Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-09

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Christians.
| believe me- pray you. Mr. Minister
that I am well informed and saw NOTHING
| lightly.
| Religious persecution is only one oh.
| lection. The real purpose is the extermi.
| nation Of Europeans. II purpose which Is
clearly set forth ana written upon the
| banners OF the Boxers. Their associates
await them at Pekin. where they will be.
gin by attacking the churches and finish
with the legations.
For u: here at the PaotanS the day is
practically ended. All the city knows it;
everybody Is speaking of il and a popu-
lar outbreak is manifest.
Yesterday evening. Is poor women and
their children. flying from the massacre.
| arrived \, the house OF the Sisters More
| tnan so PERSONS accompanied them. say
Ing 10 them that If they had escaped this
| once they would soon die with the others.
Nj Minister. do not speak to YOU of
p.acards without number which are post
Ell IN me city against Europeans in gen
efal' Each day new ones appear. more
explicit than the others. Those who 50
year. ago were present at the Tien Tsin
massacre. are struck with the resem-
b'ancs ~ the situation then to that Of
today, the came placard.. the same
threats, the same warnings and the same
blindness Then also. AS today. the mis-
sionaries wrote and supplicated. foresee-
ing the horrible awakening.
u nGer these circumstances Mr.. Min
lister. believe II my duty to ask you to
kindly send US 1T least ~ or So marines
10 protect our persons and our property
lhls has been done under circumstances
much les: critical and | hope YOU will
take into consideration our humb..
prayer
Please accept, Mr.. Minister. the as
.uranCe. OF the respect and the nrofound
gratitude with which have Tie honor
to he.
Your e&celleney'. very humbl. ana
obedent servant
t9iGhsdp ALE. FAVIER.
"Ap0stolie Vicar al pxk;n
r Jarliu. Bishop Coad jutator; &. Gull
loux, Vicar General"
Air. kiliis To Mr.. Cunger-Ling Shan
san 40 County. t35 miles east of Pc
kim, Nay l6. l9oO.-Hon. Edwin II
Conser: t. L. NJ. and P. etc. P.kin.
China:
Dear Sir: have delayed giving YOU
the list Of villages in this district
" here the Ho GILMAN. tor r Uan) is
ia active operation. until ! could verify
beyond question the statements here
iufore made concerning the same /
am now prepared with proof to show
that the members OF that organization
practice u-ienp every day in each 81
the following % places:
tD-San Ho city. the county seat:
90. Ling shan. village 81 miles north
west ~ san Ho city. where the Pres
hyterian ministry owns 20 improved ma
tive buildings and where III. American
missionaries spent the most " their
time. Here the Boxers come to oar
very doors to practice and | have per
sonally seen them at il twice 81.
Chang no Chuang. a.. C'Heng kuan
Ying. 90. Shi Kuan Wing. 60. T. A.
Ching Tsi. G0. Hu r GU. Sl. Tsuns
CHA Tien. 90. Siao Sung 10 Chouarg
10) Siao r. Sui Chouang I'D, Chi
Kuan Ying. u2>. STA" Koo Hsjen
Chu.ns whore the American Presby-
terrain mission has boarding school
for girl. and where there i. also 10
Gated one " the foreign lady mission
cry eVansel.ts
These place. are all in the neighhor-
hood " Tsin Shans our headquarters.
go. Pao Ii H.ien, the county seat.
leo Ii to the southeast of this place.
where We have had a native evsnsel-
ist Al work FOR over a year. At this
place great number. or men tsad To be
as many a. 200 or 3o0 practice openly.
every day
1t in only recently that open threats
Of violence have been made again- 1.-THE
foreign missionaries here and against
the native Christians, but they are now
almost Of daily occurance.
For example, at the sixth village
mentioned above. TAO Ching Tsi. eight
Ii from this place. where every even
ing the people from several villages
meet to practice the Ho Huang ma
n-uvre-. on the 18th inst. Mr. Wang
Ing Hsans. one Of the owners Of the
ground where the practicing takes
place. forbade any one of our evanse-
lists. who is A native OF that place. to
corac where they were practicing say
ing to him among other threatening
Things. that they We're preparing t. de
stroy the foreigners at Ling Shang. and
their followers the native Christians.
Further more, yesterday. May IA
when two of our native preachers went
to the San Ho YAmen with \ letter
from me to that official, they were rec
o.niZed a. Christian evanselists and
followed to the Yamen and repeatedly
threatened with death. There were
many calls for knives to Kill them with
The official was absent from the city,
50 they did not sec him. They actual
ly suffered no physical violence. but
that WAS doubtless only because Of
their own patience and fnrbraranca.
All about us men were actually stir
ring up feeling against us, saying that
We are poisoning the wells ana many
villages have already purchased ma
tive medicines to put into the wells to
counteract the effect OF the supposed
poison. The 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 distressed at having no cropS
and consequently easily misIed by the
designing men who are 50 actively
propagating this society.
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