Tus Datry EXAMINER.

SEPTEMBER 10, 1883

France and China.

Nor long ago a Franco-Annamite Treaty was concluded, which placed the whole of Aunam under the complete con- trol of France. This treaty was far from satisfactory to the Chinese authort- ties, who refused to sanction it,preferring rather to have the protectorship of Annam settled by war, thar that it should thus quietly be handed over to the French. Whilst uo definite information is at hand upon the subject, it is thought that China considered the French conduct in com- pelling the Anvamites to sigh the Hue Convention, an act of war agaiust Chinese rights, and at once decided to fight without further parley. Accordingly troops are being drilled in the European fashion and armed with modern weapons. The Chiuese squadron is being rapidly manned with troops, and loaded with ammuvition, A torpedo service is being put iu readivess as fast as possible, aud everything is all bustle and excitement over the sudden warlike activity. On the other hand, it appears France has gone too far to retreat, and that she will be obliged to carry ou a war in a foreigu country, where her enemies will have massed on their side, not only an inexhaustible supply of troops. but also the climate to which they are used, besides their perfect knowledge of the country. Fears are entertained that England will be drawn iuto this contest. The Loudon Daily Telegraph of the Sth inust., in its editorial comments on the

war vews from China, expresses the belief that England will be eventually drawn into the quarrel. And another paper suggests

that this is an eminently proper occasion for arbitration by European powers, in view of the commercial iaterests which nearly all of them have at stake in China. In the meantime, the Chinese seem determined to fight tothe bitter end. They regard themselves as in a much better position io carry on a war than io 1860. What the result of the war will be is hard to tell at preseut. Certain it is, that it will inflict a heavy blow upon the trade and prosperity of both countries.

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Law and Custom on HBiections.

‘One arrant corruptionist has received a portion of his deserts. Judgment was given in Ontario, on Monday the 3rd inst., disqualifying Mr. Farquier, late tory mem- ber for Muskoka. The Court held that he had been guilty of corrupt practices within the meaning of the Act, by treating a meet- ing of electors of Commands Creek, on the 23rd Febsuary, and disqualified him for eight years from holding any municipal office or from ever holding an appoist- ment.”

The above is taken from the Putriot of 3th inst. Of course the Grits are re- rejoiciug over this decision of Ontario Judges. But they must remember that all judges are not of the same opinion with regard to treatiag at the time of an election. In the Mattart-MclIntyre case, it will be recollected, the Judge based his decision on the grounds that the evi- dence did not prove corrupt treating, as it is customary in King’s County to drink liquor and treat the people during elections. We are at a loss to know how an Election Law that applies to the whole Dominion cau be so differ- ently interpreted by Judges. It is weil known that, in the case we refer to, Mr. Melntyre’s authorized agents went through the country with *black ducks” treating electors right aud left. Yet the learned Judge, considering the custom in the couutry, thought that such conduct did not come within the meaning of “corrupt treating.” It is well to know, however, that there is such a thing as “corrupt treating’ at time of elections. If the law discountenances treating it cannot be too widely known ; and if not, that is, it it is wot contrary to law to engage in “black duck” business at the time of an election if liquor drinking happens to be the “custom of the country,” it is equally necessary that it should be known, so that no mistakes may be made In CauVvassing uext time.

—-Ila Durham, England, a school for 300 pupils has been established, the main object of which is to give a sound, vse ful education, and moral and religions training, with something of the tone of the great public schools, to the large and important class of farmers’ and country tradesmen's sons, who have hitherto en- joyed none of the special facillties in educational matters, provided in ele- mentary schools for the laboring class. Agriculture forms an important part of the curriculum.

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In the competition among the provincial teams at Ottawa, on the 7th inst, for the London Merchant's Cup, the New Brunswick team won the first prize, the cup and $80, making 362 points. The Prince Edward Island men took the second prize, $64, with 833% points. Next in order were Quebec, 321; Nova Scotia, 321; Ontario, 317; Manitoba, 309. The Governor General and Princess Louise and Prince George of Wales visited the grounds during the match and took !un- cheon with Coil. Gzowski. The prizes were ete by the Princess in the Senate

amber after which an address was presented to the Governcr General.

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AMuxrst wants the Military School. We have received, says the Amherst Gazette, from | Sir Charles Tepper an acknowledgment of the | Amherst r. quisition in reference to this mat. | ter, which he had forwarded tothe Minister

. his recommendation. We are also in | feceipt of a letter from the Hon. Minister of |

Militia, stating ¢ : ' aa a hat the mattey will reveive

The Erromanga Mission. | being held in the mission stations, the horrid ‘idolatrous feasts were being celebrated. or | One man, the murderer of Williaws, had been persistently hostile to the missionary

cause. He had tried to provoke revenge

VARIETY OF OCCUPATIONS — DEATH WILLIAM;, GEORGE AND DOUGLAS GORDON | ISLAND —DIFFICUL-

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CIVIL WAR ON THE , TIES MET AND OVERCOME — SUCCESS OF by wasting plantations owned by converts om tent ‘to Christianity; but so far they had avuided

| open strife with their opponents. In three |years some 15 teachers were at work in Rev. Mr. Roserrson addressed a large ‘the different stations. Soon after, a road audience in Zion Church yesterday after-| was opened right across the island, 13 noon. His subject was mission work in| miles long and 10 fect wide. The trees Erromanga, an island of the New Hebrides yore cut down and the roadway levelled; group in the South Pacific Ocean. He pre-| and now, instead of spending more than 2 | taced his address with a short account of| qay in reaching the east side, up mountains the Island itself, intending to resume this | and down ravines, he (Mr. Robertson) part of his subject on Tuesday evening) would walk the distance in ten hours.

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next in St. James’ Church,

Erromanga, he said, was a large island, 94 miles in circumference and has a length of 35 miles. It is 2,000 miles from Mel-| bourne, 1,500 from Sydney, and 1,000) from Auckland, New Zealand. It is moun- | tainous, aud has several large rivers. The} soil is fertile and the climate healthy,— | indeed it is the most healthy island of the group. Though it has distinctly marked seasons, yet there is never any frost. There is no railway on the island, there are no horses except one at present, no roads except one through the weods, no boats, except the mission boat, and no crew except the mission crew.

He had been there foreleven years. Dur- ing that time he and Mrs. Robertson, being the only missionaries on the Island, had quite a variety of occupations. Visiting, administering medicines, planting schools, training teachers (beginning with the alphabet), planning buildings, in a word the whole engineering of the mission had fallen upon one family. Then, too, if we would remember that they were often four and six months without a mail, without papers or letters from home, we might have some idea of the isolation. Here the faces were strange, the habits and language were strange; and, however helpful and pleasant the natives sometimes got to be, still the place never became to them a home, Memory would revert to the land of youth, of father and mother and early friends, and of the privileges of a christian civilization. Still these were only passing thoughts; there was little time for sentinftent, when face to face with the vice and cruelty of heathen- dom.

It was in Oct. 1870 that he and his wife set sail from Halifax in the ‘Peruvian ” When they at last were nearing the scene of their intended laborers, the first news that reached them was that James Gordon had been killed. There had been previous martyrs. Williams, the pioneer of this movement, had, fifter great success in the more eastern islands, built a ‘‘Messenger of Peace,’’ without any assistance except what his young converts could give him, having scarely any appliances for the work. However, the vessel was built,and, manned by Williams and his companions, lately hea- then, it visited several islands;but on Tanna, within twenty minutes of landing, the leader was clubbed to death, on the banks of what is now called the Williams River. Then George Gordon and wife came. They built a house and had started work, when on May 20, 1861, they too were murdered. The murderer is still living on the Island. There was still another victim, James Douglas Gordon, impelled with love even for his brother’s murderers, went out and, oceupied his late brother’s station. For eight years he labored alone. He mastered five dialects—difficult dialects they were— but was thus able to converse with every- one he met. He translated Genesis and had his translation of Matthew printed at Oxford. He reversed or translated other parts of the New Testament—Luke and part of Acts—with accuracy and skill. He too was murdered, in open day, on March 17th, 1872. He was the last to fall a victim to heathen cruelty—may he remain the last !

This was but a short time before he (Mr. Robertson) reached the Island. He felt the danger and responsibility of his under- taking. He felt that the native christians were true to the cause, and that the mur- derers of James Gordon, though among his followers, were not sincere in their attach- ment, and had been bribed by a hostile chief.

They landed on June 26th, 1872. They found the Island almost in a state of civil war. Only 60 or 70 ont of a population of over two thonsand were friendly, and these had put up a barricade for self-protection. They dared not go out for fuel or previsious unless armed. Some may question whether this was right. As for himself he did not court martyrdom, and thought he might be the instrument of more good by a long laborious life than by a tragic death. And it was found that when the natives saw that they would lose man for man, they were prudent enough to desist from organized attack. There was an explanation of this hostile state of feeling Four young men had, very imprudently, gone and murdered an equal number in return. The result was a determination to drive the Christians from the island. Some did flee, and though there was but a handful left, among them were true and sterling men. At Dr. Ge ddie’s request a young man came back aud has been the right arm of the move- ment ever since. Their mouths were of course closed by this state of affairs. It was defence, not conquest. At last the barricades were taken down, and the people were allowed to enter by days, but watch was kept at night. Then a school was got under way. But fever showed itself and provisions ran out, they not Laving any acceptable barter. On one occasion, they were a whole day in an open boat, and went 50 miles in quest of food.

The building of a house was then set about. The old house had fallen into de- cay. As best he knew how, he framed a house, but it was destroyed by a hurricane, the gale in which the first Dayspring was lost. “The next venture was more success- ful, and with from two to four assistants, a house of two or three rooms was made fit to live in. Soon after, they visited the east side of the Island. This section was thick- ly peopled, but a different dialect prevailed. Travelling also was difficult; stil], the visits were kept up and had good results. Then they tried the south east side. Asa consequence, in the course of seventeen months they had six teachers at work, three trained by Mr. Gordon, and three by them- selves. They now erected a cottage on the east side, They had plenty of native help. But another hurricane wrecked the build-

ing, and, seeing that the sitnation was too exposed for a mission house, they withdrew to a sheltered spot two miles away. They now had a church there, and a school

Often on these journeys he was attended by as many as 200 of the natives; and bow, instead of being starved from long ex: posure, he was invited to stay along the road and treated hospitably. In one place a chief, in the presence of the whole tribe, laid down his heatben relics at his feet, and in tears embraced the new religion. The relics are now in Pine Hill, Halifax.

And now what was the state of affairs! There were 1,000 church-goers out of a total population of 2,700, there were thirty- three schools, 195 adult church members, of whom 190 sat at the last Communion, within a gunshot of Gordon’s grave. On this occasioa they met in the open air, under the branches of palms and cocvanuts.

What a day that was! Fve hundred were gathered together, and how intently did they listen! It was a sight to be seen and never forgotten. Once they were cannibals,{now, sitting there,in their right mind, tears of gratitude rolling down their bronze cheeks that they had been visited and rescued from the vice and hopeleesness of heathenism. I+ was a sight that more than repaid them for the trials 4nd hard- ship that brought it about. And then, on leaving, 530 of them came to see them off, asking them not to return without more helpers in the work.

The work is prospering. The 1,500 who still hold out are being leavened by christian influences. Success among them is almo:t assured.

And so of all these islands, There is hardly one of them on which you could not land a missionary to-morrow. The people ask for them, and to visit them without being able to stay among them seems like taunting them. The new Dayspring, a three-masted schooner, is ever welcome as she sails from island to island. With men and means these islands might be all se- cured for the Master.

Let something be done. He could not well ask a native teacher to go to work for

less than $25 a year, yet by supplementing the church allowance to this amount, he was always 26

pounds out of pocket himself. He did not wish a capitalized account, but he wanted an open account of $25 a year from any who could afford to support one native teacher. Often he had given everything he had, but somehow a mission-box soon came to hand and his wants were relieved. It would be so with us. Tiis was a giving which never impeverished. The return in blessing was better than the outlay in means.

MAN OVERBOARD!

Sad Drowning Accident.

The schooner ‘‘R, K. Thompson,” which arrived in Summerside yesterday morning, from Pictou, reports the loss of one of her hands—a young man by the name of William Parsons, belonging to Summerside, who fell off the jib-boom near Pictou Island on Saturday evening. It was blowing quite a beeeze at the time. The Captain threw some boards to the drowning man and put the schooner about. But he sank before the veasel reached him.

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SUICIDE.

A Farmer at Granville Hangs Himselt.

A MELANCHOLY CASF,

Mr. Joun Krier, a _ well-to-do farmer at Granville, New London, committed suicide on Saturday morning last. It appears that he had been melancholy for some time past, and that his friends have heen watching him inthe fear that he might make away with himself. But he escaped their vigilance, and got away from the housefearly on Saturday morning—secured a piece of rope, aud going toa bush near to the house, fastened it securely to a limb, put the fatal noose around his neck and jumped from the tree. When found, he was quite dead, his feet having been about four feet from the ground. Mr. Keir was a middle aged man, much respected by the community. He leaves a large family.

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