The age-herald., 1900-07-09

plicit than the others Those who, thirty years ago. were present at the Tien Tsin massacre there, were struck with the re- semblance of the situation then to that of today.
 ''The same placards, the same threats, the same warnings, and the same blindness.
 Then also, as today, the missionaries wrote and supplicated. foreseeing the hor- rible awakening.
 Under these circumstances, MT. Minis ter, I believe it my duty to ask you to kindly send us at least forty or fifty ma rines to protect our citizens and property. This has been done under circumstances much less critical, and hope you will take into consideration our humble prayer.
 Please accept. MT. Minister, the as- surances of the respect and the profound gratitude with which I have the honor to be your excellency's very humble and obe- dient servant,
 (Signed) "ALF FAVIER,
 Bishop, Apostolic Vicar at Pekin.
 IS. J. ARLIN, Bishop Coadjutor.
 "C. GUILLOUx, Vicar-General."
 Enclosure No. 3:
 MT. Killie to MT. Conger:
 Ling Shan, San Ho County (35 miles east
 of Pekin), May 16 1900.
 'Hon. Edwin E. Conger, E. E. and M F.,
 etc., Pekin, China
 Dear Sir: I have delayed giving you the list of villages in this district where the l Ho C'huan Cor Tuan) is in active op- eration until could verify beyond question the statements heretofore made concerning the same. I am now prepared with proof to show that members of that organization practice Qlien) practically daily in each of the following thirteen places:
 '1 San Eo City, the county seat.
 2. Ling Shan, a village thirty-fve miles northwest of San Ho City, where the Pres byterian mission owns twenty improved native buildings and where two American missionaries spend the most of their time. Here the Boxers come to our very doors to practice and I have personally seen them at it twice.
 8. Chang Ko Chuang.
 1. Kuen Yinga.
 g. Shi Kuan Ying.
 6. Tao Chung Tsi.
 7 C'Hu You.
 g. Tsung Chia Tien.
 g. Siao Sung Kochuang
 10. Siao TSui Kochuang.
 Il. Chia Kuan Yang.
 F. Siao Roo Hsien Chuang, where the American Presbyterian mission has boarding school for girls and where there is also located one foreign lady mission ary evangelist. These places are all in the neighborhood of Ling Shang, our head quarters.
 13. Pao ri Hsien the county seat 100 miles to the southeast of this place where we have had native evangelist at work for over a year. At this place great num- bers of men (said to be as many as two or three hundred) practice openly every day.
 Open Threats of Violence
 Tt is only recently that open threats of violence have been made against the for eign missionaries here and against the tive Christians, but they are now almost of daily occurrence. For example, at the sixth village mentioned, above T'Sao Chung Tsi, eight miles from this place, where the people from several villages meet to practice, the I Ho C'huan manouvers on the 18th instant, MT. Wang Ting Hsiang, one of the owners of the ground where the practising is done, forbade one of our evan- geists, who is a native of that place, to come where they were practicing, saying to him among other threatening things that they are preparing to destroy the foreign CTS at Tyng Shang and their folowers-the native Christians.
 Furthermore, yesterday, May 14, when two of our native preachers went to the San Ho Yamen with a letter from me to that official, they were recognized as Chris tian evangelsts, and followed by Peo to the Yamen, and repea tedly threatened with death. There were many calls for knives to kill them with. They actually suffered no physical violence, but that was doubt less only because of their own patience and forbearance. All about us men were &C., lively stirring up feeling against us, say ing that we are poisoning the wells and many villagers have already purchased na- tive medicines to put into the wells to coun- teract the effect of the supposed poison.
 "rhe recent rains which you have had in Pekin have not reached this part of the country, and hence as no farming can be done the people are idle and in distress at having no crops, and consequently easi- ly misled by the designing men who are so actively propagating this society.
 1.-The I Ho C'huan is spreading like wild fire over add this district. Where two months ago it was practically unknown today there are scores of active societies which are rapidly becoming aggressive ones and unless your excellency can secure the immediate and vigorous action of the Chinese government in suppressing it and in punishing a few of the leaders it is cer- tain (humanly speaking) that it is only question of a very short time until there will be an uprising in all this district. I believe that it is not yet too late to sup press after taking hold in earnest by the Chinese officials, but in my judgment (and I have passed through several such exper- fences in my ten or more years in China) there is not day to spare.
 Praying your excellency's kind offices on our behalf, I am your obedient servant
 (Signed) "CHARLES A. KILLIE."