The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-09
THE CHINESE MASSACRE AWFUL
CRUELTlES.

A special correspondent gives the de-
tails of the atrocious Chinese massacre
of French and Russian residents at Tien
Tsein, in China. 1t appears that the re-
sponsibility of this horrible butchery
rests entirely with the Chinese authori-
ties, and that the mob were not only in
cited by the Chinese Governor of the
province, but were frequently urged to
commit the atrocities.
Theirignorance and superstition were
played upon by the most remarkable
means, and official publications taught
them to believe that foreigners were in
Tien Tsein to kidnap women and chill
dren with the design of killing them
and converting their bodies into drugs.
A mob held possession of the French
settlement, maItreating all foreigners
who were abroad, for two days before
any blood was shed, and the Governor
not only did not restrain and disperse
the mob, but he even permitted his SOL
diers to encourage and aid them. 1t was
not until the riot was three days old
that the French Consul was killed in
the Governors palace, and wholesale
slaughter then began.
The following are the only names of
the victims that could be obtained. A
number of Americans and Englishmen
are missing, and can only be accounted
for by the belief that they suffered the
same fate as the others, and that their
bodies floated away in the river:
Henri Fontainer, Consul of France /;
W. NJ. Seiuon, Secretary to the Consul /;
NJ. Shomassen and wife; Pere Cher
rien, Catholic Priest; MIR. Prattolheff,
a Russian officer, and wife; Mr.. Bascoff ;
Sisters Louisa, Frances, Mary, Victoria,
Tnconhinn NinaUafa OPlnifa
Onsencie, Catharina, Mons. and Nine.
Chailives-in all twenty persons.
Mr.. Stanic and family, of Cincinnati,
six in all, occupied one mission, but he
CHANGED to be absent at the time. Mrs.
Stanic and Miss Thompson found refuge
on board of the steamship Voucher,
and thus doubtless escaped terrible
fate.
1t is asserted that over two hundred
Chinese Christians of Priesth were mas
scored by the mob. 1t is charged that
Chinese officials and Mandarins, and the
Governor of the Province stood by and
witnessed the massacre without at
tempting to prevent it, and also that j.
o. T. Meadows, the American Consul
at Tien Tsien, was in company with the
mandarin, Ching-how, all the time, and
did nothing to prevent this terrible out
rage, although he is an officer of the
Chinese government, and had enough
power and influence to prevent it.
The Emperor of China appointed
Ching-how a special Minister to Paris
to satisfy the French Emperor in refer
ence to this outrage, and has appointed
Meadows as Secretary of Legation and
interpreter to accompany Ching-how.
This the Shanghai papers denounce as a
gross insult, and call on the French
and Russian governments to resent it.
The outrages to which the females
were subjected before they were MUIR
dered is too sickening to relate. Every
cruelty, says the correspondent, which
it was possible for the most savage bar
barians to conceive of was practiced
upon these defenseless christian ladies,
and the native Christian priests who at
tempted to guard the doors, were seiz-
ed and torn limb from limb.
Nine Sisters were collected in a large
school room, beaten with sticks, their
clothes torn from their bodies, placed on
their heads and cut with knives i'll a
most savage manner, and then outraged.
While yet alive they were hanged, side
side by side along the room, their cheeks
gashed with knives, their lips and noses
cut, their eyes scooped from their heads,
their breasts cut off, and their abdomens
split open with large cleavers. Their
limbs were cut and broken, and in ten
minutes nought remained but their dis
figured bodies. When there was no
more to do, fire was applied, and many
buildings burned. Sixty or seventy
children, who had sought refuge from
the mob in the cellars, were burned to a
cruel death. The French cathedral, con-
sulate, hospital and buildings of all for
eigners were sacked and burned.
The Shanghai Netcs Letter, the
American journal in Shanghai, says that
J. o. T. Meadows, the American Con-
sui, was the only one who seemed to
view the whole affair with unconcern
He was evidently under the protection
of his friend and employer, Ching-how,
for he did not turn out with the volun-
teers, and rather sneered at their en-
deavors to protects their lives and prop
erty.
This fellow Meadows is an English
man, is Consul for the United States and
Holland, and acts without salary from
either, but holds the sinecure position
of superintendent of Ching-how's al
senal.
The foreign ministers and delegations
are much exercised over the fact that he
has been delegated to accompany Ching
how to Paris. Tho Emperor will moi
the interior at present.
They complain that they are shut il
as prisoners, but the Emperor says tha
it is merely a precautionary measure
until the excitement is over.