The sun., 1900-08-15
WORD YRON HANY MISSIONARIES.
Most Of Them Report Their safety-A Few
still In the Field.

The local ONCE OF the Presbyterian Foreign
Mission Board yesterday received severa!
letters from missionaries In China. letter
from Joe C. Garritt, dated Shanghai. July 20.
contains quite a budget regarding the move
ments OF other missionaries. II Is in part as
follows
We are devoutly thankful that an far az
any Of the missions have heard. everybody
is safely out from Shantuns. Nothing Is yet
heard from Pao-tinS-fu Mr. Lowrie dropped
ut line from Tientsin, July 8, which reached
US early this week NO news from Pao- ting-lu
missionaries for TWO weeks. Thoy were under
protection OF local officials within the city AZ
that time June 23l Miller family in Ja-
pan. Iovne uninjured in Tientsln. In
form home board at discretion. Pao-ting-
fu missionaries may have escaped south
ward or may still be under protection.
Hope on J. W. Iowrie' At that time July
y ell missionaries had left Tientsin. except
four: Wilder, Pyke, j. W. Lowrie and I'd.
Lowry Mrs Wilder is A. B. c. F. NJ Mr..
PIKE, NJ. T. NJ; Ed. Lowry. NJ. +. NJ. OF Pekln.
A. to our Central Mission. the Linsles ard the
Doolittles got away from Sianstan just in time.
Mr.. Lingle would have staid. | think. except
for the presence OF the two ladies. Mrs. Doo-
little and her daughter. with Mr.. and Mrs
William. OF Nankins will be in Shanghai next
week en- route IN Japan. The Kuline people
are loathe to come down and the Consuls say
they are safe. and that sudden rush from
there would endanzsr Kinkians. They had
a panic there about three weeks ago but have
auieted down again. and many, both mission
aries and business people have returned 70
Kuling They are wstchful Of the situation,
and the Linsles will leave il necessary. I
have tried 10 get them To follow the boards
cabled order. but they say Kulins is the only
home they have in China, and they are afraid
OF the heat OF the plain for their children. and
ss long as 1t is safe they feel the board will not
be displeased at their staying Miss Dresser
is leaving for Japan tonight; the Leamans
went Wednesday. and only Mr., Drummond Is
at Nanking tof our mission"
The Rev Henry V. Noyes, writing from Can
ton on July 49, says.
i do not take the same view OF the present
situation that some do. SO long as the Vicnroys
o. eleven provinces stand BY their presen, agree
ment 10 abide by the treaties. protect foreigners
and refuse allegiance 70 Tuan. the rebel Prince.
II does not look to me probable there will Re
war in South China
"A Fitch who has BEEN At Wei Hsien, China,
writes as follows from Nagasaki. Japan. on
July 81:
4 arrived at Ts'ins Tao on the sd Of July
and was rejoiced TO find that Mr.. Chalfant and
Miss Halves and Miss Boughton had arrived
that morning. We were most thankful TO see
them safe. The ladies have suffered very
severe nervous shock We hope IL will not affect
| seriously their health. But We found Ts'ns
Tao so fun that we had TO sleep on the floor Of
the ladies' psrlor In the hotel the one night we
! stopped there. Our steamer started for Shans>
hal the next day. Before leaving We were glad
| to see our I-chow-fu missionaries IN safe
lam very sorry to hear that number Of the
| out stations OF my field have been looted. and
a native pastor. Tins Ii Me! OF the Eastern
| Dr Meals. named I.il Wei Liam have been al
most beaten TO death because they refused
10 recsnt. They are reported still in prison
Word OF our Canadian Presbyterian friends
, TO the effect that in escaping to the lars Isl
| from Honan they were stripped Of everything
| by robbers And yet there must be many lives
~ distant that it would take one or two months
| 70 come In. And there would be din'clltIss
In getting warnings to them
The strain on accommodations caused
the the hp PRICE. o, SssTd pqSsias Saiss
and boarding houses to fabulous figures.
| Is. reported 10 cost 81 per day. We hear
! Of wholesale slaughter Of Christians in Chill
| province. and can hardly hope that those in
! Shantung will wholly e>csrs
| Charles Leaman writes from Japan on July
| u that he = on the way 10 Yokohama from
| Shanghai. Mr.. and Mrs. Williams are all Of
| our station at kuling. he writes and il /.
| hoped nothing will happen there a. TO get the
| helpless down through Wild crowds would be
| fatal 10 many. In Nanking there Is not so
| much danger. rs In two hours all can be under
| cover of the sinboats at the landing There
WAS OF course much excitement and many
| Wild rumors among the natives when We left
nat Ms pN.aa 1f
| safety IN case Of trouble. Mr. Drumrnond will
| stay N Nanking couple OF weeks VET, but In
| case of an outbreak can be Of no material aid
| To them. For the most part native Christians
can care for themselves better without, than
with foreigners-
! z. J.. MsttoX writes from NaSasaki on July
| The statement of the foreign Admirals that
the allies were only fighting Boxers and those
| who resisted their advance 10 Pean had
| cuietins effect and We decided TO stay in Hang
chow and await Developments. But both