Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-12-01
A STORY OF HARDSHIP.
Escape of the Green Party Regarded
as Little Short of Mi
raCulOus.


Pao Ting Fu. Oct. 23.-When the story
Of the period Of blood and lnassacre in
China is told few of its chapters will be
as thrilling as the narrative of the Green
party who were found almost dead by
the allied expedition. The tale of their
hardship and abuse and almost miracu-
| lous preservation has come to the outer
world by piecemeal, but to the CORE
spondent of the Associated Press its de-
tails Of suffering and cruelty were told
for the first time by Miss Greig.
Mr.. and Mrs. Green, members of the
British Chinese Inland mission with their
TWO children, boy and a girl aged > and
years, and Miss Greig, an assistant
were stationed at Huai Lu, a small town
10 miles south of this place. During
! the first week of July news of massacres
OF MISSIONARIES were received in Pao
| ling Fu and also the news of the de-
struction of the mission at Shunt Ii Flu
Chao Chi, and Shen vi and of the NOV
ing of the troops from the Shan ST prov
ince towards Tien Tsin to attack the
foreigners. On hearing of the state of
affairs the little party moved away TO
the mountains on the advice of the man
DARN to go into hiding. They took with
! them only few bare necessities carry
ing the children asleep in their arms and
We're conducted by two or three Chinese
| servants TO Chinese temple a short dis
| lance back in the hills Here they re-
manned two days and were then informed
| by the villagers who used the temple that
| they must at once leave. They were also
| told that their home had been destroyed
and the site made the headquarters of Il
! Boxer camp.
Secreted in a Cave.
| Some friendly Chinese showed the
| party small cave little distance from
/ NNshn
creted for two days and three nights
/ suffering, the. utmost discomforts, their
! hiding place being only about & feet by
| J, with water dripping from the roof.
| While the party lay in the cave the Box
ers were seen and heard searching the
mountains for the foreign devils. On the
third day their servants discovered them
ana led them to a farmhouse, where the
+ entire party lived in one small room for
| a month, not daring to stir from their
retreat III the daytime and only with the
greatest caution at night. On August l.;
the Boxers discovered their hiding place.
from which their host had made a tunnel
/ TO cave n short distance away. The
! Boxers demanded that the little band be
! gwen up to them. On hearing their bene-
factor being beaten and tortured Mr.
] Cffeen determined to give himself up and
! do what he could to save his wife and
| little ones and Miss Greig. As the mis-
Slonary appeared at the mouth of the cave
/ he was Immediately shot in the face with
| a charge of fine pellets. Wounded and
| bleeding he pleaded for the women and
| children, but with no avail The Boxers
| ordered them from the tunnel and the
| frightened women came forth expecting
! death or worse. Knives and swords wcrs,
| held over their heads and all their DOS
| sessions taken from Them except their
! clothing. They We're then made to marc
| To Huai Lu. their former home III, q
| they were met by the mandarin I'D
| whose advice they had gone into hidi
This man beat and abused Mr.. CIR
| and reproaehed him for not coming
him for advice and protection.
| Refused to Receive Them.
The mandarin then said he would send
| the party to Cheng Ting Flu, with an cs-
! cort of imperial troops He assured
them they would receive ample protee-
| ton at Cheng Ting Flu. The party was
| placed in rough wood four wheeled carts
and started on their journey. About
| three miles ont they were overtaken nv
! the Boxers. who had originally captured
| them, and ON reaching Cheng Ting En-
were refused admission to the city bp-
cause of their escort. For three DAYS
and nights. without stop except at rare
| intervals to partake of native food. they
were carted through the country to Pao
| Ting Flu. Loaded with abuse, mistrcated
| and suffering, the place literally swarm
ing with Boxers demanding their lives
the hapless prisoners were escorted to
| the yamen of the chief magistrate. Ting
Guen, who refused to receive them. Then
| occurred Il strange incident. The chief
Boxer himself pleaded for his prisoners
and induced Ting Nuen to come and
speak TO Mr.. Green. He expressed sor-
row at seeing the condition of the pris-
oners and said he would send them 10
| Ten Tsin under an escort of imperial
troops and with his official passports
He also offered to provide them with
sufficient money to secure food on the
journey. That morning they were taken
to a boat, but found neither troops nor