Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-02
DANGERS OF FOREIGNERS IN CHINA
The Riot and Mob-Law in Shanghai
Marrow Escape Of an English Mission
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Narrow Escape OF an English MISSION
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The Shanghai (China) Evening
Courier gives the full details of a
dangerous riot which occurred in
that city on the Sd of May, during
which many houses in the French
Concession," or quarter, were de-
stroyed lo7stoz sbeeEIg =aP
1t appears that the French sought
to lay out a public road over va
cant lot which had formerly been a
Chinese cemetery. There is and has
long been a native mortuary chapel,
known as the "Ningpo joss house,
near the southwestern extremity Of
what is now the French Concession.
When the vacant spaces around this
were occupied by the allies who as
sisted the Chinese against the Taip-
ing in 1S61-62. the grave mounds
with which it abounded were levell-
ed, for military reasons. The peo-
pie imbibed the notion that the
French meant to tear down the Joss
house, and this lead to a riot, dur
ing which many of the houses of
the French residents were destroyed.
From ten to fifteen minutes suf-
feed to reduce NJ. Percebois's house
"a two story house, with the up
stairs verandas running all round
and supported on piers-to yawn-
ing ruin. The trees in the garden
behind were torn up; some dogs
tied up were beaten to death; and
some turkeys, &c, were absolutely
torn to pieces. The mob was now
worked into frenzy, ,and Miss Mac
lean, an English missionary lady,
looking cautiously out from her
back windows, saw them almost in
a minute tear down the fence that
separated ber back premises from
those of NJ. Percebois, and arm
themselves with the rails that COM
opsed it Presently her out houses
were demolished, and, seeing signs
of further damage, she resolved to
parley with them. Stepping out on
her back veranda, she told them
that whatever quarrel they might
have with M. Percebois, she had
nothing to.do with it, as she was
only tenant. She had scarce ut
tered the words. when shower of
brick forced her to withdraw, and
simultaneously bricks were thrown
at the front window, and she and
her friends were forced to seek ref
uge from the fragments Of glass and
flying missiles on the landing of the
staircase. After the shower of bricks
had lasted some minutes, the front
door was forced, the lower rooms
were entered, and the forms, chairs
and other furniture were broken up
and converted into weapons. This
over, the rioters came up stairs pre-
ceeded by one who was unarmed,
and who appeared, on the whole anx-
ious to restrain the. violence of the
others. Miss Maclean tried to re-
monstrate with them, but the crowd
behind ragged and struck at her with
their weapons over his shoulders,
and presently pushed him aside in
to one of the upper rooms, the funi-
ture of which also they began to
smash. a0.s ..
Miss Maclean, .thus. brought face
to face with violence, determined to
go down stairs, and was allowed to
do so unmolested, followed by two
gentlemen, from whom she was soon
separated. She took refuge in a
tea shop after having been beaten
by the mob and severely hurt; but
when the rioters found out that she
was English and not French, they
dcsisted from the. pursuit.
The American consul took the
French consulate under his protec-
ton, guarding 1t with men ordered
up from two American war vessels
IN the harbor. iaa ~ '.+
The local authorities, after the
difficulty was all over, loudly declar-
ed that foreigners must be protect
ed, and issued a manifesto ending
as follows:
''Ifthe good d-for-nothing dare again
to collect in crowds and break the
peace, they will certainly be at once
seized and severely punished. There
will be no lenity. If you trespass
against the law and incur the pen
atty, you cannot say you have not
been apprized, Tremble! Tremble.
Tremble!"
The foreign consuls have met in
a body and demand the punishment
of the ringleaders of the late distur-
hanna