The sun., 1900-08-05
ESCAPE OF MISSIONARIES.
THE REV. DIR. ROBERTS WRITES OF
THE PLIGHT TO RUSSIA.
Left PeLin and went TO ksisan-Hasty hetreat
From That Place for Tu Tung fame"
Forced to Fly Elsewhere at Once-sfart In
the Night for Mon goiia-sixty Hours In Perh


| which has come here direct from the Pekin
| missionaries was received to-day by Mrs
Roberts Of this city. wife of the Rev. DIR. James
Roberts The letter is dated Ia Shao Yehs,
about seventy-fve miles north OF kalgan'
1 June 49, 1900, and says:
"On June o, Wednesday. DR.. Murdook' Mr.
| Williams, Chih I and | left Pekin for kalgan
with two litters ana three mules The Pekin
| missionaries expe q an attempt would be
made In a day or two to massacre them Ihe
| same day, or about that time. the Tungcho
Mission buildings were burned. and the mis-
sionarles took refuge In Pekin in the Methodist
| compound. The ay we left was burning not.
| but we kept ou. litter doors shut almost all
| the way to Kuan shih. and paid extra to avoid
going past the Huang Chi Ying We had a
very peaceful journey. but were not greeted
| cordially In the inns. OK cept at Chi Ming and
| tisuan hua Flu.
I'VE arrived at Kalgan on Sunday South
| Of Pckin the country was in state OF war,
| and we were anxious for the missionaries OF
| Kalgan. IL had been said that our house
were 10 be burned by the Boxers that day or
| the day before, and great crowds OF men and
boys went out to SEQ the smoke go up. We
| had TO go through the crowds 10 get into the
yard. and they yelled savasely. They tried to
climb over the wall My only comfort was
that the men had empty hands. no sticks or
swords, but at afternoon we had consul,a-
ton a. TO whether we should go TO urga or
not In the evening an attack was made on
our gate with stones. and another attack was
made in the night
Our chief fear was not because OF these
local troubles. but because the Government
haA
Chuan Yamen in Kalgan was unwilling Mr.
Robinson and. perhaps. Mr.. Norman OF the
English s. p. G.. Mission was Tor werel muir
dered at Yung Ching IIsien. midway between
Pekin and rientsin, on June 2. Their chapel
was called Tien Chu Tang Chapel OF the God
of Heaven). and the 800 Boxers who attacked
them may have thought they were Roman
Catholics Thirty foreign civil engineers en-
ployed on the Pao-ting-fu Railroad were at
tackled on their boats going TO Tientsin and
several wounded and at least one killed.
We heard in Pekin on June 5 that seven or
eight foreigners in Pao-ting-fu had been mas
sacred That day, foreign guests OF the United
States Legation We're not allowed TO buy tickets
to 20 to Tientsin. Boxers were entering Pekin
every day. with carloads OF guns. 1t is said
that on June the gates Of Pekln were closed.
so tlat no one (Or no lOTeIsnersj couu ~ III VI
out.
IN these circumstances. do you wonder that
we thought we could not hold the kalgan prop
erty II attacked nor defend the Christians.
The only alternative WAS. to dismiss the schools.
tell the servants and Christians 10 scatter. and
ourselves take refuge In Ayamen. so We
packed what we could that Sunday night. Jun"
10, and started just before dawn tJune ~ Tor
the ru Tang Yanen. That rS the biggest yl-
men In kalgan, and it governs large part OF
Mongolia. and my thought was that it could
send US TO the Russian Consul az lrga, and
protect US on the way. We got into the yanen
more easily than | expected, and were treated
cylly and most pleiSantly. though 1t was
evident We were regarded as nuisance, Dur
ing tho day Mr.. Ching told Mr. Sprague Of
new edict, commanding that the Boxers be put
down but many such edicts had been issued
10 no purpose There was a gong beaten all
about the .treet.. and a man shouting: Don't
20 to H.i lIuo rZui.' Don't go TO the lesu
Tang Later We received a telegram from
MIR Ewing, Petn. saying 'rungchow aban-
doned burned. many Christian killed all mis-
-ionires pupils r,lugae~ Methodist compound
American guard reentOrcenratS expected.
Political situation grave. Pao-tng-iu safe
Thursday
# wired to Ewing All fled Tu Tung Yamen.
Going Mongolia
4 hope the latter may have cabled TO the
board and relieved your aIlXictcs as to my
whereabouts We are extremely sorry that
the Christians IN TlIngcho have been killed,
ana wonder how many; and that these beaut-
ful buildings have been burned, probably
the college, the bu uildngs there ana in the city,
and the beautiful new chapel, are all zone
Monday afternoon a great effort wa, made
to send us from the yamen 10 some place on
the Pien Lu Chich street IN the lower city. We
refus sed to go but We're told that big Official
had commanded il. In the morning we were
asked what We wanted TO ask of the big man
| wished to ask him to send Us to the Russian
Consul at urga, but Mr.. Sprague and Mr. VIII
lians persuaded me 10 ak only 10 be sent to
the TOu TAI officials with a guard. When
thrv tried to move Us to the lower city, pro-
posed Il compromise, that they send Us into
Mongolia on Monday evening. which they
agreed to 40. IL was the fifteenth day Of the
hfte mO.th, and the streets we're full oc leisure
people, so the ya.nen men waited until a late
hour before sending uS away. A. We were
beginning supper. they moved Us and our
large amount OF baggage TO different house
At 1925 O'Clock We started for Mongolia
with one small and two large carts. Sprague
on his horse, iu IA ke. aud on yamen horses
a great number Of soldiers and yamen runners
to escort us safely on, Of the great gates Be
sides the lot of baggage on the carts Sprague
had eight large boxes and trunks, which he
had rescued from his house exIeCtiAg the
houses would be burned, but he could not take
80 much iato Mongolia and was rot allowed
TO store them the yamen. so he hired another
cart. hauled them TO iuen Pao San. and left
them In Mr. Schapch's care At A. N,
AN the Russians had gone to kiaknta ex-
cept two or three men. who were planning IN
sart at once, The l.arsoHs, Soderhoms al a
Lunduulsts were spending The might AZ 1u
Ching rsu 30 Ii from h.laar-on the way TO
seen them. but hear that Mr.. Larson called
here yesterday We iunched at Tu Ching 1su,
and suffered from the heat till We came up
the Hanore Hill., on the broad and beautiful
road just being made, on never saw so great
q change in any place, it beats the road in the
Sankou Pass. We STOPPED and drunk tea at
some Mongoi tents and reached the Ton Tni
officials house. where ihe lni TAI welcomed
US cordially, So We thought our troubles
were at an end. For sixty hours or more.
We had one more scare. Yesterday nfter-
noon the Erh Yeh's 5 son, who has charge OF af.
fairs in the absence OF the Ssu Yeh and Erh
Yeh. came into our room full OF wine and angry.
and that many of the Mongols are Boxer.
lie would ordinarily be glad TO receive ,is 10 |
his home. but could not do 30 when we came
from the yame1 a. refugees, He fumed a |
white. and became soberer; then spied my VIM |
chester magazine shotgun, asked me 10 toll !
him all about IL, seemed pleascd and finally /
told Us TO 20 on our journey the next day a1d |
after spending few days at Iiarl N-o. one OF |
u come and inquire of him mcaINh.lr lie |
wo I'D consult his uncle the ssh Yeh ~ If other, |
and II possible help ~ priyatell by writ y /,
ter. ana enable u1 10 reach rga. SO "" were !
both troubled and cOmfored,
To-day We started for Erh Tai. The road !
led, past here and he welcomed us cordiaiiy |
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