The morning call., 1891-09-14
CHINA AND JAPAN.
A Summary of Interesting News
From the Orient.
The Missionary Rlcts-Bandits Sentenced to
Death = The Japanese
Floods

The Pacific Mail steamer China arrived
at her dock yesterday morning, bringing
China dates to August 21at, and Yokohama
dates 10 August 3lst from which the fol
lowing Items OF news are taken:
1t is said the British Government has
strongly protested against the diIatory man
ner in which the Chinese authorities dealt
with the arecent riots. Sir John Walsham
is reported to have put the following aues-
tions to the Chinese Government: First
Why was not the recent edct dispatched by
telegraph throughout the empire? Second
Why was the Wubu magistrate who did his
best degraded, while his superiors who
would not help were not degraded? Third
Why is the punishment Of the guilty at
Wusueh delayed? II is also stated that the
opening of Human, which is the hOtbed of
all the opposition TO foreigners in China, is
one OF the points to he insisted on in the
final settlement of the present troubles.
England'S action is backed up by the other
powers. and she may get the mandate from
the Others. if China is not coneiliatory, to
enforce respect by arms Reuters tele-
grams. however, show that England is act
ing in concert with France, ana if there is
any lighting to be done, which is lmproba-
BILE, the two nations will likely cooperate
as of old.
The Free Press reports remarkable find
of alluvial tin ore at Sayah, Perak. The
coolies Of a Chinese towkay sunk two holes,
oje thirty feet square and one twenty-fonr
feet square. In the first hole in twelve days
eleven men lifted 450 pikuls of tin sand
worth $500, and in the secon1 twenty three
men lifted in five days 4pikuls worth
S36UO. Nine-tenths Of thisfwent to the
coolies.
Two of the bandits who murdered
farmers wife in the suburbs of Marking
nave been sentenced to death by the higher
authorities; one for murder and the other
for planning the robbery; and their SEN
tences Will be carried out in a short time.
The others are to be punished as abettors
and accessories.
The reported killing of three missionaries
near FoOchOw was false. However unsettled
matters have lately been at many OF the
Mission stasIOns. all are now quieted down.
a correspondent writing fronfHangehow
under date OF August 10th, says: 1t is now
seven weeks since the time the riot was
threatened on June 22d. Everything has
been quiet from that day Several OIL the
higher officers III control of the patrol forces
of the city called on us to assure us that no
dangers need be feared. Some OF them
cautioned US TO exercise care IN our pubic
preaching during this and the following
month on account Of the examination to
occur Ill OtpltihueT. L lie 6All
police regulations adopted to prevent the
riot are still kept up and the magistrates
still 90 the rounds at night. We near OF
their catching suspicious characters occa-
Sionally and giving them beating.
About a month ago the Tartar General
issued proclamation engrosslng the I'M
perial decree on the subject Of the riot and
furnished copy to each preaching chapel
in the city. Within few days the Gov
ernOr has issued similar proclamation,
which is printed ana posted about the
streets.
A letter written from Chinkiang under
date of August says: EVERYTHING is quiet
and hot. IL has been very bad and un-
healthy summer, the thermometer for the
past six weeks ranging between 99' and
1852 in the shade. There has been much
sickness among the European community
and especially among the officers and crews
of tie foreign war-Ships which are patrolliHg
the Yangtse. The French and English have
suffered the most, the sick-llst running fire.
Quently as high as 80 per cent OF their
musler-roll. After the first week the rules
were relaxed and officers and men allowed
TO dress as lightly and live as quietly as ship
board will permit. Thanks 10 this, as well
as 10 the strict medical surveillance, there
has been little OF no mortality among the
naval forces stationed on the river.
The rioting is over thoroughly and a reign
of terror exists among the offic ais, from the
highest to the lowest The concerted action
of the Ministers at Peking and the remark
ably quick aequieScence OF the Isung-ll-
yamen in the demand for heavy damages
has struck CONSERVATION to the heart of the
Office holder, who will be compelled TO pay
the indemnity assessed They had hoped
and eXpected that MOngolau diplomacy
would Involve the questions in red tape, and
so give them two or three years In which to
raise ami pay the money required. This has
been the case before and is the usual rule
throughout North China. Now, however,
it looks as If the indemnity would have to
be paid before New Years, and the official
mind is coTrespondingly perturDed.
The magistrates are indignant at General
Jones, lhe American Consul. for what they
are pleased to term his ofiicious interfer-
ence. 1t seems that besides acting for his
own constituents, he has also taken in
charge those Of the other European nations
who have no Consul at this port. BY so do
ing lie has largely increased the assessed
damages and prevented the Magistrates
from compromising the claims of the many
sufferers, a proceeding which would have
afforded some one a handsome squeeze and
would have drifted along for months, If not
years.
Though the harvests have been as rich as
ever times are very 0uil here in every
direction. What with taxes, likin and bat
terry assessments, the people are ground
down to their last penny, and are almost in
despair. They have hopes that the riots
VIII bear fruit in the removal of the officials
of their district and the appointment oil new
and less voracOus successors. In case
changes are made, il will probably be like
the last one, when the newcomers proved
twice as heartless and grasping as those
whom they replaced.