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The Pioneer Press
Miller, Hand County, South Dakota
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Robert E. Speer received a letter from Rev. I. W. Houston in Nanking, China, dated July 12, containing a proclamation by Viceroy Li Hung Chang praising missionaries and ordering protection from molestation, highlighting positive conditions in Nanking despite its turbulent history.
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New York, Sept. 6.—Robert E. Speer, secretary of the board of foreign missions of the Presbyterian church in the United States, received a letter to-day from Rev. I. W. Houston of Nanking, China, dated July 12. The letter contains a copy of the proclamation issued by Li Hung Chang, the viceroy, which not only requires the Chinese to refrain from molesting missionaries, but speaks in terms of praise of the work done by them. Mr. Speer says that the proclamation illustrates the folly of forming judgment of the whole of China from conditions existing in one section, and it is more significant because Nanking has always been a more or less turbulent center.
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Nanking, China
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July 12
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proclamation requires chinese to refrain from molesting missionaries and praises their work.
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Letter from Rev. I. W. Houston in Nanking to Robert E. Speer includes copy of proclamation by Viceroy Li Hung Chang ordering protection for missionaries and commending their contributions. Speer notes it counters judgments based on isolated Chinese conditions, especially significant in turbulent Nanking.