The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-25
HE WILL co BACK
So Says Rev. Peat Who Has
Arrived Here From China.
HIS VIEWS ABOUT CHINESE
And What Must be Done for
Christianity's Sake.

IN emma atter a straight trip from
Ching Tu in the interior of China
To a reporter for the Eagle he said
last evening:
without attempting to say how or
through what fundamentally, China
must be given a better government, and
when it is given that, the missionaries
will go back. 1 expect to go back and
take some one from Wichita with me-"
Mr.. and Mrs. Peat are visiting Mrs.
Peat's sister, Mrs. Tom Moore, No. 9O7
South Topeka avenue.
Mr.. Feat went to China seven and a
half years ago and was stationed at
Ching Tu, which obscure as it may be to
Americans, is city of 100000 inhabitants
far IN the interior of the celestial en-
pire. To reach it Mr.. Peat, who went
from Quincy, I'LL, voyaged up the great
Yang-tse Kiang river 1000 miles to
I-Ching by steamer, then to Kung Ching
oc miles in native boat, and then up
the Min river to Ching-Tu 500 miles in
word, 1900 miles from the Chinese
coast. In returning he started on July
"A, and came through without delay
making the trip in two months.
Last July twenty English and Anoeri-
cans at Ching Tu were dwelling in hap
piness together. That there was a great
crisis on in China and the world M
one there dreamed. Although the rioting
mad begun in Pekin as early as June !.
they knew nothing Of it, The great CITY
OF ching Tu went on as usual. PeoUIe
Went to market as ever with strings of
money thrown over their shoulders. tbe
man who stole from the etorekeeoer was
put IN q big yoke with his crime writ
ten on board, and made as usual IN
SIT IN front of the same shop while the
victim gloated. Down on the parade
ground there was an occasional decsni-
tation A short time before the Chinese
troops gave an exhibition, which Mr..
Peat witnessed. The old fashioned army
came up, regiment strong, every man
dressed IN cotton stuff dyed like tiger
skin, IN black and yellow stripes tiger
mead an each soldiers shield and an an
!maA head for helmet. Each man car
ried short sword. Platoon after MA
loon advanced, and at given signal a
whole row went down and turned q SOM
ersaut and came up like so MANY corls
on smooth water, and marched away
went through It's performance. giving
the while a tremendous and hair-raising
yell. 1t is in the Chinese army that one
Of the commands is Look fierce"
After this regiment, came a modern
one, armed with Mausers, and, by the
way, Mr. Peat says he has seen them
manufacturing Mausers III Ching tn.
and went through a drill.
Not long before that there was a big
feast day. and the streets were canopied
over with long ribbons Of various coIors
and beneath this gay roof was hung
Chinese lanterns in every shape of ami
NAL and flower imitation.
On July Il the English in the city re-
celved telegram that they might bet
ter depart without offering explana-
lions. On July II the Americans re-
ceived from their consul Oh the coast
word that they must depart at once as
there was trouble in Pekin. They could
hardly believe this for thelNadid not eX
pect trouble to break out in Pekin sof
all places. 1t took them seven days to
pack up, and bidding their converted
charges goodbye, they left without ex-
planning to the citizens at large.
Ching Tu was not in the territory af
fected by the Boxers and ,bo,- -
trouble in reaching the coast They U,oye
all dressed in Chinese costume an attire
Mr. Peat said yesterday which is much
more comfortable than that worn =,
Europe and America.
Mr. Peat was asked If # were +rpa that
In China girl babies are done away with
He said that it was nor II is 60
that girl babies are vaIpa7 loss 49,, 49,
babies and for economic raasons IT,
Sill baby's arrival is not chsr7c+Arize5
by expressionos Of iov becausa tb., fa7,,-
lily. usually moor realizes +bs+ -, -,
not help feed the family bDt Min he 49,.
more mouth 70 feed herself and care ro~
and dress. She Is nor enti~ol,, . -.
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