New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-18
BISHOP FAVIER'S REPORT.
CATHOLICS IN CHINA SUFFERING LESS
THAN TWO YEARS AGO.

Bishop Alphonse Favier, of Tfen-Tsin, about
whose safety dispatches say there is doubt, has
recently made report of the conditions in his ter
ritory It was there that Catholic church was
burned lately. He wrote in French, and this is
translation of part of what he said:
The Catholics in some respects are suffering less
than two years ago They are not singled out for
were under. persecution and at that time the Inn
perial Government gave consent 10 the autnorltes
regi6n autRorized and Churches built in all the
provinces OF China The Imperlat government is
as vicerOys and governors, and extending their
leave in charge The chief privilege bestowed on
them communication with both the Chinese
priests privileged to interview provincial
rIIeaed 10 con3nunicate with projects of the first
and second class, with independent projects. sub
The object Of that decree was to allow mission
aries TO settle local qispG{GS VIII gag naVe o
the home Government. This decree has been fol
have been slow to observe it. From october, 1898
20 the present time some four misslonares nave
tians have persisted To protect themselves the
Catholic missionaries with their parshioners
sought refuge in large cities and drilled their COM
munities TO resist the robbers by force. the name
Boxer is never used, Missionaries speak Of them
as robbers. bandits members Of the Great Knife
or the Great Dagger Secret Society: In spite OF
creased in number.
The Catholic Church." says Father John J..
Wynne Of the College Of St. Francis Xavier, has
figures: The Church has in that country 522 44S
Catholics, $50 churches, 759 European mission.
aries, 4o9 native missionaries 2$l3 schools and AZ
( seminaries. This. with the addition Of the con
Verts Of other Churches, makes strong showing,
and indicates how far Christianity has forced its
way into that empire
These are the statistics for the disturbed dis
ricts: Mongolia department or district, just north
of Picking D. 900 Catholics, 103 chapes and churches,
g European missionaries, Is native missionaries,
IS schools and seminaTies; Pe-Chi-Li 1l2.0O0
Catholics. 102S chapes and churches, IS European
missionaries - native priests, $50 schools and .
seminaries; Picking, residences for Catholic mis-
sionares, 2 seminaries &c students in the higher
and 50 in the lower, 133 primary schools for boys,
1l6S pupils and 81 for girls 329 pupils academy,
135 boys girls schools, 10 boarders; hospitals 3
dispensares, old mems homes, % inmates. and
for women 70 inmates; orphan asylums, pa chill
dren: missionary Trappsts European and 81
Chinese; Sisters of Charity and Sisters of St.
Joseph, and S25 young women who help the priests
and nuns catechsts; Tien-Tsin, European col
lege, % boys; normal scnoo and school for cate
chlsts. hospital and dispensary; Kiang-Nan and
I Southwestern Pe-Chi-Li intrusted the Jesuits,
priests 1890 catechists of both sexes. 725 Chris
tan communities, 158t7 Christians, 34,481 preparing
baptism. $50 for boys 40 for girls with
1892 boys ana 500 girls; magnetic and meeoro-
logical observatory, semi-weekly and a monthly.
both printed in Chinese"