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Show TE VR AND THE MISSIOR fThere They Are Located and the Possible Danger to Them. Every one interested in mission work In eastern Asia will watch with concern the war wiiich has just broken out, anxious lest; any personal friends be iD danger an2 ?aission enterprises be seriously seri-ously hampered -The fact that all three countries involved are mission field and that the prominent cities eil are occupied with a greater or less force of missionaries makes it necessary to look at the situation fairly and candidly In Korea th4 Presbyterian board -o eupies Seoul, Fusan and Gensan on th east coast and Pyeng-Yang in the interior. in-terior. Of these Fusan and Gensan are the only places liable to injury from the Japanese fleet. But the work in both places is comparatively recent and Dot so well established as at Seoul. Tht, Methodist board has little established work outside, of Seoul and has withdrawn with-drawn a1! its missionaries from the interior in-terior stations to that city. The Sooiety For the Propagation of ihe Gospel, Church of England, ha tsie missionaries at Seoul and Chemulpo Che-mulpo In Seoul the missionaries an practically 8afe, being under the car of the United States legation and tha protection of United States soldiers from the ship-of-war at Chemulpo, the port of Seoul. So f,ar as Korea is con-oerned, con-oerned, therefore, there need be nogreaj anxiety, In Japan the principal port that may fear attack from the Chinese fleet is Nagasaki, ocoupied by the Reformed iDutch) church, the Methodist Episcopal Episco-pal church and the Church Missionary society of England. It is probable, however,' how-ever,' according to the latest reports, that' the foreign fleets will protect thi city, and thus the missionaries then need fear no attack. The same may b said of Yokohama and Tokyo, where almost al-most all of " tha missionary boards are represented. Attention will be especially attracted to China, for there, Ifide from tho danger dan-ger of injury from the Japanese fleets, there Is the still greater danger of injn ry from the hostility of the people. The action of the foreign governments in enforcing tha neutrality of the ports oi Amoy, Canton, Ningpo, Chin-Kiang, Fuchau, Shanghai, Hankow and Tien tsin, all of which are mission stations, relieves the situation very much, at there are very few other cities along the toast that might suffer from an attack, almost the only one of importance b-lng b-lng Chefu, where the Presbyterias church and the China Inland missios have a large force of laborers and con siderable property. The greatest danger, however, to the missionaries, as we have said, is noi from the Japanese fleets, but from the hostility of the Chinese to all foreigners without drawing distinction between Europeans and Americans on the one hand and tta bated tfapaneea. lud pwdenfc |