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AN ADDRESS ON CHINA
INTERESTING FACTS TOLD BY DIR
W. G. NOBLE.
Occnpied the Pulpit In Plymouth
Church Yesterday Morning - HAS
Sneut TWENTY-FIVE Years In Chin"
Amoug tho Missionaries.


DR.. Willis c. Noble of this city, the
we'll known physician who has spent %
years of his life in practicing among tue
missionaries in China, spoke very lN'el
estingly yesterday morning in flylilou1h
church on China" DR.. Noble return
cd from that country last February ana
the territory in which he practiced Is
right in the thick of the trouble now
taking place in China, so that the Sally
reports Of the ravages of the Boxers
make the scenes very familiar to NM
His talk was one of great interest ana
was very Instructive to all who heard IT,
| DR.. Noble was located at Pao Ting fu,
the station of the American board Oh
| Commissioners for Foreign Missions ana
| his mission at that place in Whlch ne
had been so long has been recently
| burned by the Boxers lie SAID that d
missionary there, very dear TREND Oh
his with whom he spent much time pre-
yious to his coming over here IN Fepfu-
ary. had been put to death by the Box
ers and also an Episcopal missionary
with whom he was very well ac-
quainted.
The speaker began his address by CIV
| llS d uelullcu dISOuiib VI eAAo ~
the present troubles and then spoke OF
some of the customs of the different Sc
| cret societies that are at the head Of the
terrible evils. He said great many
people are ignorant Of the fact that the
first great cause for the Chinese uprls-
ing Is that of a political nature, ana
secondly, of course, comes the growing
belief in the mind of the low Chinese
that the foreign element is becoming
too thick in the province and that soon
err or later the Chinese will have to give
IN to the outsider which thought he
said was enough to kindle feeling OF
great hatred for all other than those OF
yellow skin,
1.-THE numerous secret societies" CON
tinued DR. Noble, ARE becoming strong
err and stronger all the time and the
whole Of China from the north to the
south, and from the east to the west i
gradually becoming covered by thes'
bodies The provinces are filling RAPID
ly. The condition of the country forces
the growth of these societies and give!
them ground for existence. The 'Vege
tartan society. the White Lily TIL
Elder Brother and the Great Sword
societies are some Of the more powerful
and during the last few years Their
have been awful masacres In emma
The Great Sword society is compari
lively a new one andits chief reason 10
existence is to antagonize the foreign
element and the Christian missionary
!. This is one of the most powerful o
/, the secret societies.
when the missionary first went t.
China he was able to go almost wher
, ever he pleased, but as soon as Grea
Sword knew the encroachment OF Tor
eigners they were stopped and restrict
, ed from going anywhere outside of thei
mission territory and now the mission
aries are being driven out of the eoun
try entirely.
THE members of the Great Swort
| and, in fact all the secret societies, ar
able to recruit almost any number Q
the low Chinese as this class OF peopl
are bribed to believe that as soon a
they join a society they become bullt
proof and can be harmed In no manner
. They therefore have great courage an
make the bravest and most cruel fight
ers"
Dr. Noble then went on to tell of tn
work of the missionaries in that cour
= try and said that wherever the mis-
sonaries go the love and confidence {
the people are sure to be with them.
In last Tuesdays Issue of the Ne
l York Herald was printed picture {
DIR. Noble with a number Of inissonar
workers and also picture Of DR.. NJ
ble's mission house that was burned
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