The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-10-28
How, Noe, Drs. Corey and
W0ketield?

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W0ketield?
CHARLOTTESVILLE INDIANA October r. 1909
DEAR SR:-Yours of the twenty-seventh utimo at
hand, and apology is due you because have not
answered sooner. You refer to the interview which oc
Cured in the Journal June twentieth in which Dr.
Wakefield is quoted had the deterpeao aoith young
Mr. Wakefield at has solicitation the day before
the lecture. [ met hin, at the Crawford Hotel. We
sat IN chairs side by side, of aohch provided
eoi arn-rest aohich used during the Interview for
'ortimg-d I acos so close to him that
touched. He SAID IN SUBSTANCE EVERYTHING
THAT rs IN THE INTERVIEW. AT THE BEGIN
MING He TALKED TOO RAPIDLY, AND CALLED
HALT so THAT WOULD NOT MISQUOTE HIM
AFTER THAT He TALKED MORE SLOWLY so
THAT TOOK DOWN IN LONG-HAND ALL THAT
HE SAID, FOR THE EXACT REASON THAT HAD
NO DESIRE TO CREDIT HIM WITH A STATE
MENT He DID NOT MAKE. IN FACT, He MADE
SOME STATEMENTS THAT WE'RE NOT FIT TO
PRINT These, of course, left out. do not pre-
to know what Dr. Wakefield intended to say that
he did not utter [ not mind reader. [ know
ony thls-that he not misquoted. The intervie,o
acoS 0f1te" by me- and as 1t aoritem the notes
aoere before me- had mo reaso" to credit him with
something he did not utter. by letter in THE
JEFFERsoNIAN that Dr. Wakefield denies that he was
given a fair deal. 1T WAS BAD ENOUGH FOR HIM
TO MAKE SOME OF THE STATEMENTS HE MADE
TO ME-. 1T IS MUCH WORSE FOR HIM 70 DENY
IT. DR.. Wakefield is young man who has some
things to learn 1t is my opinion that man who So
clts an interview he did would afterward read the
paper that had it. He me0er made oord of complaint
until after you had taken the matter up. The other
paper IN this city had practically the statements I'M 1T
that appeared IN the Journal.
Very truly, G. A. BOWERS,
City Editor the Charlottesville Journal
Ed. Comment The above refers, of
course, to what we missionaries concealed.
DR.. Paul Wakefield, of Springfield, Illinois,
declared in his lecture that 1--WE missionaries
had long known that Chinese men, ICON
verts", had been running white girls who were
engaged In mission work. The Elsie Sigel
case did not surprise the missionaries: they
had known for long time" that such hor-
rlble conditions were incidental to the work.
White girls were put on the job of converting
the Cinnamon; the slant-eyed devils pre-
tended to be Christians and the girls, who
had not been warned of their dangers were
dragged down into lives of shame
we missionaries being fanatical on this
subject, allowed the hideous thing to 90 on.
without opening our lips, either to the un-
suspectlng girls or to their uniformed
parents
Considering this one of the worst THINGS
that ever came out of hiding, I wrote of it in
both Jefers0niarS.
Rev DR.. S. j. Corey, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
is secretary of the board DR.. Wakefield is
missionary who works under the board.
Coming, down to Dublin, Georgia, to rake in
more of the filthy stuff, DR.. Corev was told
about the Wakefield statement. It was iniur-
ing the cause, don't you know.
80 Dr. Corey wrote me that DR.. Wakefield
would deny these newspaper reports, which
he did
The letter of Mr.. Bowers shows how one of
the reports got into the papers. The report
which the other paper gave of the lecture was
telephoned to the reporters by the wife Of the
Christian minister In whose church Wakefield
lectured