Show As s will be remembered President Roosevelt some time ago recommended that Congress appropriate appropriate to be given to the missionary societies societies societies so so- to recoup their losses incurred during the Boxer war in China the money to be payable out of the Chinese indemnity fund It t now appears that Congress is unwilling to take the missionary claims for granted a and d the chances are that they will have to be ground through the Court of Claims mill in order to connect Then China has not yet et set settled led which may lead to a further delay of a century century century cen cen- tury or two However the President has done his best for the brethren and they ought to sing his praises all the wa way from Iceland's greasy mountains mO Jn moun moin- ta ns to I Indias India's dias dia's corral stand |