Show AFFAIRS IN CHINA Vy totter teller frem Mrs Critical The is II Tortured Unto Societies life are limo tho fL Louise O 0 wife wite ot of Ite B nJ fidgety who was waa at one onetime I time lint the rector ot of St It Peals I church In city writes from mets Wu Chang China to a friend lit in W this The Th following facts are taken from the letter SInce lInee Mr Partridge left lett us II to accept the bishopric ot of Kioto Japan Jall the charge of the Wu Chang Chan work II has fallen to Mr Ridgely lie Is II glad And happy to be It at the head of such uch an irn branch ot of work but It fa 15 It 5 big Undertaking especially for a man of oils OfIe 1 years experience and study tudy The school the boys boy school In It Itself self If Is II a large e work now numbering over pupIl It necessitates a double service on Bund Sunday ne for forthe the lite boys at a quarter before 10 and one onet It t 11 for tor tilt the outside Christians the church not Dot being large lare enough to hold all at once EROR IS 18 TORTURED Matter political seem eem at a critical state t fult now we believe th the emperor to be here her In u Chang Chan A stranger appeared who for several rea reaSons Sons wu was suspected to be the emperor lie waa eu taken to Co the viceroy who filmed feigned no knowledge ot of the and turned him over to the fu te or gover governor t nor The rhe tu Lu te put him under gurl guard ull he her bear from or the stranger would state for or himself who he be w was which lie he refused to do This was sa some IOme tilDe ago We do not know whit hat advices advice the fu U te had from Pekin but It is II stated h the mott tm reo liable ot of the better da class ot of Chinese that some IOme days day ago aro the tu fu te tortured the man until h he stated he was the Ule emperor giving such proofs that tb the mandarins mAndarin present stole away one by one not wishing to tn he be mixed up In the affair U as the viceroy teroy and nit ao joy art are at heart In sympathy with the emperor but afraid to take up hi hica ca cause What bt can th they do They have bue MI ther hosts boat guns nor troops to fight against the war empress It is II said Id th the emperor hoped the foreigners English and acid German would prot protect t thim him lie l is no kader Iader lie I is not a aman aman man ot of free or nerve I TO TYRANNY The Ibe are a strange people Where you OU find another people who would submit to If sun It is ted red the fu to te will continue the till the weak health of the pOor man mal gives wa way Torture I is per le l and death from torture a aUN aIn In UN t such a as assassInation could OJ It makes my blood boll boil bollt t to this goes on just over the hill hili MeanWhile ne a man a 1 treacherous tel fel tellow 10 low who was put out ot of our lur mission Wit was abo In custody Thinking be saw sawa w a 1 for tor t escape rape ime he joined him himself self 0 o Is stronger when h he wu was brought to the yamen amen declaring lie he tee JeC U emperor The Th emperor 1 mid to Wm 4 It If I my l mother country recognizes in you OU a are safe lite It If n not ll where here will veer rr heM heU be b bIt beIt It II this man sow now wears the red tId rube robe 15 preparation fur eeM t most mOlt to to be feared is II n a aFe re Fe Ion The nat secret s are astir t Proc rot arc alt JI up UI In t night th ft fOI I I less stopping tb the and nd getting ready to rise and O oppose OM the dowager dowar Some of the placards plaCard Promise to missions millton others do 40 nt not ORGANIZATIONS wIt It It Ii a how bow much influence th secret SOcietIes have on the he pen peo pie Two one English and andone one lying liln un the river up Ope pOlito either one ot t could train a run gun on a mob at I notice nolle at all the ire an ireon It Iton on thi th river front We lure Dve JIM fl placard In Wu Chah Wu lii not rowdy iii 11 It populace like We do not feel any allY alum at timi tnt ent situation but w we do t feel lit all U lely let to 0 hear of quieting In Pekin The dowager em empties is strange tran Woman wantS ha haway way ay but she aha alto also wants want to be 1 It the emperor I is here It Ithe ii he knew our viceroy to have progressive man not r wt vi m ii having just received a nit mand from her the emperor boa t the time ripe tw tOl th the appeal to viceroy But alas Mr S tenor to lick Iek backbone Meanwhile our work grows grow Tithe are arc store more applications for the school than could be dated even with the addition m of th large lae ne new building The Th new 1111 for girls Irl I is open an and I is liP |