MISSIONARIES AND THE FRENCH.
THE AMBRYM ERUPTION/ AN INCIDENT OF THE RESCUE * WORK. SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS. : Bj,MeCTaDh^Preai}Aßsaclalioßj:C-opyrlfiM •• -.(Rec..'Janui\ry 23, 8.15 p.m.) ' Sydney, Januiij 21 M'Gowan, convener of the Presbytcrian.jForeign Missions CommiUoe, Mms . issued a. lengthy oliicwi statement'" iu "referencejitp. the,,rcsCUo of the natives.during the:- Anibrjtu eruption. to/.thisfstntciiiont;: Doctor Bowie (of tho'Mission' Hospital),"and a party of missionaries;;:'were, engaged' in rescue saw a number of natives on .a ?boat".from tho French steamer La.'-France beckoning to them. i.Wlicn-. they approached the • boat they were told that the natives were being taken oiv'board tho^'a'-Francc, 1 but were refused informatiun";as'"'to whero , they were,goiiig; Sbveral„of the natives then left the La Fravje's. boat,' and eft me on board Dr. Bowie's,"at; his invitation. -■ A French official, , and other. Frenchmen, then interfered. : . They. prevented the others Vfrbinfeleaviug, .'. and ' tho captain of., the? vessel'-turned tho .hose upon- theV-missionaries' .'"boat.- .Tho junior officer's .of /the La' France used - si bottle land a,, rowlock,; to. drivo tho mis: Dr. Bowie warned "the natives not to go on board the La-France. It is fur* tiler alleged ..that the ,La France was never inside'-the.-danger, zone, and,did not rescue a' single native:';'.'--. Dr. Bowie subsoquonUy'contarrcdwith : t,he English a.nd French* .Resident Commissioners, who jointly-, agreed'.that."rescued natives in. tho liiissionari es'<care-should bo allowed to; return and that. i\o~ more-recruiting would bo allowed at . Port;"- Sandwich,. .whore the Refugees remained under a'poljce guard.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1966, 24 January 1914, Page 5
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225MISSIONARIES AND THE FRENCH. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1966, 24 January 1914, Page 5
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