The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08

Boxers Against Catholics in China.
BY Monscigneur Won Arzer Bishop of South 81 an,ro

Mrs. Won AMER Catholic Bishop ~ south
/ StantUrC. emma. who Is now On tho high
s"is hound Tor his hi-hopric wrote H." follow
, iuE pager tho 'srth0lics I'm CHINA ARD the
''ninea" situation past anil present before Iaav-
ing the i'us" or the Brothers Of tho Word Il
God. near Vienna. where he Ind been spending
lass vacation:
He IS hprTyinE hack 10 China where he may
fad the nurtyr.iou from which he had several
n'.frow "s.dU.s in former years.
Mrr. Amer knows CHINA thoroughly IL.
: J. 90 Intimate terms with tho majority Of
, 'hiHH'S leading men and politicians. Tho En-
'ess Haaa him mandarin OF the second class
. last year.
| am going to return to my b!shopric In
lew DAYS. stopping only n Munich to
transact important business with the Paral
Nunvip there. South SEautung has SO far
escape! NuTlike upt.atils, but The shep-
/ herd must take mis- place at the head of his
HN'A III the hour of danger. Numerous ma
tive Catholics will undoubtedly die as mar
! tyrs IN the Present uprising, for the Pow
'fs can do nothing Tor them according TO
| existing treaties
As regards Pykin, the city has at least
/ lotac Catholic inhabitants. aside from the
, European members of the Chlrch of Rome
Among the latter are the missionaries, some
members Of the embassies and d few nier-
Chahts- Because L know the Boxers know
f.k.n and the great Chinese dignitaries; in
TACT. all the men and circumstances now
return.
1t was the Boxers who o.:ca devastated
my missionary district Of SyEth Shan;uuy
with fire and sword. twenty-five Christians
were cruelty murdered by theIn, great
many villages and single h0C-es burned and
GooCS and chatteiS worth several hundred
Thousand dollars were carried off. While
seeking redress for these outrages learned
more about the ways of Chinese iustica and,
Particularly. Of Chinese dealings with for
eisn affairs than In all my previous years
OF residence in the Middle Kingdom.
first applied to the NIcercy OF Shantun-.
the same who is now hailed as a friend of
the white man. In the course of a personal
interview had with him he promised sat
lstaciion and payment OF damages
rom Shantuns l went TO Pekin to see
ii hung Chang. Though he had then al
ready resigned HIS great office. | felt that
l must consult him. he has the repnta
tion Of being the most liberal-m,nded man
IN the empire. We had met before and
have always been good friends.
LIS Estimate of the Great College,
II SdNs3d me 10 make a forrna, COM
PLANT against the Boxers TO the interior
council Chamber" or Great College. whose
once 1t IS 10 see that nothing is done con-
trary TO the laws of the Empire
But" he said, never approach the IN
terror Council Chamber excep, when
Prince TSchinE presites there"
Tsch.ng Is the same whom the Empress
has now deoosed, according to the cable.
Ii characterized him "as the only one IN
the council who has sense-ali the rest are
bloCkhcats" h. said
Tie governments may draw their own
conclusions as 10 the EmpreSs's act from
the above.
The Boxers.
The civilized nations hold very wrong
ideas concerning the Boxers. In most News
papers J Md them described rs the lowest
rahble. That i utter nonsense: L do not
hesitate to say SO. though have no reason
Tor regarding them with favor Three
years ago they murdered two of my mis-
sionaries, personal friends AT various
times they have threatened my own life /
Yet love OF Justice compels me to contra
dict the current erroneous impressions con-
corning this political party. There are bad
men among them, but there are also repre-
sentatives Of all tho leading Chinese classes
learned men. rlandarins and other high |
officials
With their chief. Chan n scientist, am
personally acquainted. He is a hater OF /
fOreisners-all foreigners He hates Amer
leans no less tnan the Manchus-that is,
the reiguing dynasty, who came into China |
pike In hand. a saber between their teeth. /
Chan resolved upon the discrownirg OF the \
Emperor and his relatives long ago. He |
makes war against all foreigners without |
exception.
The WOuId-Be Usurper.
Next TO his absorbing love for everything