London, Feb. 8.
The Misses Cable—ot the famous trio of the China Inland Mission, Known in Turkestan as "The Three Honourable Exhorters to Righteous~ nest"—had a new experience to-day. The BBC. had invited them to Alexandre Palace to be televised, and they appeared and gave a table in this afternoon's "Pielure Page" televisor-broadcast, The Misses Mildred and Evangeline Cable, and Miss Francesco French, fare Just back after their fifth cross-me of tte [Och Desert and have with them "Topsy." a six-ten-year-old deaf and dumb Chinese girl whom they "adopted" in Mongolia, Sand who became the merriest little member of their camp.
"Their crossings of the Gobi Desert, said Miss Mildred Cable, was all part of their missionary work, in purstance of their plan of carrying Chris tianity into Central Asia by joining: caravans along the great trade routes, Which carried the news as well as trade goods. They travelled in two mule carts, at three miles an hour, Which was the best pace for a missionary since it gave him time to make contacts, Bandits were no Joke—a Moslem chief kept them prisoner for eight months. They got away by strategy, leaving him copies Of the New Testament in their stead.
In all they had 24 encounters bandits, but had managed to get safe home. "On one occasion aluminium, telescopic tent poles, mistaken for sung by bandits, saved their lives. 'Their equipment was slight, and they wore Chinese dress Pitching tent tone night near a sinister-looking party of men, they heard one say "Those fare their guns," as they opened up the tent. with' the telescopic poles. This undoubtedly saved them, said Miss Cable, from the fate of a caravan which passed the same spot the following night, and was brutally attacked and robbed. in the future, drag the United States Into war. The opposite theory of 9 complete self-imposed commercial Blockade would cause unnecessary dislocation and misery in the United States.
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