New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-12
OUTBREAK IN CHINA.
DISCUSSED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD AT
ST LOUIS

St Louis oct 1l--Attendance at the second day
session of the ninety-frst annual meeting OF the
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign MIS-
sions increased to-day through the arrival Oh d
number of belated delegates. Great interest was
shown in the discussion Of the mission work III
China
After devotional exercises the Rev Dr. tucson
smith, foreign secretary of the American Board
read an tnterestina paper on China The Stua-
ton and Outlook"
The theme of the Rev Dr. Judson smith, foreign
secretary of the Board. was China; fhe SITUATION
and the Outlook He said in part
Are the missionaries responsible for the things
that have been done and suffered? There are hot
wanting those who would trace inns our'O - +,9s
mistakes and misdeeds Of the missionaries or to
the mere fact of their presence m 3iItinlarIy for
those of our own Board when reply that tIe
They are in China with Chlna's knowledge and
virtual consent, enjoying plaln.! sup Tbey
are guilty Of no dsloyalty; they have enJolnatta
t6ev have lived in peace and soody fellowship
with the native communities wherever tu ty 10 -
asht1 TO- $50 fTa11 their presence There Moth
misht pe I1eea I 9 70 suggest even that they
are not welcome guests in the land. and these out
md rioIert men against whom the missionaries
have constantly and openly appealed TO oniIIese
Years edict after edct has been issued by the Chi
nese Government declaring tne m So are TO be
come guests who teach virtue anu ~ res baVs
protected all their rights The missionaries Havs
since these edicts were published; those OF US who
have seen them in their homes, at their WoFh.
respect and honor engaged in as purely 5enefcenf
and unsesh work as ever occupies de Of fat on
their part without surprise and deep resentmeht.
But missionaries do not respect the prejudceS OF
the Chinese and they provoke resentment by their
pride and i'll manners and tyranny l saw nearly
two years ago. and many belonging to other BoaTSs
@fG ss" and eF them am free to say that such
charge is base calumny, absolutely without toth-
degree to which they comply with native customs
the courtesy and kindness of their bearing t4w4ra
Go o9fEan 90 OF we'll a as Christian oeial as well
the common people There may be exceptions, but
they only prove the rule. and they are too few 70
point the testimony Of Charles DENLY, thirteen
years United States Minister at t, Pekng, ana mo
empire 81 unqualifedly and in the strongest
and Women who are living and dying in China and
| in the Far East my free and unadulterated COM
what is now to be done? Are our missions to be
closed up and the work Of eva9gezFa Cnina aoan
missionary effort; not unless we Voluntary aDd
tbere us much more that remains the first place
our missions in the south are essen 3 III
fians who have held their faith. now in hiding
but with peace will come forth to form Inc
The Bib'e ard Christian literature end teXtbooKs re-
out the field And there are examples of Christian
heroism before the eyes OF the Of the work
| knS rot lea the missionaries remain, who know
Tn or a ad who aTe eager to renew everywhere
The very connections will open many Hih1s ~ he
nersecufion that arose about stephen which SCAT
tered the DISCIPLE ,a m 3ut paees so in mutudes
of villages in Shan-Tung Chih-i1 ana ShanINe d ise
sira for o the new faith will kndled and the
messenger of the Gospel will fnd an Ways KAY opl nd
Work THE blood Of the martyrs is the seed OF the
Fien aown IVY What sf' Gsrvess await faith Pao
Ting-Fu and 81 ITS 9of 6 51r3ho from the yell
Low, River TO the Great Wall from the sea TO Tue
| far mountains of Shan-Se.
mr. Smiths naper was followed by a general dis
| russion Of the subject Among those VINO spoke
we're a number of missionaries who passed through
the recent outbreaks in China. The speakers were
| the Rev DR.. c. A Stanley the Rev. .. HeIFE
| Ewing the Rev E. f. Aiken. DR.. Wills T. noble
| the Rev 1. j. Atwood. missionaries or the North
| China Mission; the Rev DR. Henry A stimson' the
Rev Dr. Edward D. Eaton and the Rev. Dr. Harlan
| p. Beach
| The annual address of S. B. Capen, of Boston,
president of the Board. was delivered this evening
| This address was listened to with close atten-
ton and in part as follows:
| Il has been asked: rs the American Board
| going TO give up mission work in Gilman and,
T we we 9n mg fcaIY No We hear discussion
| abo1t taking down the flag after 1t has once been
INJURED Something which we have cone in the
| past and doubtless will do again, but we must
iieyg We must hold Tp the hands of this Admins
tration and of every Administration in SO far as
II insists on the fullest protection to our mission
aries 1t is simple Justice. They are instructed to
take most scrupulous not to interfere In the
smallest degree with the political matters OF otner
| nations. a violation Of this rule would mean IN
slant recall 1t is because Of our care in this re-
spect that the Protestant missionaries OF the
| United States have. a rule. so speeulIy won
| their way to public favor. We must no longer
as often in the past, look 20 England alone or 10
any other nation for protection of 'ur brave men
| and women; must protect them ourselves: we e
! have heard much of the concert of the Powers. .
! In the strifes for selfish interests they have OF
| late seemed to be often the concert of the I'M