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Show MISSIONARY TELLSJF AFRICA Saratoga Springs, N. Y., May 20. In tho stately flguro and clear eye beaming countenance ot Bishop Jos. C. Hartzell, 74 years old for twenty years missionary bishop to Africa, the Methodist Episcopal general conference con-ference In session here 'greeted one whoso call to carry the gospel to distant dis-tant landsjias given experiences that fall to few men. 1Mb travols aggregate more than 1,000,000 mllco, equal to 40 times around the globo. . "I have traveled by water and by 'and on every sort of conveyance, from the finest nhlps and trains to tho oxcart, the natlvo hammock and on foot, and In- all theso years cov erlng 1,100,000 miles, I have not suffered suf-fered tho slightest Injury," said the bishop. Howevor ho has twice been I stricken with yellow fover once with i cholera nnd often with tplcal Afri can foeis. Many Languages Spoken Sneaking of present conditions In Africa ho said: "In our sW mission Holds there nro more than 30.OO0.00O; of people, the population doubling every CO cnrs with classes ranging from tho highest form of CIiiIhII.iii cullino to, tho lowest barbarism, nud speaking more than 800 languages nnd dialects. They llo under tho flags of llvo nations. "Looking backward, desplto tho an-tngoulsm an-tngoulsm of our creed to tho com I mon belief ot tho people ot Africa. I can truly say I havo not had any serious trouhlo In currying on the work. I havo seen und havo long enjoyed tho poisonnl friendship of tho rulers of tho ualloiiH 1 havo via Ited nnd havo had their cooperation rather than opposition." Dh cussing tho effect of tho world war In Africa, whero England. rrnnro, Italy, Portugal and Belgium 1 govern more than three tout His ot , tlio population, Bishop Hurt7ell Mild "Martini law Is In foreo almost ov erywhorc, and while tho battles havo not been great, as wo think ot them now, thcro linve been somo dreadful losses. The outcomo of tlio strug glo will have momonloun hearing on i religions ps ell as pollttcul llfo. A Menace to Christians "Turkey, head of tho Moslem woild, if restored to military power j through her powerful and victorious nllles In Europe, would most certain Dly mennro the Christian movement Mohammedan Africa with Its r'),000, I 000 followers, would bo awakened 'united nnd aggressive" I Bishop Hartzell spcuks infection I ntely of tho heroism nnd labors ol I tho men and women missionaries I who havo gone to Africa In tho last 20 years, spending their lives In seivlco. |