| Show Blond stand by the tho Kilns guns Without the ml lola P the time legation vault not have been tho the native Christians nono of ot us would have saved Time The were not Hot the th primp e of ot the trouble they the were only one olle of oC thu time causes The mission arise arlen wore were not responsible for the building of tho the railroads or for Cor any of tho the other foreign against which the lilt hatred of at the tIme Boxers seemed i to be bo Oh opted A ENT l n v W V S Ament of at tIme the American Board or ot Foreign Missions of ot tho thu Con Gon on church chinch whoso whose collection of Indemnity for damages lOUd done by b Box era urs In China hits caused discussion takes vigorous exception to the tho made by lIy Mark Twain nod others nn nil to the alleged misconduct of ot the mIssionaries He lie says We e found ourselves at the close clORO of tho the siege with native Christians upon upun our hands hailds no food Mo Ito clothing 1 no money and every ever Christian house burned On the tIme very verv er day dllY of the tho arrival of ot the mulled allied forces we Wl were Informed 1 that t twe we must leave leae the thu British legation n nIt nil as asIt It wax to be used uBell us as headquarters for tor forthe or orthe the officers of the thc army I immediately tely thought of ot a 11 Mongol prince UH lIst Ling who hmo Was WaR an itO ally of the Motors Boxers and Whoso hoso place pineo was wal the tho headquarters of the tho Boxers and black block blacklegs legs We e found the princes entirely empty empt nut the next day wo WI brought up UI our ChristIans Christian and omit occupied the place In that house hUll so and Its itA I ta neighboring mu houses housed thin that wo we 0 occupied we to e rut put more than people We Ve took only abandoned property The only foot food In the princes place was as n a 1 bit of rice rlee We decided to sell eli the tho clothing and curios foil ml upon the premise and realized 2 In gold They rimey were bought by BrItish and American at nt a I private sale Rale of two weeks duration Native Nativo Christians brought us UR furs toni sables which they the lie hod purchased nt ott a n low price from wealthy Chinese who feared they the might aught be e looted by the military people and quid who were willing to II dispose of ot Ih hi for n a little money mone These articles article were sold Hold at nt our place to British and mint other officers I con that that was wall a 1 fair Calr honest homiest which Injured nobody and that benefited many people There may nut nu have been nomo looted 1 goods taken but It was waR without my knowledge The nu 1111 Sikh soldiers were ore selling Helling off orr truck very VIr cheap hut my roy people did not do the tho looting |
