Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-03-05
the WORM TURNs
The Chinese Goyerupsm Makes q
Startling upfmatum.
ITS DEMANDS Sx THE Y. $.
The Government Must CondignIA Punish
the Rioters or Americans Al
China Suffer.

WASHINGTON. NarcbI-TAs Critic to-
day publishes q cOluyn explanatory Of the
circumstances which, led to the promulsa.
ton Of the Chinese mss>.ss by the Presi.
dent. The Investigations OF Colonel Bee,
Consul General OF China at San Francisco
into the Rock Springs massacre. Convinced
that cficer that it was cruel outrage, per
petrsted BY white men whoplhe supposed
to be Americans, upon aphaoEeusive p.o.
pie, He SO reported ,Sthi, home govern.
ment His report yks forwarded to the
Imperial Chinese l. Sfation here and ,rans
mitted to China i fough the proper official
channels. The Instructions tie Chinese
Minister rsceiyfd from his soverumsn,
were startling de was directed to de-
mand from thk United States the total die.
avowal of the affair; the coniisn punish.
ment-cspitslly II If killing could be
proven agsipst individuals and peeuniary
indemnity to- the sufferers for their losses
to be paid BY the United States.
This was the ultima,um. Ifthe United
States refused to comply with the Demands.
the President was to be informed that the
Chinese Government would Immediately
proceed to collect the indemnity from
American citizens in the Imperial King
dom and withdraw is protection from
them" which meant that they would bs
notified 10 leave China at once. Simul
taneously with this information came to
the State Department from q semi Official
source in London that the Marquis Tseny,
Chinese Ambassador TO the Courts Of ST.
James and st. Cloud, was about to return
home to take high position in the Imper
ial Council Of State, and that he would in.
sist upon stern measures being taken
against the United States to mark It's die
pleasure at the outragts which the Amer.
can authorities permitted its citizens TO
commit against his people without any at.
tempt being made to prevent them or pun
ish those who openly svowed their partici.
patton in them.
This was the situation when the Presi.
den. sent the message 10 Congress on
Tuesday last. Ii will be seen that he de.
nies the right OF the Chinese Government
to demand an indemnity for property de
stroyed. This is point upon which the
instructions at the perial Council to the
Minister here admit OF no concessions II
has been known for month past that tho
Chinese Minister here is to return homo
very soon. II is rumorsd tha, he willtake
with him the final conclusions Of the Pres
ident in regard 10 this matter.
These are the simple facts, the Critic
says, from undoubted authority and are
given to the country as aids 10 the CON.
=. 49, s.siou Ur no rrrsrue am Iss, message
in its full importance.
so REST YOK JOHN.
FL PAso, TEX March I'm the last
few days large number Of Chinese from
California have passed through FL Psso
on their way TO New Orleans and Texas
cities. Many Of them are also locating In
the Territorial towns Ct New Mexico and
Arizona. San Francisco is represented as
swarming with Mongolisns who hsvs been
driven out OF Oregon and Washington Ter.
ritory and the pressure. it Ia claimed, 10 be
ing relieved by the "six Companies.'
shipping them East, where the antagonist
against the Chinese is no, 20 strong - on
the Pacific slope.
This influx, however, into the Territories
Of Arizona and New Mexico has aroused
the latent sntagonism there and anti
Chinese leagues have already been organ
lied at Socorro and other towns in New
Mexico, and at Tucsou and Tombstone,
in Arizona, all Of which places are suffer.
ing from heavy increase In their Chinese
population aud which may lead to their
violent eviction, as was recently the case
in Washington Territory.