(I have respectfully and repeatedly re
quested Rev. Dr. AV. C. Lovett to let me be
heard in reply to Cleckler and Towson. I
trust that this Georgia paper will not refuse
to a Georgian the right to repel the assaults
which have been made on him in the Advo
cate.)
Now, it is undeniable that Dr. McArthur
talked to the reporter of the New York
World, on the same day that Dr. Blackburn
did. What was the substance of Dr. McAr
thur's statement? It was that the system of
individual instruction of Chinamen by Amer
ican girls was bad; but, owing to the extra
precautions which he had taken, no scandals
had occurred in his church. Two of his lady
teachers had married their slant-eyed pupils;
and Dr. McArthur had, “with great reluc
tance'’, performed the ceremony.
Great reluctance? I should think so.
Those women are now probably going to the
josshouse, with their Chinese husbands, and
are bringing into the world little disciples of
Confucius.
