The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-17


story Of the passion Of Him for love 9
whom they were suffering, in who's
holy footsteps they were treading tn
rough road 10 Calvary.
Miss Gould, enfeebled by long week
Of watching and anxiety ,succunlbed, ant
death from terror robbed her torturer
of the fiendish pleasure they had de
signed for themselves in her agony
But Miss Morrill, stumbled bRayelv on
alone, TO her martyrdom.
A highly educated Chinese Christian
who managed TO escape the massacre
and who witnessed the scene, told ths
court today, that her eyes were raised
to the blue heaven with look in then
as if she saw it already open to receive
her. She was like Hypatia among the
savage Christians of Alexandria, alone
naked, with death her only hope.
Outside the city walls her torturers
stopped. The indignities that they
heaped upon her we're such as the
devils in hell devise for the torture OF
damned souls-unprintable, UNRELIABLE.
When the fiends stated their malignant
ingenuity, a soldier chopped of the
young martyrs breasts with his sword.
Her wrists were tied with a rope be-
hind her back and she was forced to
ner knees. One blow of sword sever
ed her head from her shoulders, and
she was at rest. Her body was burned.
So died this young American mis-
sionary, firm in her faith, canfident in
the hope of a glorious resurrection,
fall of love for the benighted, cruel
heathen to save whom she had given
the best years Of her life and for whom
now she had given life itself.
There are two phases Of Chin
ese character about which oil trav-
elers agree-their utter indiffel-
erence to human suffering, the
absence of anything akin to feel
ing of pity, and an Ingenuity of
mind in devising methods of tor
ture, unequalled by any other PEG,
pie on earth. This trait and its
accomplishment have
been horribly illustrated since the
first Boxer uprising was announ ced
to the world.
1t is not an exaggeration to say
that history furnishes no parallel
to the series of barbarous tortures
inflicted by these people upon res
ident Europeans and Americans.
In casting up the account one may
leave out the thousands of slaugh-
tors of native followers of these
missionaries, and still have debt
Of reparation due by this ancient
empire to the civilized world SO
Il
vast as to be almost impossible Of
satisfaction.
To say that the teachings of
shese foreigners were Dissatisfaction
he Chinese avaiIs nothing; nor
loes the contention that they took
heir lives in their hands and in
7lted their fate, when gong into
he country upon such a missio n
Is theirs. They lived in China UNI
Ter the most solemn guarantee of
protection which one government
AN offer to the citizens of another
the obligations of ratified trea-
les, If arepetition Of the occur
'ences of this year is to be render
ID impossible. then the m assures
AIKEN by the powers now IN posi- |
ion to enforce their demands |
must be such as to leave an inn
preston upon the mind of the rul |
ng class so indelible that the |
apse of centuries cannot efface it
It's not necessary. nor would it
'e proper or wise, to undertake
ught in the way of revenge, but
would be folly to do less than
emand the life of every official
whose connection with the upris-
ng can possibly be traced, regard
sss of his station, and the pay
lent of money indemnity sufi-
lent to restore the property de-
troYed and defray all expenses to
,hich the powers have been put
! the effort to afford that protec-
on to their citizens winch the
'hinese government itself had |
" N II
uaranteed. With this done, and
lie head of the Chinese govern
tent put on a footing with the
cad of every government having
, treat with him,in point Of acces-
.bility at least, and the road kept
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ways open from Picking to the
"a, the rest may be left to the ex-
rcise of constant vigilance.
The absurdity Of endeayoringl
accomplish these things, 50 es-
initial to the peace of the future
nd the safety of cur people,