The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-06-22

leaders. They live together in viIlaoes
and districts which become their beod
quarters.
AT ordinary times they attend to
their usual work at home and in +bo
fields and behave, to all apDparanc
like peaceful citizens. But snddenIv on
order comes to take the field and tho
march forth in a body, impose contrihT
tlons on other villages, burn and avo,
XIII without scruple. II thev have q
EluuGe against some mandarin they as
seinDle IN sufficient numbers to form a
large army and are not afraid to fgbt
pl'cned battles with the troOps sent ont
against them. 1t is not hard to 500 hon,
nhuch trouble such men can give and
indeed do give, to the missionaries Rnt %
lHe missionaries, en- their side, have de-
YISeu a pIan ior protecting themselves
anu Ihelr christians, which is not the
least Oh thelr successes in China, As
soon as the inhabitants of some villages
nave Oeen converted the fathers, while
attending to the duties of their amos
tollc ministry, see that they are thor
oughly drilled and taught to watch the
enemy and defend themselves if npces-
HaFy Ihe mandarins look with favor
upon Jhese measures, which are of prpat
assistance to them and are always reodv
20 SEND relniOrcements when notified nj
threatened attack. Thus it happens
tnat when the maraUdcrs fall unGn q
CHRISTIAN village they are greeted with n
sharp hre OF guns and cannon and ore
generally beaten back with heavy losses
villages Are Fortified.
10 get true idea of one of nur ru;s
sion centers in the districts which tho
robber bands have hitherto terrori1pd
at pleasure, picture to yourself arorv
Christian village as a small STRONGHOLD
lOrtlhed at every point of VANTAGE Tn
the center OF the village stands the resi-
dence OF the commander. who ia mono
0ther than the missionary. This resi-
: ucnce II regular citadel, surrounded by
HlSh walls, hanked at it's four corners by
Iour towers, well fortified also. There
are no doors. The going in and coming
ouU rs tilected by means of ladders which
are each tlme drawn back within. Dur
ing the day the father attends TO his
duties and the Chinese to their work. At
nightlall everyone is at home again and
II danger has been signalled they NIL rp-
tlre within the fort ,sentries being posted
10 keep watch from the towers. AT the
tlrst cry OF alarm the men are mn in
arms and the father directs the defense
IL the enemy has been reported in larger
numbers than usual the missionary has
taken care to ask the mandarin for helm
ana Is, therefore, well prepared to re-
pulse the assallaDts. As q result of
These measures the brigands become
Ilttle by little discouraged and leave the
CHRISTIAN villages unmOlested, while the
MISSIONARIES win for themselves the con
hdence OF the public authorities and
popularity among the peacefully in
chned portion OF the people,"
Bishop CranstOn's Opinion.
Chicago, June 1S.-A special to tho
Tribune from Denver, Colo. saws.
Bishop Earl Cranston, who recently
returned from China. declared from tbe
pulpit today that civilized nations must
rule China.
1T is worth any cost in money" he
sald. 1T Is worth any cost of blood
shed II we can make the millions of Chi.
nese true and intelligent Christians.
Il would cut all the red tape in the
world and break all the treaties ever
made to place the armies of the United
states IN the tore next to Great Britain.
Ihe open door must be maintained
ior Christianity as well as commerce."
Chinese Government Ordered IL
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Mail, telegraphing yesterday. saws:
1.-The forts began firing in obedience to
orders from Peking, conveyed in the per-
sonal edict Of the empress dOwaper' bv
advice OF hang III president Of the min
istry OF war; Several warships were
struck by shells from the 12-inch gums
OF the forts. The heavy Russian losses
were due to the blowing up of the maya
zines Of Mandshur.
-Four hundred Chinese are reported
killed. The Chinese, who were retreat
ing, fell into the hands OF the Russian
land forces"
The Daily News has the following from
Chee-FOO: 1.-TWO forts were blown up.
The 81 Warships ut Taku aggregated
100000 tons and carried more than
300 guns
Retreat of the Relief Forces.
The failure Of Admiral Seymour's col
umn, and its retreat to Tientsin increase.
it is presumed, the peril of the legation
in Peking, which is still isolated, al
though Shanghai forwards Chinese
rumOrs that the legations were attacked
by mObs, who were moved down by
machine guns, and also that the mem
bers Of the legation we're massacred.
The situation at Nut -Chwang is reported
critical
The British consul at Kiu Kwang has
ordered all foreigners to leave Ku Ling
and Nau King Chang. The powers are
taking prompt action. Four thousand
German troops have been ordered to
China; 10000 French troops are wait
ing to embark at Saigon, capital OF
French Cochin China, and from 5000 to
5000 more Russians have been ordered
from Port Arthur to Taku.
This reinforcement, says the St.
Petersburg correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph, is announced in the st.
Petersburg Gazette, the government
pointing out that so many troops are
being sent in the interests OF peace and
humanity.
Peking Is Isolated.
London, June 1S-There is not a
cabinet in Europe apparently that
knows what has been transpiring in Pc
king for five days, or in Tientsin for
three days. Nor is there any one that
knows with what difficulties the small
and inadequately equipped internation-
al column is cOntending between those