The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-28

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native to whom the German addressed |
himself came forward and stood close |
beside the. German. Then, waving his |
hand with an authority that indepen-
dent Americans cannot appreciate, he
commanded silence.
HE said that the missionaries had
come there by authority of the Gov
eminent, and that if any crimes were
committed the criminals would lose
their heads within week 1 don't
know how far the Chinaman's advice
would have. prevailed with the rioters,
but while he was talking some women
came running down the street and they
called out that the baby was found. 1t
! had wandered into a pen with some
cattle and had fallen asleep there in
the mud. The foreigners in KNOW
Chow were saved. In the end the cpl
sode helped our cause amazingly. The
Chinese are naturally a gentle race
I with strong sense of justice, except
when they are excited. When they re-
allied how unfair they had been and
how they might have slain innocent
people, they became our staunch
friends. The Germans usefulness in
KwowChow had a rapid growth from
that terrible evening""
The escape of the rev. Frederick ].
Masters, now the head of the Chinese
missions in San Francisco and his fam
lily and friends from horrible deaths at
the hands of rioting Chinese, is about
as thrilling as anything In missionary
experiences / personally know of. The
"A tale illustrates, also, the highly inf1am-
mable nature of the Chinese. 1t was
in 1883, shortly after the French army
had invaded Tonquin. The millions of
Chinese In the provinces of southern
China adjacent to Tonquin were wild
at the intrusion of a foreign army.
They feared that all Chinese might be-
come vassels to the French. The Rev.
: DR.. Masters and several other mission
aries were living on the outskirts of
Canton. The foreigners were warned by
the officials in Canton to refrain from
participation in the public assemblages,
and to keep indoors as far as possible.
Every night red paper placards con-
tanning Chinese denunciations of for
: eigners were posted secretly about the
, city. The placards became more hos
, mob of $4,000 people rose in Canton
| quietly provided an extra guard for
. such an occasion or the slaughter OF
, hundreds of white people in Canton
wou.4 have followed. AS 1t was about
forty French and sixteen people oil
English. German. American and other
2 nationalitieS were killed.
1 "Out where the Rev. Dr. Masters and
| other Americans lived about two hun
dred Chinese started to kill the mis-
, siOnaries and tear down their head
quarters. The crowd got together or
a public square. Every one was armed
with some murderous weapon. Inf1am
e matOry speeches were made and amit
5 yells of Tong kwei!' and 'Lum-che
n ping!' Cdeath to the foreign devils ant
: slash the rich to pieceS!) the excited
; crowd went running up the crooked
street toward the homes of some very
q rich Chinese merchants and some Of tn,
e Christian missions. guard of tive
y score men, hastily paced there by tn,
d Government. was beaten and cut dowl
; by the n1addened men, who were armed
= with knives fastened on poles. TIVE
guards were killed outright and severa
: were dreadfully wounued. Screaming
n like iends, the mob surged past anS
a burst open the heavy gates of the higl
v brick walls that surrounded the home
4 of rich mandarins who had prosperet
:, by trading with the foreigners In Can
: ton. In few minutes sixteen Of thu
II most costly residences in that part o
y the suburbs of Canton were in flames
e The mob increased and the who'll
n city was in a tumult. The Rev. Dr
o Masters and his associates heard tn
!. mob as it approached. Several mis-
sionarieS started to run toward tn
= river, where they might escape in tn
e boats. While the Infatuated crowd wa
L., III, ~ l. IT,
e things in the mandarins' houses, an
d while the flames were shooting up t
# heaven. DR.. Masters and his family ex
: pected that at any moment the Chimes
9 might surge In upon them. They wer
i. absolutely without protection. To at
: tempt to flee then would have been tn
% height of madness. All at once Chi
IL nese Christian-a man of means and in
fiuence in the neighborhood-ran int
DIR. Masters rooms.
"'Come quick and I'll save you all
gasped he in Chinese, all out of breath
l. But the mob will kill you and a
lie your family because you are Chris
Or tians,' said the missionary.
IT My family has shifted for itse
:, and l will save my teachers an
- friends said the Chinaman. At tn
!. same time he pushed the missionar
r before him out into dark passag
~ Then, while the flames from the burr
xe ing homes lighted up the evening SIX,
ty the missionary and all his househol
- were struggled over a dozen walls an
;, through dark passageways into a lit
cellar beneath a friendly Chinaman
-o house. The mission party had not
ne moment to spare. for the refugees .la
of not secreted themselves before the me
I'd burst into the deserted mission.
IL For two days and nights DR.. Ma
ar ters and his companions lay hidden
81 the cellar. Only once could food
ar give them. A dozen Christian Oh
rd nese stood about the spot and artful
er, threw the mob off the scent. Mar
~ times it seemed as If the infuriate
.e Chinese would find the Americans, b
~ each time something interviewed to sal
-. them. All the houses in the locality
ey the missionary concessions we
ed searched over and over. Some we
IN burneu. On the morning Following Il
outbreak the Viceroy of Canton sent
ne troop of soldiers to protect the foreil
n. concessions, but the soldiers were
- sympathy with the mob, and, beside
-. the appearance of troops only stir,
up the people to fresh acts of violence.
he The mission was wrecked. Man
IL scripts and books that had cost yea