The Portland daily press., 1900-07-09

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"B. Colognan, Dean of the Diplomatic
Corps"
(Enlosure No. ~
Bishop Faiver to M. Pechon, French
minister:
Apostolic Vicarate of Pekin and North
China, Pekin, May 10, 1900.
Mr.. Minister.-F day to day the
threatening. In the prefecture of
Pact1ng- Flu more than 20 Christians have
been massacred; near Echao-Lceou only
three days ago, three neophytes have
been cut to pieces. Many villages have
been pillaged and burned, a great many
others have been completely abandoned,
More than 1000 Christians have been
fleeing without bread, without cloth
ing. without shelter. At Pekin alone
about 400 refugees, men, women and
children are already lodged at our house
and that of the sisters; before eight days
we will probably have many thousands
We viii have to dismiss the schools and
the colleges, also use all the hospitals to
make room for these unfortunates.
Upon the east Of us pillage and incen-
diarism are imminent; we are hourly
receiving the most alarminsg news. Pc
kin is surrounded on all sides; the Box
ers are daily coming nearer to the capital,
delayed only by the destruction which
they are making of Christians. Believe
me, pray you, Mr.. Minister that / am
we'll informed and say nothing lightly.
Religious persecution is only one object,
the real purpose is the determination of
Europeans, a purpose which is clearly
set forth and written upon the banners
Of the Boxers. Their associates await
them at Pekin where they will begin by
attacking the Chinese and finish with
the legations.
For us here at the Pao Tang the day
is practically ended. All the city knows
it; everybody is speaking OF it and a pop
ular outbreak is manifest.
Yesterday evening 43 poor women and
their children, flying from the massacre,
arrived at the house of the sisters. More
than 500 persons accompanied them say
ing to them that if they had escaped this
once they would soon die with fortunes.
Mr. Minister I do not speak TO you of
pIacards without number which are
posted in the city against Europeans in
general. Each day new ones appear
more explicit than the others. Those
who years ago were present at the Tien
Tsin massacre are struck with the resem-
blance of the situation then to that of
today; the same placards, the same
threats, the same warnings and the
same blindness. Then salso as today the
missionaries wrote and duplicated fore
seeing the horrible ava kening.
Under these circumstances, Mr.. Minis
ter, I believe it my duty to ask you to
kindly sen dus at least 40 or 90 marines
to protect our persons and our property.
This has been done under circumstances
much less critical and I hope you will
take into consideration our humble
prayer.
Please accept Mr.. Minister the assur-
ance of the respect and profound graft
tude with which have the honor to be,
Your excellency's very humble and
obedient servant,
(Signed)
ALT Faiver, Bishop, Apostolic Vicarate,
Pekin.
S. Jarlin,7 Bishop Co-adjutator.
G. Guilloaux, Vicar General.
(AIr. Killie to Mr.. Conger).
Ling Shan, San Ho County, (35 miles
east of Pekin) May IS, 1900,
edwin II. Conger, E. E. M. and P.
ETC., Pekin, China:
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the list of villages in this district where
the I Ho C'Huan cor L. Uan) is in
active operation until 1 could verify be
yond question the statements heretofore
made concerning the same. I am now
prepared with proof to show that the
members of that organization practice
| QIein) every day in the following 10
places: (1) San Ho city, the county seat
| (2) Ling Shan, village 80 miles north
west of San Ho city, where the Presby-
terrain ministry owns 20 improved native
buildings, and where the American mis-
sionaries spend most of their time. Here
the Boxers come to our very doors to
practice and have personally seen them
at it twice; (3) Chang Ko Chuang; (4)
C'Heng Kuan Wing; 90 Shi Kuan Wing
(6) T'ao Ching Ssi; CD HUI TOu; (8)
Tsung CHA Tien; (9) Aiao Sung Ko;
OO) Siao T'Sui Choung; (1) CHA
Kung Ying; (1S) Siao Koo Hsien
Chuang, where the American Presby
terrain mission has boarding school for
girls and where there is also located one
of the foreign lady missionary evange-
lists. These places are all in the neigh
borhood of Ling Shang, our headquar-
ters. OBJ Pao III Hs1en, the co seat,
100 Ii to the southeast of this place,
where we have had a native evangelist
at work for over a year. At this place
great numbers of men (said to have been
as many as two or three hundred) prac.
tice openly every day. 1t is only recently
that open threats of violence have been
made against the foreign missionaries
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