Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-11-22
DURING PEKIN SEAGE.

= UuhldG PEklN ShAGh' Z
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Claysvills, PA,-Two years age Dr..
John Ingks Of this town took his
young bride 10 China, having been
dlllsa by the Presbyterian board oe
foreign missions to take charge Of the
An. Tain hospital in Pekin. They start.
ID for China the day after hiswedding.
An. Inglis is q daughter Of ex-senator
7. L. Marshall of Usage City, Kas. DIR.
and Mrs. Inglis ara homecoming home
by the way of India and the Suez
canal.
The doctor took an active part In
the defense of the band of foreigners
and native Christians in the British lie.
cation and was witness to the hOr-
rors Of the seige. He kept a diary
which covers the flight of the mission
aries to the legation, the terrible siege,
the relief by the allies and their
vengeance upon the imperial city. The
TEXT of his diary, almost entire, is
herewith presented:
June 9.-Just at dusk yesterday we
gathered together "a few of our goods
and provisions, put them into cart,
and, leaving everything behind, fed
Tor our lives. We had received word
just before dark that all Americans
except those already aIt the legation
would take refuge in the Methodist
compound, whittier a guard Of 20
United Stables marines would be sent
from the legation tor protection.
Theodore and the baby getting inside
the cart, l started outside with my re-
volver i'm hand. 1t was almost 10
o'clock p. m. when we arrived, so we
found almost every other refugee al.
ready here. Reports from native
sources are alarming. The rallroadhas
been torn up between here and lien.
Iusn, and whole villages or native
Christians destroyed.
Jnue 10.-NaItive Christians are pour
ing in from the country wMh terrible
stories OF disaster. Sons who have
seen their parents killed before their
eyes, old men and women, boys and
girls, husbanos without wives, parents
without children, are coming fromout.
side districts, aIl telling the same sad
story: "The Boxers are burning our
homes and klVing us because we ~
Christians.
June 1l.-Our place dis being forti-
fled day and night. Twenty Of US have
been armed with rifles, and are dISIl.
ing with the United States marines.
inns makes forty armed men all told.
We are cut off from the outside world
today.
June 12.-The church is being forti.
fled for place Ito make "a final stand
In case oil ATTACK. Mr.. Gamewell, a
hehcher in the college, is the forifer
MOlre refugees hourly. We now have
between 800 and 400. All men with
firearms have TO do sentry duty five to
twelve hours day. The ladies make
coffee at midnight and then again at
3 y m.
June 13.-This has been an awful,
day. Chinese soldiers and Boxers
pouring into the city. No foreigners
can 60 beyond the range of our rifles
with safety. Chinese soldiers have
taken possession of the big city gate
near us.
June 14.-God only knows what
went on lin Pekin last night. l was
stationed on guard upon the roof Of
the church. just ait dusk AN immense
mob gathered. 1t fired the street
Chapel aG the end of the lane and then
STARTED up the lane to attack us. The
marines made a bayonet charge and
the mob concluded Ito fire us some
other night, Last night the rioters
burned every foreign house, church
hospital i'm the east city except the
ones we were holding ait the American
Methodist compound.
Struggling Chinese Christians are
coming in today telling the most aw.
full bloodshed THAI occurred last night.