentary order of 1855.
al UH0
garriSOnS was reaSSerted with VigOr
and the Indian government was obliged
to pass rigid laws for the protection
of the women
DR. Busnell and Mrs Andrew after
wards returned to- India, and during
the short time they were there they
were obliged to- conceal their identity,
so strong was the feeling against them
in the official class which they had eX-
posed to such odium. In Singapore the
Strait settlements and Hong Kong they
conducted an investigation on the
opium traffic which a royal commits
sion had reported as a good thing for
the natives, one of the commission say
ing that opium smoking was as harm
less as chewing hay or, tWiddlinS
thumbs. This commission; appointed
to consider the removal of restrictions
on the opium traffic with view to In
creasing the revenue, is one Of the
blOts on Mr.. GladStOne's fair record. OF
seven members, five were known to be
directly interested in the traffic. These
women found and reported that opium
and RIGHTEOUSNESS were everywhere
connected and no action has ever been
taken on the report of the commission
on account Of the public sentiment In
England. At Hong Kong they were
presented to the Pol Leung Kuk Socf-
ETY., made up of the flower of the ma
tive pOpuldJlOu dliu tic LlClllDSAp
pressed themselves in hatred Of the
opium traffic and commended the work
Of the missionaries. DR.. Bushnell and
Mrs. Andrew had a personal interview
with Lord Ripon, secretary for the
colonies, on their return to England,
and he was deeply impressed with their
accounts of their Investigations.
Seven months of their six years
travel were spent in Australia. In that
country they found temperance work
and sentiment in advance Of all the
rest. They were then just preparing
the way for woman's suffrage, which
has since been granted in New Zea-
land, South Australia, Victoria and
New South Wales and is pending in
Queensland. 1t is only a question of a
few months until in this whole conti-
nent the complete equality of women is
recognized.
DR.. Bushnell and Mrs. Andrew will
arrive in st. Paul during the first Of
the week, and will spend the time I'M
til the opening Of the revival in rest
and quiet. After the revival they will
return to their home in Evanston, III.