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REQUESTS MARINE dUARD-
M. KILLIEs REPoRT.

Enclosure No. 3-Mr. Kille to Mr.
"Tingshan San Ho County
(thlrty-fve miles east Of Pekin), May
i6. g6O.-Hon. Edward h, Conger +. T.,
and NJ p, Etc. pekln China:-Dear
slr:-I have delayed giving you the list
Of villages In this district, where the
/ Ho CHaun Cor TUan) IS In active
operation, until / could verify beyond
question the statements heretofore
made concerning the same ] am now
prepared to show tho members Of that
organization practice LIEN practically
daily IN each Of the following thirteen
places:
"O) San Ho City. the county seat;
(2) Lingshan. a village thlrty-hve II
northwest OF San Ho City where the
Presbyterian mission owns twenty I'M
proved native buildings and where two
American missionaries spend the most
Of their time. here the Boxers come 10
our very doors 10 practice, and !
have personally seen them at II
twice. go Chang Ko Chuang. (D
C'Heng Kuan Wing; 90 Shi Kuan Wing;
90 TAO Chung Tsi; 90 CHu T'Ou; 90
Tsung CHA Tien: 0) Slao Sung ko
ChuanR: dN siao T'su 10 Chuang;
0D CHA Kuan Wing Q2) Siaoo K0O
Presbyterian mission has a boarding
school for girls and where there Is also
located one Of the foreign lady mission
airy evangellsts these places are all In
the neighbOrhoood OF Ling Shang, our
Headquarters: 0g Pao TT Hsien, the
county seat. 100 n 10 the southeast Of
this place. where we have had a ma
tive evangelist at work for over a year
AZ this place great numbers OF men
(said 10 be as MANY as 200 or S0O) prac-
tice openly every day.
THREATS ARE MADE.
1T Is only recently that open threats
OF violence have been made against the
foreign missionaries here and against
the native Christians, but they are now
almost Of daily occurrence. For exam
pie. at the sixth village mentioned
above. eight II from this place. where
every evening the people from several
villages meet 10 practice the ] Ho
CHuan maneuvers. On the 18th in
slant Mr.. Wang Ting Hslnag, one OF
the owners OF the ground where the
practicing Is done. forbade one OF our
eyangeists. who Is a native OF that
place 10 come where they were practlc-
ing. saying unto him among other
threatening things. that they were pre-
pairing TO destroy the foreigners at Ling
Shang. and their followers, the native
Christians
THREATENED WITH DEATH.
Furthermore, yesterday, May 14th,
when two Of our native preachers went
TO the San Ho Yamen with a letter
from me to that official, they were re-
cognized as Christian evangelists and
followed by the people to the hamen
and repeatedly threatened with death.
There were many calls for knives 20
Kill them with. The official was absent
form the city. so they did not see him
They actually suffered no physical vio-
lence but that was doubtless only be-
cause OF their own patience and for
bearance.
IAN about us men were actively stir
ring up feelings against us, saying that |
We are poisoning the wells. and many
villages have already purchased native |
10 put into the wells to coun- |
teract the effect Of the supposed poi
son.
1.-THE recent rains which we have had |
n Pekin have not reached this part OF /
he country, hence no farming can be |
done The people are idle and dis /
.ressed az having no crops, and conse- |
luently easily misled by the designing /
men who are actively propagating this
society
SPREADING LIKE wILDFIRE.
1.-THE I Ho CHuan Is spreading like
vildfre over all this district, Where /
.wo months ago II was practically I'M
Known. today there are scores Of active
societies. which are rapidly becoming
aggressive ones. and unless your eX-
,ellency can secure the immediate and
,igorous action OF the Chinese govern
nent In suppressing Il and In Furnishing
few leaders. II Is certain human
y speaklng) that Il Is only question
I a very short time when there win
Ne violent uprising In all the district.
believe that II is not yet too late 20
uppress Il II taken hold OF IN earnest
~ the Chinese officials, but. I'm my
Judgment (and | have passed through
everal such experiences In my ten or
more years in Chlna), there is not a
ay TO spare. Praying your excellen-
Us kind offices IN our behalf, ! am
our Obedient servant