The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-06
Extracts From Letters Of Misses
Morrill, and Gould.
Threaten to Exterminate
the Foreigners.
Proclamation Which the Chi
nese Government Issued.

Portland people have been watching
with more than ordinary interest re ac-
counts of the Boxers uprising in China
because there are two Portland women
right in the hot bed of the rebel country.
They are Miss Mary Morrill, and Miss
Annie Gould who have been at work at
the Pao Ting Flu mission.
The following extracts from Miss Nor
rill's letters bearing date of April "A and
May II in reference to the Boxers, may be
of interest to the readers of the PRESS.
Miss Morrill, makes allusion to the fact
which was published a few weeks ago in
Miss Gould's letters of the power which
the Boxers claimed for themselves of be-
ing able to restore their wounded and
dead to health and life. One Of the Ro-
man Catholic helpers disguised himself
and entered their camp, saw them at
drill and even heard their plans. They
threw themselves into the most fantastic
attitudes and conducted themselves like
madmen. Their flag has on it four char
acters which when translated means,
Protect China. Destroy the foreigners. -
A missionary in passing through GER
tain village which he had been warned
not to pass because Of the presence OF the
Boxers, but who thought his friends were
needlsssly alarmed, and so disregarded
their warnings, was pursued by the Box
ers who slashed him TO death, then they
cut Off his head and carried it en- a pole
as they went through the country.
In letter written March Il, Miss
Morrill, says, ''The ambassadors at Pelxin
have at last taken time to consider the
various reports that have been pouring III
upon them and they have unitedly sent
in a protest to the government They
havs further strengthened their position
by forwarding the cablegrams received
from their various. countries that unless
the Boxers We're promptly disbanded and
damages inflicted by their raids made
good there would be some warship pass
in the bay OF Pechili. Great rroclama-
tions have been posted upon the TOUR city
gates stating that anyone joining the so
ciety of Boxers or harborfng any of its
members will be punished severely-two
hundred blows with the bamboo and an
exile of 1000 miles will be melted out to
them. In spite of these threats the COM
panies of Boxers are. Increasing. One
whole illage not far away from Pao
Ting Flu, has turned Boxer, making the
lives of the two or three Christians there
most miserable. The destruction of life
and property still goes on.
The mos5 recent word received from
Miss Morrill, by her family came July
1t was written on May 10, at which date
she and Miss GooId were we'll. She says
the Boxers are all about them drilling for
the bloody warfare One large temple
where they drill, Miss Morrill, used ID
pass on her way to and from one OF her
classes She found way Of getting to
her objective point without going by the
temple, 50 although two miles further
she takes it, rather than to pass the Box
ers in their daily drill. She says the
are determined to extern1inate the foreign
ers. They have issued proclamations to
that effect which they have posted about
the walls and houses Of Pao Ting Flu.
Miss Morrill, says, ''The outcome of this
we cannot tell now. 1t can better be told
next autumn when these months shall
have become history. We live in a c0ndi-
ton of unquiet quiet. If we believe half
the rumOrs that we hear our hearts might
be troubled. We are not anticipating
trouble. AS Abraham Lincoln says we
will not cross the bridge until we come to
it, -