The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-15
LETTERS FROM MISSIONARIES.
Conditions in China in July Describ-
ed by Presbyterfans.

Conditions in China in July Describ-
ed by Presbyterfans.
NEW YORK, Aug 15.-Several letters
from missionaries of the Presbyterian
Board in South China were made public
yesterday. They speak of the looting of
mission property and of the incidents Of
Journeys to places OF safety.
The Rev. J. c. Garritt, writing from
Shanghai, July 20, says:
The Rev. Dr. H. J. C. Hallock VIII
doubtless write you of the troubles at Pu-
Kiang. 4 long letter just in from him
gives a narrowing account of the yer eance
wreaked or the Christians homes where
mis- work is. both OF Aug Kega and We
, Ionggyas. The Christians are left home
less. and may not be able TO get back,
even TO reap their crops. No lives are lost,
however The China Inland Mission and
the China Missionary Society. who also have
work near by. have reports of the same
kind from their converts. At Chu-ki, up
the river isouth) from Hang Chow some
fifty miles or less. where the China Mis-
sIOnaTy Society missionaries live. their
houses were first looted and then burned
and their native preachers and converts
compelled to flee for their lives. The for
eigners had Just left in time, being called
to Hang Chow a little before the looting
began.
AT Nirg-Po the opportunity
for trouble is present, but We trust that
none viii occur In the country back Of
Ning-Po rowdyism has broken out. The
Ficeroy at Nankin has been ordered to
Pekin. but apparently refuses to go. Yet
they appear to be sending troops north,
which looks like they were trying to keep
in both with the foreigners and with the
usurping Government"
The Rev. Charles Leaman, OF the Nan
kin station, writing on July q, while en-
route TO Japan, OF the situation at his sta
ton, says:
When we left Nankin on July Il
there was no trouble or certain signs of an
outbreak in the city near by. This was
due 10 the strict measures of the Ficeroy,
Ii kunih who seems to try TO keep peace
with foreigners and not join with the Box
eFs.
The Rev E. L. Mattox, OF the Hang
Chow station, who went to Nagasaki, ia
pan, writes from that port on July Is:
Everything was quiet in Hang-Chow,
and is yet so far as we know. There were
a great many wild rumors and placards
were pinned up on a small gate on the
school compound setting the date for burn
ing the school and foreign residences. but
nothing came of it. The date was June z.
Then We heard on pretty good authority
that the Governor of our province, whom
we knew to be anti-foreign, had instruc-
tions from Pekin to let no foreigners es-
cape, and no doubt he had such orders.
but did not care TO carry them out. For
a long time the -Kiang officials re-
fused to join with the Viceroys up the
river in their agreement to protect for
eigners within their bounds. On Monday
both we and the South Presbyterians re-
ceiyed kilograms from Shanghai ordering
us tc leave Hang-Chcw at once. We got
to Shanghai without incident"
The Rev J. A Fitch, OF the station at
Wei-Hten, wrote from Nagasaki, Japan, on
July p:
Word of our Canadian Presbyterian
friends TO the effect that in escaping to
the Yangtze, from HoNan, they were
stripped of everything by robbers. And
yet there must be many lives yet in dan
ger in far western China, persons so dis
tant that it would take one or two months
to come in. And there would be Difficult
ties in getting warnings to them The
strain on accommodations caused by the
influx of refugees is putting up the prices
of beard in hotels and boarding houses to
| fabulous figures At the Nagasaki Hotel
first class board is reported to be 81 a
day
No dispatches were received or sent out
| by the mission boards. The officers of the
Christian and Missionary Alliance are ex-
pecting more definite news regarding their
missionaries who have arrived in st. Pc
tersburg from northwestern China