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them at It twice) ca Chang Ko Chuang
(D C'heng Kuan Ying. t5) Shi Kuar
Ying. (6) Tao Chung Tsi. tO C'hu T'ou
fS) Tsung CHA Tien. t9) Siao Sung kt
Chuang uO) Siao T'sui Ko Chuang. d1]
CHA Kuan Ying. u2) Siao Koo Hsien
Chuang where the American Presbyterian
mission has a boarding school for girls
and where there is also located one foreign
lady missionary evangelist.
These places are all In the neighborhood
of Ling Shang, our headquarters
"n3) Pao I'll Hsien, the county seat. lCO
Ii 10 the southeast of this place. where we
have had native evangelist at work for
over a year. At this place great numbers
of men (said to be as many as two or three
hundreD practice openly every day.
Open Threats of Violence.
at is only recently that open threats OF
violence have been made against the for
eign missionaries here and against the ma
tive Christians. but they are now almost OF
daily occurrence. For example. at the
sixth village mentioned above. Tao
Chung Tsi, eight II from this place, where
every evening the people from several VIII
lagos meet to practice the Ho Chuan
maneuvres. On the 18th instant Mr.. Wang
Ting Hsiang, one OF the owners OF the
ground where the practicing is done, for
babe one of our eyangeiists. who is native
of that place. to come where they were
practiciLg. saying to him among Gtner
threatening things. that they were prtpar-
ing to destroy the foreigners at Ling
Shang. and their followers, the native
Christians.
Furthermore, yesterday May IA, when
two Of our native preachers went to the
San -Ho-Yamen with letter from me to
the official. they were recognized as Chris
tian eSangelists and followed by people to
the yamen. and repeatedly threatened with
death. There were many calls for. knives
to kill them with. The official was absent
from the city. SO they did not see him.
They actually suffered no physical vio-
lence but that was doubtless only because
Of their. own patience and forbearancc.
"All about US men are actively stirring
up feeling against us. saying that We are
poisoning the wells. and many villages
have already purchased native medicines
to put Into the wells to counteract the ef-
feet Of the supposed poison.
The recent rains which you have had
In Pekin have not reached this part OF
the country, ard hence, as no farming can
be done, the people are Idle and distressed
at having no crops. and consequently easily
misled by the designing men who are SO
actively propagating this society.
1.-The Ho C'huan is spreading like Wild
fire over all this district. Where two
months ago 1t was practically unknown.
today there are scores Of active societies,
which are rapidly becoming aggressive
ones. and unless Your Excellency can Sc
cure the immediate and vigorous action OF
the Chinese Government in suppressing
it and in Furnishing a few ringleaders. 1t
is certain (humanly speaking) that 1t Is
only question of very short time until
there will be violent uprising In all this
district. I believe 1t is not yet too late
to suppress it II taken hold Of in earnest
by the Chinese officials; but. In my judg-
ment land have passed through several
such experiences in my ten or more years
in China), there is not day to spare