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who were in need. The goods so confis-
Gated belonged to those who had run
away from their homes This commit
| tee cared for the bedding, clothing food
| supplies and anything that could be got
| ten for the refugees. We furnished bed
ding and extra clothing for the foreign
! troops who came quite imperfectly equip
ped for their stay on the city walls We
ran up against the desires of several in
| dividuals who were not pleased with our
methods of caring for these goods. and
stories were started that the committee
was footing on its own hook After the
| siege was over, of course an army of
| correspondents, without investigating IT
| ali, sent these stories out to the four
corners of the earth.
I'm the second place, there We're three
missions whose members had no place to
go, had no clothing, money, food or
anything at all, and at the suggestion
of the American Minister, We entered the
residences of the Chinese who had left
Picking and sold the stuff we found
Silks, fur garments and curios We're thus
disposed Of We did it on the written
authorization of the American Minister
with his full approval and it was done
for the common veal only, but certain
correspondents called that looting and
we got the full benefit of their misstate-
D.
lished in Scribner's by a correspondent
named Willard about this so-called Loot
ing, and it is full of misstatements from
beginning to end. One of my first state
ments about my connection with the
whole matter will be to reply to this ar
ticle.
I'm the third place, there were GER
tain Christians who were surrounded by
Boxers and unable to escape and We re-
rxt1ac fnl hot
them. The correspondents said these
were only looting expeditions. The
French and Germans did some looting
on their expeditions against armed bod
les, but not while they We're on the
march to relieve Christians.
Again, in the collecting of indemnity,
correspondents differed widely from our
view of things. and considered it was
footing to collect for our people sums of
money which are to restore them to their
home and former modes of living. The
correspondents and military people were
prejudiced against the missionaries be-
fore they reached Picking.
THE future of China looks very dark.
Portions of North China are in a state
of anarchy. The foreign officials have
called in all the arms, and when the
foreign troops are withdrawn, the ma
tive officials have no arms with which to
keep IHelr QlSITlClS quiet, ana SO dIdr-
chy prevails.
"Rumors were afioat when I left Pc
king to the effect that the Emperor
would start in April for Picking. Others
say he will never return. He seems to
have the controlling voice now, although
surrounded by anti-foreign officials. The
Reformers do not dare to go back to
Picking. These Reformers are going at
it too fast They expect too much of a
conservative people like the Chinese.
When they are ready to turn their faces
to the light they will progress.
1--WE had 300 out of 500 of our Chris
tians belonging to the American Board
of Missions killed, sixteen chapels de-
stroyed and all but two native pastors
killed. We do not expect to have much
done in a missionary way now. The dis
ordered political conditions initiate
against progress. I am strongly con-
WINGED that when the time comes for US
to labor peaceably again the work will go
on faster than before. China needs a
new religion, and the time has come to
present it,