The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-28


and having once interviewed in China
TO protect her interests. she shall never
be able TO shake from her shoes the
dust Of the Celestial Empire
NEW YORK, June N.--The secreta-
rles Of the foreign mission boards in
this city and the friends OF the mis-
sionaries now In China are getting more
and more bewiIdsred as rumors multi
ply and cable messages more depres-
ring than cheering come to headqnar-
ters.
A letter from DR.. Edna G. Terry to
her mother. dated April 20, said she
would sail for home at the earliest pos
sIble date. Mrs. Terry hopes that her
daughter Is already on her way TO
the United States.
The report from Che Foo. giving a
list Of missionaries safe there. caused
the Presbyterians some worry. Mr.
Garrison. Of the aecrstary's Office. said:
mot one 5f our missionaries is men
toned in the lls,. Unless it is Rev. Mr..
Lowrie. Our Mr.. Lowrle is with Rev.
Walter. and he has been at Pao Ting
Flu. shut Off by the Boxers, we thought.
We do not see why our missionaries
from Pekin were not mentioned. as well
as those OF other denominations. Nor
is 1t easy TO explain how the mission
aries IN Pekln escaped all the way to
Che Foo. over 200 miles. without an es-
cort OF. troops. at time when Seymour
and the allies are hard pressed In that
same region. The only way they could
have done II was by the help Of the
native Christians. Perhaps these mis-
slonaries who are mentioned were out
side Of the city at the time they start
ed for Che Foo Then. too. all our mis-
sionaries in shan Tung province were
ordered to port, which must be Che
Foo. From the fact that they were not
mentioned we conclude that they have
not yet reached that city"
Rev. DR.. C. C. Cregan. Of the Ameri-
can Board of Foreign dissions. said Of
the Congregational missionaries who
are reported to be safe in Che Foo:
"Dr. w. S. Ament is the superintend-
ent Of the mission at Pekin. and when
last heard from he was in that city.
His wife and family are in this country.
Miss Frances B. Patterson is Of the
Pekin mission. and the last we knew Of
her she was there. Rev. James H.
Roberts was stationed at Kalagan. in
the far north Of China. close to the
great wall. We have had great fears
for him and his associates. Rev. P.
Sprague and wife and Rev. Mark VIII
liams"
Rev. Charles E. Ewing. Of Pao Ting
Flu has sent caSle dispatch to his
father-in-law. the Rev. Mr.. Porter. of
Danvers, Mass. 1t said imply:
Safe"
After giving This information. DIR.
Cregan said:
we are getting more and more con-
fused as these dispatches come in.
But so far as We have any knowledge.
nc American missionary has suffered
bodily injury, and there is nothing yet
to destroy our hope that the life Of
every on5 of them win be spared. Our
government seems to be doing all it can,
and we trust that the Lord win de-
liver our brethren out Of the fiery furn-
ace in which they are placed. We as
sumo that all our missionaries are
safe"
At the office of the Christian and
Missionary Alliance in this city. it was
said that there were S2 missionaries
north Of Pekin who could be reached
only through Pekln or Tien Tsln. None
of them could be in Che Foo, for upon
their arrival the headquarters here
would be notified,