The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-06

It,. 1t Is rather absurd 10 say tHat lut
Chinese do not want our religion wh n
over 10000 Of them have laid down their
lives for It, rather than deny It. II Is
not belng forced upon China; 1t Is SIM
ply being preached and those who do
not want 1t don't have to accept 1t.
II we contlne the Chinese to their re-
ligion,t which is called Confuclanism.
then they have no religion. for CoHfu..
cIanism is not religion. The present
uprising was caused more by supersu-
tion than any other cause. They think
rain Is not due to a natural cause ana
that thunder is the moving OF spirits.
Every house has wall IN front OF It 10
turn the spirit of as 1t enters.
The Chinese thought during a
drought that II they did not get rid OF
the foreigners they would have no
rain. The empress dowager knew bet
ter than this. but she. did nothing TO
stop the uprising. The uprising was
against Christianity, not because they
were Christians, but because they were
foreigners. The men who We're killed
were only murdered because they had
something to do with Christians.
The primary cause of the uprising
was due to the foreigners. irrespective
OF religion. The Chinese have the Pc
culiar habit Of stopping to consult when
they get into crowd and discuss the
question from one end to another. Once
when they were taking a man to the
block to be beheaded, two Chinese
were discussing the matter. They said
he was going to run railroad over the
graves Of his ancestors. They after
wards let him go, finding that he was a
missionary and not traitor.
The Chinese have an intense hatred
fnr rntholOnisn ITnOn ono occasion
they questioned some men as to wheth-
or they were Catholics or not. The men
said they were not Catholics. saying
they were married and asking them
whether priests married or not. These
men were allowed to go because they
were not traitors, notwithstanding the
fact that they were missionaries.
Uprising Was Advantageous.
DR.. InglIs, continuing, said that If the
uprising in China was antl-religious he
would not have been there TO tell the
story. During the uprising they were
unmolested, while the CHINESE were
bombardlng the legation, giving them
time to escape. If the uprising had
been anti-religious they would have
been destroyed.
The speaker then proceeded to de-
scribe the siege OF Pekin. He was In
the hospital and he felt some time be-
for the siege that trouble was brewing.
He took precautions and had the pa
tlents who were unable to escape re-
moved to places OF safety. They were
warned that they had better seek safety
at the legation. On their way down
they were accosted and fearing a mob
he drew his revolver and scared the
intruders Off. AT the legation they
trfrffT l,.r
twenty-four. They feared all the time
that the Chinese were playing them
false. They told them that they need
not throw UP any barricades. that the
government would protect them. One
morning word came to US that the Ger
man minister had been treacherously
Shot down and the Boxers were going
to attack the foreign legations. We
then sought safety In the British lega-
ton. and here We found we had not
food enough TO Inst week, for the
5000 persons. all told In the legation.
We found food enough that afternoon
for sustenance for eight weeks. We
had one hundred ponies and mules and
1elt thnt we were pretty well provided.
From that time the siege began and 1t
only subsidized when the Chinese ate
their meals. 1t was determined that,
under no conditions would we surren-
der It was with feeling that we
fight or die was that siege kept up. On
the 18th OF July the Chinese asked for a =.
truce. We could not see why we should
not grant them n truce In the condition
we were In. All during the truce the
Chinese fired on every man they saw.
DR.. lngls said It was hard to say
who saved the situation. Personally,
he thought the Japanese and Americans
were deserving OF the most credit.
However, they were enforced by the
British and the Russians and they all
had part in saving the situation.