The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-03-14

of missionary friends. arrived in New
York, February %. Mr.. Dreyer was
seen Yesterday by Tribune man. and
after narrating the events told above,
declared his intention to return to
China. when the times have become
more peaceable.
1--WE intend returning to the same
station" he said yesterday. "The Chi
ncse are themselves an essentially
peaceful. law-abiding and quiet loving
people and with the central govern
ment friendly to the foreigners there
is no doubt that the same attitude
would be universal in the country. The
Boxer movement owes its great popu-
larity to its present success, but let
The society meet a few reverses and
the number of its followers will fall off
in marked degree.
Everyone is a Boxer now. Why,
before we left our province there was
such a Boxer craze that the young
boys and even girls We're daily lining
up and going through the Boxer drills.
However there's one thing which
ought to be emphasized and that is the
fact that the entire uprising was es-
sentially an anti-foreign one, not an
| anti ti-missionary. Perhaps the greatest
cause leading up to it was the foreign
aggression and acquiring of Chinese
territory. Japans seizing Formosa,
Russia. Port Arthur. and each of the
other nations some important city.
DIVISION Of CHINA.
"The division of China. as heralded
in the foreign papers and circulated
among the Chinese, famed this spirit
of growing animosity. and the highly
antasonistic spirit of the dOwager en-
press towards all outsiders was re-
| sponsible for the greater part of the
| trouble. She took advantage Of the
| turbulent spirit of the time, and pre-
| cipitated the outrages and violence.
THE terrible famine in our province
| also had great deal to do with the
maddened spirit of the people. For al
most two years no rain had fallen, and
| the drought which followed with its
attendant suffering was artfully laid
at our door by the emissaries Of the
| empress.
| "They stirred the people up to think
| that the missionaries by the use of
| evil magic had caused the famine and
| by their Vaccinations We're keeping
away the rain, and this sentiment be-
| came very general among The mora
| ignorant classes.
| "Our own converts, however. stood
| by us admirably aud while of course
| a few recanted, the majority showed
| grand faithfulness and fidelity. They
offered us money and were willing to
give us refuge ana all the assistance
ir their power. | regret exceedingly
the scandalOus conduct of the foreiSn n
troops in China, as | think that their
actions brought practical lesson
which Offset the principles the mission =
| aries have ever been attempting to
disseminate. The deeds of the foreign
soldiers were actually worse than those
of the natives.
| CANNOT COMPREHEND IT.
| "Thc hcathen Chinese can under
| stand it, il nation metes out the
proper punishment but his simple mind
can not comprehend the spectacle of
the representatives OF so-Called Chris
tian nations behaving themselves in
| the way they have, and committing
the outragcS which have marked their
advent Many innocent people have
| suffered Shameiully at their hands,
| While those really deserving of punish
mcuL have escaped unsCathod."
Nh Dreyer win deliver m address
Sunday afternoon before the Young