The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-27
UPRISING OF THE BOXERS
Bishop of Southern Asia Gives an
Account of the Movement.
A Letter From the Rev. Il. W. Wnrne
He Describes in Detail the
Troubles of Missionaries in China
Tells of the Suffering Expert
enced by the Force Under seymour.

Tarne, D. D., Bishop OF Southern Asia. in
letter just published in the Christian
Advocate" tells what he has been able to
learn in regard to the Boxers movement
and the anti-foreign agitation in north
China. The letter in part is as follows:
Yokohama, Japan, June 23.-The Boxers
first organized in the Shantung province,
and the movement soon spread to the Chi
Ii province The first name they adopted
meant Big Sword, but as this created
suspicion of insurgency that name was
, dropped. and they called themselves
I-hochwan' Il means righteousness;
'ho. unity 'ehwan, fist Boxers,
therefore, means righteous unified fist
Their uniform is dark blue, with red
sash, garters, and cords around the sword
and also red around the head.
THE movement is not anti-missionary
but anti-foreign. The proof of this is found
in the fact that the first property de-
stToyed was railroad shops, stations
tracks, and bridges. This began near Pc
kin. The railroad stock is owned by for
eigners. The rising was first against all
foreigners, which included missionaries,
and native Christians were massacred. as
were servants of foreigners, because close
ly related to foreigners. Residents OF Tien-
tsin were put to great inconvenience be-
cause their servants left them. giving as
Il reason that an edict had been issued to
the effect that all natives having anything
to do with foreigners would be put to
death.
Our missionaries were in conference in
Pekin from MAY 80 to June T. While in
session word reached the conference that
in the country surrounding Pel1in native
Christians were being massacred and the
property burned. When the Boxers enter
ed a village they would promise the peo-
pie to spare their lives If they would tell
the names and abode of all the Christians:
then when the Christians were found
sometimes they would compel their neigh
bors to massacre them. in order to save
their own lives. The tale of the inhuman
torture TO which the native Christians
were subjected is heartrending and the
fortitude with which they became martyrs
shows that Christ's power over the human
heart is as it has been in all ages.
Last Train for Pekin.
''The last train left Pekin for Tientsin
June T. and on 1t were five representatives
Of our parent board and three representa-
tiyes of the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society and two other foreign men. When
our missionaries arrived at the Pekin sta
ton they were told the first station out
was burned and also the bridge, and that
no train could run. The missionaries had
their wives and little sons in Tientsin,
and said the train must go. No engineer
could be found bu: fireman WAS persuad-
ed to run the train. The names of the
missionaries on the last train from Pekin
TO Tientsin were Mr.. Pyke Mr.. Brown,
Dr. Hopkins Mr.. Hayner, Mr.. Martin,
Miss Croucher DR.. Stevenson and Miss
Clover. The fireman said he feared he
might not be able to pass the burned sta
ton. but Mr.. Pyks. app.eciating the grav-
ity of the sit lation. told him the gentle
men were armed and the train must go
through at all hazards. As they APP
preached the station where the trouble
had concentrated the gentlemen stood at
the windows with revolvers and Mauser
rifles; the ladies kept discreetly out Of
sight. n crowd was gathered at the sta
ton as the train stopped, but offered no
resistance. a Chiuaman. wild-eyed and
trembling came on board He had fed
from his post as agent in the employ of
the railroad company and told OF the
killing by Boxers of the people in the viii
incident the journey was quietly per-
formed
About thirty miles from PelEin the impe-
rial troops met our forces who understood
they were there to act as an escort to the
city. and, surrounding them, fired upon
them. In their unpTepared state the cas-
uaIties were great. The unexpected hos
tility Of the imperial troops, together with
the scarcity of food and water compelled
frol tn turn m
Our missionaries speak OF the sight of the
returning army as too terrible TO describe.
Besides the wounded carried on stretchers
were some in jinrickishas kindly provided
by Mr.. T.. Cousins. All were footsore and
weary and some with dust-begrimed faces
and tattered garments.
The American Wounded.
THE American wounded were taken first
to the house OF Mr.. Drew. Commissioner
of Customs, and later to our Woman's For
eign Missionary Society's Chinese Womens
hospital ard put under the cs,re of Drs.
Benn. Stevenson, and King. The ladies' of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Home were glad to give of their stores and
bedding as well as their personal atten-
tion. to the comfort of the wounded. One
of tho ladies, in collecting the clothes of
the soldiers for the laundryman. was told
~
only car and a SOCK
Captain McCalla won the admiration of
ALL not Only by his courage. but by his
great thcughtfulness in waiting until all
the wounds of his mC:I were dressed be-
fore allowing his own tf be attended to.
THE imperial troops began Smelling
Tientsin ON June H. and have continued at
intervals up to the present.
ITO Mr. E. Cousins is due the protection
nf abnut forty missionaries whom no shell
tered in his house. and 500 native Chris
tians whom be cared for in his compound
of two acres.
ION June an order was issued for all
women and children to leave Tientsin by
boat provided to take them away 1t
promised them guard OF soldiers as far
as that would go. and no more. Hurried,y
the little company gathered such things
as could he easily packed and boarded the
boat, which proved to be merely an open
grain boat. In this they proceeded down
the river each moment fearing an attack,
and at Tongku were transferred to the
Skep King. After night on this boat
they were put on one even more crowded
and uncomfortable and so dirty that the
wife of the commissioner of customs went
out 10 the Newark and. representing the
discomforts 10 which the American ladies
were subjected asked If something could
not be done for them Late in the after
noon a launch from the Yorktown came
alongside and took them all to that ship, |
where they were cordially welcomed and
comfortably cared for for the night. The
next morning they We're transferred to the
United States Army transport Logan and |
brought safely to Japan.
The following extract from a ietter
written by the Rev ". II. Lacy, of Foo
chow, and received by the Rev. A. b. |
Leonard. corresponding secretary of the
Methodist Foreign Missionary Society. is |
also published in the Christian Advo-