The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22

Dlsnop or missionary he must give the
matter immediate and polite attention.
and institute an investigator Sion'
F1fth-As occasions arise fha IoooI -,
thorities shall counsel the peopIa lo eSbo a-
ing them, to unite with the Christisns.
eney snan never encourage hatred or
priests abail 1 f1kasSehislon Bishops and
!lans 70 strive earnestly toward maintain
ing the good repute OF the Cat%oIIo
tt enf end SO that the people may be con-
tween the people and the Christians tSa
local authorities shall judge and rlIfs WITH i1S
equity that the people and the Chris Is
shall nei Idy Iivs IN peace. missionaries
lection with partially. nv
Although 1t does not so specifv IN 4ha
foregoing decree, one of the PRIVILEGES
accorded to the Wears apostolic or their
supordinates gives them the right to ann
e an. vi III al the native Christians under
80 JurisuIclon, In order to prepare
them to resist forcibly the ASSAULT ~
ROBBERS and Boxers 1t will he renoayn-
pered that in one of the disnatches fror,
Cnna recently published It was stated
tnat one Of the bishops had taken nd
vantage of this privilege and was armIn0
the native Christians to resist attack
mere are many villages in the Chinese
Aahsuon tnat are composed exclusively
OF native Catholics. These VILLAGES 90
Is the custom in the country. are nrotect-
ed by wall There are no onenin.s In
the wall and the only way OF egress ia
oy means of a ladder which is taken
down from the wall when not In usc-
Sentinels are stationed in towers that
surmount the ramparts to give warning
of the approach of an enemy,
Many of the native Catholics +houpl
In the more populous districts. have SUI.
fered severely and hundreds of chaueIs
ana institutions have been burned or
looted, and native Christians made pris-
oners and horribly tortured before death.
In October, 1898, Father Chants was mar
tyred in the Province of Kwang-tong: or,
Dec. II, Father Victorin q Franciscan
was put TO death Of protracted torture
IN the F1cariate Apostolic of Southern
Hou-Pe, while as far back as the No
vember of the preceding year, 1897. two
GERMAN missionaries. Father Mes and
Rather Henle, were killed by the sect of
the Great Dagger at the mission OF
Tchang-tza- Kiatchouang These were
the most prominent victims, but to these
were added hundreds of native Chris
tials. OF course the full extent of the
killing of the foreigners and missions
aries has not been received, but at the
home of the Jesuits in Manhattan word
was received last week of the killing of
the Rev. Father Andlauer, an Alsacian.
and professor of Scripture, and the
Rev. Father Loser, Frenchman. Both
priests were Jesuits.
During all these trials the native Cath
olics have remained steadfast in their
faith, and have even increased in num-
Der. The province of I<ianguan, Entrusted
to the Jesuits, has 15G priests, 1920 cate
chiSts of both sexes, 725 Christian com
munities, lis, TT Christians and 81, 4S1 cate
chumens. The mission support $50 schools
for boys, AS schools for girls number
ing 1882 and $500 scholars, respectively.
1t directs also large and small semi
nary, several colleges for the higher edu-
cation Of youth, and a considerable num-
Der of hospitals, orphan asylums and
dispensaries. The missionaries also man
age a magnetic and meteorological OBJ
servatory, a serpi-weekly Chinese journal
and Messenger of the Sacred Heart in
China.
In Southwestern Pe-tsch-n, a province
also intrusted TO the Jesuits, near the
scene Of the present disturbance, there
are 81 Jesuit fathers 6SS catechists, 6SS
Christian communities, and a population
Of about $4,000. Furthermore, there are
637 chapels and churches in this mission
and 212 schools for boys and 1S9 for girls,
with total attendance of 1874 children
Other missions in China are In charge of
the Franciscans, Domtnicans, Lazarists,
Aueustinians and priests from the semi
naries of foreign missions established in
Paris Belgium, Germany and Holland.
The missions In China under the care
of the Lazarist fathers are very numer-
Gus. The number of native Catholics UNI
der their spiritual care is not known In
this country.
The reason for, the success which the
Catholic missionaries have made with
the Chinese is because they are men of