The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
MRS, LOO Inns HARD
LOT IN AMERICA
Permitted but Orce in Forty Days
to See a Friend in De
tention Pen.
EXCLUDED BY GEARI LAW.
Interesting Letters About Her to
Her Husband From Miss
White, a Faithful
Companion.
EXCLUDED BY GEARY LAW.


San Francisco say that during her forty
days G detention on the wharf OF The Pa
clnce Mall Company Mrs. Loo In. VIE
OF Inc New York Chinese merchant. has
been allowed C:ly one visit froi+i MISS
Claudia ]. White. her especial ftiend' ana
has seen no ore else. The i.nfhlsf altotl y,
fciais have treated her with all possible
consideration but were unable. under one
Of the several remarkable provisions OF tt.s
tieary exclusion law. TO permit tn lone ~
lie woman from China the co:nloE' VI He'
,lrs. Loo Lin was taken ashore under
bond, to be transported to Montreal 70
await her entry papers 70 the Lfi,sq '' I,ss
White. who was formerly missionary IN
China ard who speaks Cainese huentiy. one
will be accompanied fro.l Victoria by me
two daughters OF Hung fu wei. the ho'ea
refo-mer who is engaged IN tn aNdhel.i5
OF China TO the benefits OF Western ciEih-
cation. The two young women lanosa IN
Victoria two weeks ago from Japan. wnete
their father took refuge in order to propa-
gate his messages to MS Ia eouH IL ti sen
through Newspaper tnal Is
cretly circulated Throughout China ahsg
speak English. and nave been !ecturins
since they landed. They will eVen'laily pc
heard in this country. and will be the fEse
hinese women to appear publicly in the
United States.
Miss White has been assiducus in her de-
votior ~ the interests of Mrs. Loo Lin. VINO
was Ler first convert in China when 5ne
Went out as a Baptist missionary VINO after
wards taught Tor eleven years IN tae ms
sion where she learned or Christianity IN
letter from Miss White received by Loo
Lin is this inter- sting recital
SOME TOUCHING INCIDENTS.
II want to tell you of touching little
| incident that was told me by the man in
| charge Of the shed. He said that on Sun
| day. seeing her quietly withdraw TO the
front office. he followed her. as often the
| women detained grow despordent. and ne
a
she seated herself by table for few
moments. then. after reading her Bible
| convinced that she ha6 no thought of sui,
eide. He was visibiy moved as ne related
| the incident.
The dear girl. How I wish that might
| be in her place, Well do l remember the
| times We have prayed together In our little
schoolroom in China Do you happen 70
/ girl in whom / became interested when I
went to China and do you not also renem-
her that l proposed TO her Tor you: .o,, TO-.
| 1 thought l did very we'll to convince her OF
your sterling good qualities. when mad
| known you only short time also nave
| the wedding garments. and the buying OF
the many things necessary to such an event
| in China.
| she has asked for work. and am send
| ing some to her. and a letter telling that a
| bond is being arranged for her l had SO
| hoped that she might stay at least rev
i
| lishment of my school for little-foot wom-
en- and girls here in this city. This may yet
| be done. You know she is 80 little acqualnt.
\ ed with the English language that l fear 1t
| will be at no little risk that she starts on
! such a trip alone. I shall ask her about 1t
| when l write again.
| There Is great delay. and sometimes the let
tiers miscarry altogether. There are some
| of the officials who are very kind. but that
| does not release your wife.
| WRONGS COMPLAINED OF.
| This was the first letter received by Loo
Lin since his wife arrived forty days ago
| Other letters are supposed to have been
| confiscated in the Chinese Bureau. Miss
| White calls attention to some wrongs
| against womanhood that exist at the de-
tention pen in San Francisco. through the
| failure of the Government to provide Ger
| tain civilized conditions. and of which. she
! thinks, the Treasury Department must be in
| ignorance. She writes:
| Is comparatively clean. and. until the last
| steamer. there were only two or three
quite number OF Hakka women in the
| pen. and 1t cannot he very pleasant to be in
| such a place. American women are not
the department should be called to this fact
Tor no matter how much a woman may need
the attention of one Of her sex: she has no
| means of being supplied with 1t.
Your wife sent out a note to me to-day
| asking that I come to her right away. but
upon application to the bureau it was de-
through the telephone that l would come IL
| possible, and that she must keep up her
courage. / will send down some fruit and
| other things tomorrow. as she said she
could no longer eat the food given her
there; that she felt as though she could not
stand it much Longer"
Mrs. Loo Lin was brought at once to a
place where Miss White could see her. She
threw her arms about my neck" writes the
missionary. and begged piteously to be
out . hn
She has written great deal since she has
been here. Her articles are in the custody
of the Chinese Bureau. TO be read and even
her letter to you had to be subjected to this
| surveillance before it was sent to you.
! "One thing is sure-we will get your wife
on if have to 60 to China for orb, her :, eersi.
she. She cannot take the trip-of that am
| firmly convinced
The little woman was dreadfully III all OF
the long trip from Canton. and 1t is certain
that if the original order of deportation had
been carried out she would have died from
The trip Is all of a month.
ALL CHINATOWN INTERESTED.
II have seen your wife once. and have
| telephoned to her several times by speca
permission" writes Miss White. They as
. sure me that 1t is great favor. took the
doctor in and we found that your wife
needed immediate attention. though no
dang .rously Ill. As the only American pres
! ii a.
| deal on that fact So that there need be nt
: | trouble on that score. We were sure tina
there would be no difficulty about proving
that you We're Z merchant that did no
do what I wished to do III the first instance
that is send to China for her certificat,
as a teacher. 1 knew that 1t would COS
something to get IL. and thought SHOULD
hear from you first l again writing I,
I China. still at more length and urging then
to haste. You know how slowly thing
move in China, and how little they know
, about such things
'All of Chinatown is interested in TIL
case. and there are many who would max
complaint il they knew how to get to thu
ears Of the department. The honest peopl
have to suffer and the clever rascal, VIII
knows how to fix up tine job beforehand.
the one who gets landed When they know
3 the facts OF the case to be true. they ar
as suspicious when they know to tn
contrary.
u have asked Mr.. Simmons (head of tn
Baptist mission in China TO advance tn
money for the certificate and net to lie
your mother know about the trouble. You
wife has not ceased to be anxious about he
ever since she has been here. and request
| that you write to her Immediately and tel
her that she is in America, lest she b
! troubled She suggests that the letter ha
= better come from you, as she hoo Lin
her to accompany Mrs. Graves to this coun
try. One can hardly blame her. since thing
have developed as they have.
! Mrs. Loo Liz came over with Doctor an
Mrs Graves. medical missionaries goin
home to Baltimore on a furlough. Their
was no trouble in proving that Loo Lii
was merchant. The difficulty under tn
exclusion law lay in the fact that he con
Quoted restaurant as well as a store Ii
another building. and the Interpretation o
Z rights as merchant, even were he tn
most extensive merchant in the city Thi