Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-09-01
The Chinese Massacre.

spondent gives details of the atrociors
Chinese massacre OF French and Russian
residents at Wentsin, China II appears
that the responsibility of the ho-rible
hatchery rests entirely with tae Chinese
Authorities; that the mob were not only In
cited by the Chinese government, but urg.
ed TO commit the atrocities. Their ignor.
ance and superstition were worked on by
most remarkable means, and official publi.
cations taught them to believe that for
elgners were in Ieintsin to kidnap women
and children to kill them aud convert
their bodies into drugs. A mob held pos
session Of the French settlement, maitreat.
ing all foreigners who were abroad for two
days before any blood was shed,
and the governor not only die
not restrain or dispense it,, but
He even permitted his soldiers to encour-
age and aid it, 1t was not until the riot
was three days old that the French Consul
was killed in the Governors Palace, and
a wholesale slaughter begun. The follow
ing are the only names OF the victims that
could be obtained, A Number OF Ameri-
cans and Englishmen are missing and can
only be accounted for by the belief that
they suffered as Others, and that their bod
les tloated away in the river: Henri Fon-
tanier, Consul OF France; Mr.. Simon, Sec
rotary to Consul; Mr.. Thomassien and
wife; Pere Cherrier, a Catholic Priest; Mr..
Protopeft, Sister Louisa, Mary Victoria,
Theresa Josephine, Vinoenla, 0rleia, ATen-
lea and Catharine, and Madame Cholnai.
son. In all 20.
The Rev. MIR. Stanley and family, of
Cincinnati, Ohio, occupied one of the mis-
sions. He was absent at The time. Mrs.
Stanley and Miss Thompson found refuge
on board the steamship Monchu, and thus
doubtless escaped 2 terrible fate. 1t was
reported that over 200 Chinese prosslytes
of priests were massacred. II was charged
that the Mandarian Governor stood by and
saw the massacre without trying to rrevent
it; and also that ]. A. 7. Meadows the
American consul a, Tientsin, was in COM
pany with Chung-How all the TINE, and
did not try to prevent the outrage, although
he Is en officer o. the Chinese government
and had enough power and influence to
prevent it
The Emperor of China has appointed
Chung How special minister to Paris to
satisfy the french Emperor in reference
| to tins outrage, and has appointed Mead
ows as secretary and interpreter to ac-
company Chung How This the Shang-
hal papers announce a gross insult, and
call on the French and Russian govern
ments to resent it. The outrages to which
| the females were subjected before they were
murdered are too sickening to relate.
Every cruelty, says the correspondent,
which it was possible for the NEST savage
| balbarians TO conceivepot, was perpetrated
on these deienseless Christian la6ies.
A native Christian attempted to guard
the door and was torn limb from limb. 49,
Nine sisters were collected in a large
school room where they were beaten with
sticks, their clothes torn from their bodies,
placed on their heads and cut with knives
in most savage manner, and then out
ragged. Yet alive, they were ranged side
by side along the room, thei- cheeks
gashed, lips ana nose cut off, eyes
scooped from their heads, their
breasts cut off and abdomens ripped open
with large cleavers and their linbs broken.
In ten minutes nothing remained bat
their disGgured bodies. When there was
no more, fire was applied and buildings
burned, Sixty or seventy children, who
had sought refuge from the mob in the
cellar were burned to cruel death. The
French Cathedral, Consulate Hospital and
buildings OF all foreigners were sacked and
burned.
The Shanghai News Letter, the only
American journal in Shanghai Gays J. A.
7. Meadows, American consul, was the
only one who seemed to view the whole
affair wish Cuconcen. He wes evidently
under the n~otection Of his friend and en-
ployer, Ching, for he did not turn out
with the volunteers and rather greered at
their endeayors to protect their lives and
property
This fellow Meadows il an Engishman ;
is consul for The United States, Holland,
and Danes, without salary from either,
but holds sinecure position from Chungs-
low arsenal The foreign ministers and
delegations are much exercised over the
fact that he has been delegated to accom-
pany Chunghow to Paris, but the Emperor
will not allow any OF them to leave Pekin
for the iateriorat present. They complain
that they are shut in as prisoners, but the
Emperor says il is merely precauticn till
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