The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-04-29
CHINA UNREST
>CLAIMED DUE
COMMUNISM
Missionaries, Returning From
China, Declare Russia Turks
Behind Uprisings
CALLED OUT MARCH "a
Say Foreign Powers Patient
With RevOlutiOnists; u. S.
Possibly Too Patient
CALLED OUT MARCH "a

Communist influence to great
extent is responsible for present up
risings in China, in the opinion Of
missionaries who passed through
bismarck last night on their way
east. after having been called out of
the country by the United States
government.
Included in the party of returning
missionaries was Miss Griedohoff Of
Abcrcrombie, N. D.
The Chinese Of their own accord
would not be likely to work up such
bitter enmity against the foreigners,
said Rev. A. E. Edwins, who has
lived in China for nearly 20 years.
The sinister figure of Moscow turks
behind the unrest now permeating
China, and it has been at work for
long time, stirring the people to Bit
ter hatred and enmity, he declared.
There were about so missionaries.
their wives and children, on the east
bound train when it passed through
Bismarck Mt 8 o'clock last night,
all Of them from interior provinces
of China. Tired after their long
trip, they told of the peremptory call
given them to leave the country, and
Expressed their hope Of going back
some day.
Warned BY Government
'The government warned US in
January to be ready to leave" said
Mrs. A. F.. Edwins. "Then, on March
"a, came the second call. We had
less than a half day in which to
make ready and leave. We had just
near Hankow, but when the call
came, we t..d to leave and Pm afraid
we'll never see it again"
The Edwins were stationed at
Shekow, less than 10 miles from
Hankow, but they said residents of
their village had been less restless
than those of HankOw, where ri0ting
had been prevalent. The villagers.
however, were being urged on and
several times made indirect threats,
parading through the streets and
calling them names.
Communlsts Boasting
"The Communists are bcasting
about their success in China" Rev.
revolutionarics have gained the
idea that, because the United States.
Great Britain and other foreign pow
crs have shown patience, it is a sign
IF weakness.
"a dounter spirit of disgust with
the rel Elution is beginning to arise,
however, and many Of the wcll-to-dO
citizens are leaving the country,
some Of them coming to the United
States. It is the law under which
the Chinese must live now which is
partially responsible for this. If the
Chinese in San Francisco had to live
under the same law which their fel-
lowe do in China, they would not re-
main long"
me missionaries secuted the idea
that the foreign powers in China
were pursuing "impcrialistic" aims
and acting too harshly, declaring that
tho hn"ey of imperiaIism was merely
another communist creation.
al. aLtiuuae Of the British in
China has been nothing short of
wonderful" one Of them said. "The
way they kept their patience in
Shanghai January q, when the mobs
were surging through the streets,
trying to incite them into firing SO
that they could start riot. was re-
markablc. The British stood there
silently, their muskets crosswise and
hayonets fixed, and simply awed
them into submission. There were
day, and in these cases, injuries were
accidental"
U. s. Too Lax, Claim
One of the group declared that the
United States had shown remarkable
patience and self-control in China,
but said that he felt it was time that
this country stepped in to show more
force, lest American lives in China
be further endangered.
"All we and the other foreign
countries ask in China is that our
citizens be treated as the Chinese are
in our countries" he declared.
The so-called bombardment of Man
king was not q bombardment but q
said, and declared that injuries were
few, although the Chinese claimed
many were killed and injured when
the foreign battleships fired across
y TIE city.
The murder of Rev. Williams,
American missionary at Shanghai,
was ''cold- d-blooded," members of the
group said. Word Of mouth accounts
carried to them said that the Can
tonese had surrounded Williams
house and had ordered him and his
family out. As they stood in the
garden watching the soldiers loot the
house, one Of them came up to Will
liams and demanded money and
JCWclTys ~ Iltl0uO u0u Vu IluS
/, which he treasured very highly. As
the soldier demanded It, he was said
to have put his hand on the mans
shoulder, saying, "Please don't take
that" The soldied pulled out a pis-
tdl. pressed it against the mission
ary's body. and fired, killing him in
stantly. according to the reports the
missionaries had received.
Bayonets Bristle In Shanghai
Shanghai was "bristling with bay
q ohets" when the party arrived from
the interior provinces to await their
steamer. the missionaries said.
They stayed in the French quarter
and from their windows they said
they could look out and see the SOL
diers of foreign powers marching by.
Little fighting was going on while
they waited there q week, they said,
although sniping was conducted BY
both sides.
The missionary group was COM
posed Of Lutheran, Evangelical and
. Baptist missionaries. all from the
interior provinces OF Honan and
Huppeh. where. when they left, they
said feelig was just beginning to be
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