Show DOES OES NOT ASIC ASK VENGEANCE New Now York Times When one recalls the ic frequency with which forel foreign n missionaries mis- mis have demanded stern vengeance ven en cn- cn on natives of ohe sort or another another another an an- other who had manifested with violence vio- vio hence lence ence a not incomprehensible dislike for those who try to overturn the local theology neology and substitute a a. different one for or It It the time course of Mrs Mal Mary Labaree as described in Iii Washington dispatches produces a surprise th that t comes close to amazement Mrs Mrs 1 Labaree's husband was vas killed b by fanatics on the slopes of f Mount Ararat but bul she does docs not ask the he Government to insist on the pun- pun of ot his murderers mur and amid she sho does docs ask that it t refrain from froni the tho exaction of or an J indemnity of of fi OO from Persia Not only does she refuse to capitalize her loss but she explains her refusal in a wa way that will please everybody except those whose conduct in n circumstances has been so extremely different as to necessitate a comparison She believes she says with unquestionable accuracy that the time mission cause would receive serious injury In- In jur jury ury if IC an aim indemnity were taken talen since it il t would be viewed as blood bloo money b by the great mass of the people among whom her husband worked She protests pro- pro tests ests tests too against the size of the tue demand denand de- de nand mand ma made e upon Persia and ex expresses expresses expresses ex- ex presses the fear that Insistence upon It will vill merely lead to the tho imposition of a anew anew new lew and hea heavy tax upon the Innocent Inhabitants of the district There is Is of course another tide side of this case Missionaries are arc entitled to protection from rom the governments that no matter whether gladly or not permit them to enter their territories and failure to punish the hO murder of a missionary Is likely to have disastrous consequences for those still living among populations lions In part at least bitterly hostile It Il seems that Persia recognizing Its obligations and responsibilities has alread already al- al read ready eady paid OOOO an and Ws has promised not to levy tho the sum as a special tax upon the province That would seem to bo be enough to emphasize the gravity of the offense and Mrs Labaree's argument argument argument ar ar- ar- ar should receive the earnest at attention attention at- at It deserves especially from the missionary bodies that in the time past have sometimes been a little too too eager to demand demant both blood and money when their representatives have suffered the martyrdom they had to somo some degree Invited when they went vent Into places where they knew the time law was weak weal and hostility inevitable We Yo all an re remember remember re- re mem member el what Germany demanded and took tool from China as ns the time price for two slain pries priests s. s That was not a a pleasant pleas pleas- ant episode an and amid It fUll fully Justified the time theman man many cynical comments it received from all alt sl sides es |