Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-10
CHINESE RIOTERS.
What the 'Little Brown
Man" is Capable OF.
RIoTING, ARSON AND LOOTING.
The English and American Consul
ates Attaeked-Men-Of-War
Sent to the Rescue.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.

IAsaociabed Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
SAN FRANcIsco, March 9.-The steam
ship Belgic, which arrived this morning
from Hong Kong and Yokohama, brings
the first detailed advices of the recent
anti-European riots at Chinkiang. A
correspondent describing the riots says;
"Chinkiang is a ruin. 1t had many
yicissitudes from the time when the first
foreign residents lived in junks on the
north shore of the Yang Tsee. By and
by a concession was laid out. Houses
were built al d the north shore abandoned,
much of the land there being washed
away by the river. Gradually it became
thriving community, with belief that
it would become the terminus OF the
Peking Railway and would supplant
Shanghai.
"The trouble began, it is claimed, in
a street row, in which Chinaman was
knocked down by a policeman. This ex-
cited the mob, and the first act was to
destroy the police station. Then they
made for the British Consulate, where
the Chinese interpre or, who has not
since been seen, is believed to have
taken refuge. On the way they fired
three foreign houses. The Chinese gen
eral in command sent 800 men to pro.
tect the Consulate.
.'As soon as the mob appeared the
soldiers capitulated. Some fed, and the
rest joined the mob. The Consul's wife
fed barefoot with her children from the
back door of the Consulate, while the
mob, aided by soldiers, sacked and
burned everything. The missionaries
houses and the chapel nearly all shared
the same fate, while the British Consul
himself was twice in imminent danger
of death.
"The American consulate was looted
and more houses burned. The resi-.
dents took refuge on hulks and the mob
tried to follow them, but the connecting
bridges were raised. The Viceroy
telegraphed the British Consul that he
was sending 1000 soldiers to restore
order.
"The riot broke out again Wednesday
afternoon. When General Kennedy
reached Chianking, he had the American
flag raised at the United States Con-
sulate. The British ship Mutine arrived
Thursday and fired salute to the British
flag. Within five minutes after the fir
ing of the first gun, the Chinese in the
settlement had fled in all directions.
The United States steamship Omaha
has been recalled from Corea and has
gone to ChiankiDg direct. The North
China Daily News says: "The chief
lesson learned from this outbreak is that
it will not do TO believe that foreigners
are in absolute security at any of the
treaty ports. Such incidents as hap
pened at Cbinkiang may occur at any
moment at any of the ports, and every
port should be within easy reach of a
man. n.ef-war."
''The Chinese Government will have
to pay full compensation for the damage
done. 1t is no kindness to the Chinese
to withdraw the gunboats for fear of
wounding their sensibility; for in the
event of a riot like this, the loss falls
ultimately on the government. 1t is
feared the accession of the young EN-
peror will be accompanied by q revival
of the anti-foreign feeling, as he is under
the influence Of tutor who is known to
be violent reactionary."