The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

ollie priest should have risen to the po- sition held by Bishop Anger. It was but natural that in 1886 Pope Leo XIII should have elevated him to the bish- opric, for his services to the church were we'll deserving of such recognition, but that the Emperor of China should have created him a mandarin of rank only second to that of the famous Lii Hung Chang, makes a plain narration of facts seem like a fairy story.
 A mandarin he is, however, endowed with all the authority and all the rights and privileges, whatever they may be, of that exalted position, and he rules one of the eight provinces of China, the peninsula of Shantung, both well and wisely. AS a peacemaker be- tween Pagans and Christians he has become world-renowned, and it is whispered that his influence ex- tends far outside his own domain and that he has rendered invaluable as- sistance in extremely delicate political situations to persons standing dizzily high in authority.
 Be that as it may, I care not, for I am not lin politics" myself, but there was one little incident in his career which gave him particularly firm hold on the. consideration of the more superstitious of his subjects, and of this incident particularly wished him to speak.
 Was it true that in 1879 he had been tied to tree head downward by some of his Pagan enemies, then riddled with shot and left there for dead?
 x Yes, it is true, and the Bishop smiled amiably at the recollection. Southern Shantung, he explained, was a very lawless section of country and was, be- sides, the holy land of Confucius. Or the 10000, ,000 inhabitants only 30000. even at the present time, have re- nounced their Paganism for Christian nd aicyh a very dangerous people to live among.
 They did not like me-" he explained, simply-his English is trifle obscure. for he had used only Latin and Chinese for the past eighteen years-"and so they tried to get rid of me They cap tured me at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and they treated me very unkindly until about that evening. But, he smiled forg1vingly- after the first I was mercifully un- conscious, so it did not matter. They thought I was dead and so left me, and then some of my converts came and united me and carried me to hid ing place, where they nursed me back to health. And when l went pack to my work"-with apparently no Idea that going back to his work under such circumstances was anything ex- traordinary-s.the poor ignorant crea- lures believed that I had been raised from the dead and that l was super natural being.
 From that time they were ready to adore me If I would allow them, and they have treated me well ever since. I need not have suffered at all had promised to cease preaching Christian ity but I was obstinate and so were they. and so they made away with ma as they thought. But they were fright ened when I apparently came back to life, so frightened that they have never {yo,rblod mo narSOnaI1v aOo{p C;,ao came away though here the smiling face grew suddenly grave, 'I have re- ceived word that two of my missiona- ries have been killed, Father Henle and Father Mes. A politico- religious sect. formed about three years ago for the overthrow of the present reigning family of China, became incensed with Father Henle because he would not ai- low members of his flock to join in the conspiracy, and they have taken ad- vantage of my absence to kill him and revenge themselves"