The Washington union., 1857-05-21
From the n Y, Journal OF Commerce
THE NEWS FROM CHINA.

THE NEWS FROM CHINA.
The news contained in the latest China and singapore
moves all doubt as to the fasehood of the Malta
IIotcb which stated that the Emperor OF China had
the conduct of his vceroy at Canton, and or
~ him ,to appeasc the British, and shows that the
cbiese are resolved TO carry on war Of exterminaton
ainst their enemies not only within the confines OF
"a, own country but wherever their strength affords
,bn chance Of eflecng their revengeul purpose The
c,nture of the river steamer Queen, plying between
~, Kong and Macao by some Chinese passengers,
IA the indscriminate slaughter of all the Europeans
- 1oo,a the attempt by the coolies board the
Mn. Carmen and Gulnare bound respectively for
c,lIao and Havana, to seize the vessels and murder
~ crows and passengers and the fearful revolt Of the
clse nopulation at Sarawak Borneo, sufficient eyi
Of the yirulent evaporation of the whole Chinese
AGAINST foreigners in general and the British in par
lar and afford too strong reason to apprehend that
M war In which Great Britain has engaged will be much
r serious and proracted than was at first supposed
% revolt of the coolies board the Peruvian and Brit
.b sbps might be accounted for as the violent effort
= number of men driven to despair by the most cruel
1tion and ill-treatment to rid themselves of their
pfserings and punish their oppressors All accounts
oe that the cody traffic is carried with the utmost
arharity and that every sentiment of justice and every
ipation of humanity 20 be systematically disrc
oaried by those who engaged in it. 1t would not
therefore be astonishing that the victims should attempt
To free themselves and in Of failure to take sangni
o. revenge upon their captors But the trcacherous
and unproyoked murder Of the Europeans on board the
oneep cannot be accounted for in the 1t
ia attributed to the combined resolution Of the Chinese to
destroy their enemies wherever they meet them, and to
do them every injury that they possibly To this
cause also it is said that the nsurecon at Sarawak may
he traced, where the Chinese population numbering
about O0O rose against the Europeans murdered nun
be of them without distinction Of age SEX and plum
dered and destroyed their entire property Sir James
Brooke an Engishman whoperoms the double functions
o English consul general in Borneo and Rah or sover
een of Sarwak, managed to effect his escape although
b house was surrounded and subsequently, burned, by
Chinese eager to take his life Having assembled few
Maays and Dyals devoted to his person. and the rem
nant of the European population, he soon returned and
exacted fearful retrbution from the insurgents. He
aeled the nsurrection, but not till he had killed two
ont of the four thousand Chinese For days, says the
London Times ga kind of guerilla warfare was carried
on. The Chinese driven into the jungle and shot
down wherever they appeared Sir James Brooke carried
on the war like Joshua shifting the Canaantes :;
and Sir James himself says in his letter describing the
tragedy that thee is not rooftree to their das
trd heads in the country Out of population Of 1000
not more than 900 have escaped ard half this number
is composed Of women and children In Singapore and
throughout the Indian Archipelago the worst disposition
ON the part Of the Chinese towards all foreigners and
league for their determination, reported to exist in
stigaed and commanded by those in authority in China
Whether these accounts strictly accurate pur
pey exaggerated political purpose and popu
arize the Chinese war In England there Of
asoertaining But even making due allowance for exag
groton the accounts sufficiently show that the battle
field is no longer confined TO Canton, and that the enemy
with which Great Britain has TO contend is not Governor
Yeh and the turbulent population that he rules but that
in every spot in the Eastern where Engshman
and Chinaman are to be found danger is to be appre
hended The most active exertions being made by
the British government to send forward a large and
elective force to China with the utmost speed, to
be reinforced by the troops forming the Persian
pe,lition and whatever force be spared from
the Indian presdences. All parties in England
agree that the most strenuous efforts necessary
to be made that the last is by far the most
ous and alarming that has been received since the out
break of hostities and that all hope of preventing
sort to force by negotiation is past. The London
Times and the other government organs dwell on the
alleged atrocities Of the Chinese complete justifca
ton Of Sir John Bowrng and proof of the necessity
o coerce and chastse the barbarian which to
be rising against Englishmen wherever it has set foot
The Daily News and the opposition journals maintain that
the horrors committed In March would have hap
pened the unwarantabe operations In October had not
taken place but while they condemn Sir John Bowring
and reprobate the rash manner in which the
menced they join in the opinion that that the war is
inevitable it should be prosecuted with yigor and that
"he Chinese should be taught lesson which will sink
deep into their memory