The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-09-27
CHINA'SREPORT OF THE rios.
English Subjects Guilty Of Enc0ub-
Ing Rebellion There.
ENGLAND STARTLED BY THIS CHARE.
Danger OF Final Trial OF Strength Betvsn
the Orient and Occident--The Irish
Fish Product--Foreign Affairs.

nese Government, showing that English lb-
jects are largely engaged in encouraginre-
bellion and the use Of dynamite as a meal of
destroying the established order of thin, IN
China, has fallen like bombshell oIfhc
British Foreign Once For months pasthe
British Government has been posing ashe
champion Of civilization against the unreen-
crate Chinese. and British vessels Of war ave
been ready TO lead the other powers irne
bombardment of Chinese cities as en-
atty for not preserving order. And nc it
turns out that the men who are mang
profitable business OF disorder ire
British subjects. who have been lmporng
rifles and explosives for the use OF Sucina-
tiyes as might be induced 20 aid IN teir
designs The British authorities IN Gina
have been promptly instructed TO make ter
Investigation as TO the guilt OF the accted
as thorough and searching as possible. M,n-
time the other powers are IN quandary Ia
tive TO future action. The treaty binds tim
to act in conjunction with Ing and but tg-
lands right 30 interfere is discredited nd
practically annulled 10y the deyelopmets
above alluded to. IL is even clal1d
that the British subjects under arBt
III China were merely the agents tora
wealthy clique in Hong Kong who seta
profit for themselves in exciting the Chime
favor the stand taken by the Chinese &C. !
eminent One of Shanghai's most prom- |
nent merchants is quoted as authority tor IN |
statement that the missionaries are altogethe'
too aggressive in going counter TO the tradi1
tiOns and prejudice OF the people, and tnau
they often provoke popular demonstrations
OF violence which are really intended SIMPLY
as protest against the intolerable This is
the view recently urged by Chinese magis.I
trate upon the foreigners Of Shanghai and u
has met with many favorable responses.
DIFFERENT VERSION OF THE RIOTS.
A dispatch from Shanghai this evening"
states that an European refugee who has Just
arrived there from Ichang gives different
version regarding the riots at lchang and at
other upper towns on the lang-tse- hlang
than has heretofore been published. lie
saws: 1.-The people along the Yang-tse-Kiang
live mainly by the river. and the special un-
popularity of foreigners in that district is
undoubtedly due III great measure 10 the
efforts which nave recently been made to
take wheel steamers built in England up the
rapids, and so to establish safe and easy COM
munication with the rich provinces that lie
behind the mountains through which the
Nang-tse-B Bang pours itself in tremendous
gorge Immediately above lehang. AZ present
junks are labor0usly hauled up stream by
hundreds Of Cinnamon, who follow one
another in single hle along the most formidable
cliff paths. The rope sometimes breaks. Some
times the haulers are ierked from their footing
into the gorge beneath, and IN either case tho
Junk promptly speeds down stream again, and
is smashed to pieces on q rock. 1t j. prima-
tive and dangerous III, thOd OF navigating the
chief huvial highway of China. but II employs
q great deal of lchaug labor and is therefore
popular An exact cauRe for the present rlots
over and above the natural Chinese hatred tor
foreigners IS found II the efforts made by
Enelishmen like Mr. Little and others 10 tame
ar.I gfa l.
Ichang gorges OF the Yang -tse -kiang and TO Sc
cure treaty port further inland than any. In
China It's cut off from the outer world by
some one hundred miles OF river and isolated
in an enormous unfriendly population.
cHIxA WANTS TO BIZ IET ALoNE.
One thing is certain. and that is that 1t will
become altogether impossible TO maintain
these isouted treaty ports. and generally 10
protect Europeans in China at any distance
from the sea. unless an example Is invariably
made Of such Cinnamon as attack the lives
and property of Europeans The essential
thing is TO punish the Chinese Official who
looked on while the Europeans were being
murdered. beaten and robbed. and who are
plausibly suspected of having secretly abetted
the outrage. Pressure Is now being brought
TO bear upon the Chinese Government by all
tie powers 20 take prompt action III the mat
ter and the pressure IS supported by the pres
ence of gun-boats of all the powers IN the
Alg- -1St-hltlE. II llt Blcdt iuaJDl4bN VI
Cinnamon could have their way they would
extermnate every European in China to-
morrow and absolutely shut their country
against European trade or influence OF any
kind They want to live apart from the rest
of humanity. The rest of humanity
have refused TO let them 90 1t and
have been justified in their refusal by so great
a jurist as Iherng. whose view is that every
race Of men lives not only for itself but for
mankind, and wessomething 10 the common
stock. He altogether refuses to admit that
any one race has q right 70 mOnopollZe
great portion OF the earth's surface to
tho exclusion of the rest, and he in-
eists that Europe was justified in forcing
China 10 be its brother by force OF arms. In
the long run then. China will have 10 give up
her isolation and come nearer TO the rest OF
the world But she will not come willingly.
and those who observe China most closely
will he much relieved II the next ten years
passes by without final trial Of strength be-
tween Orient and Occdent.
EUROPEAN EyENTs.
The great shoals Of mackerel which were
discovered only few years ago TO visit the
South coast of Ireland in tho autumn. have
again made their appearance. The discovery
| of these shoals was concurrent With AL un-
accountable disappearance of mackerel on
the coast of North America. In England
people do not like salted maekerel but the
| Americans do, and at once important
trade sprung up between Ireland and Ameri-
ca. IL was very profitable. for time.
! but il is learned that prices will be cut down
tins year Several American companies are
engaged in curing. and tie market is not so
| good as II was, but the mackerel are reappear-
| ing on the other side of the Atlantic At the
| baltimore. Ireland school of fishery over
which Father Davis presides, they are now
curing mackerel for export and ling aud cod
| for home consumption.
The school first established by the iber-
ality of Lady Burdett-Coutts is dong excel
| lent work and yet when the boys are trained
| there il great difficulty IN finding other work
| for them. They know. Father Davis says,
perfectly every kind Of fishing, but the appli-
ances are wanting at their homes. Some Of
the boys have been sent 10 the Isles Of Arran,
on the west coast, and there phianthropic
gentlemen has supplied them with boats and
nets Ii is surprising that Roman Catholic
country like Ireland have fish for necessity
| and should be worse supplied with FISH than
any country In Europe.
The arrangements are now complete for the
/ establishment of the naval pigeon services
| Dove cotes have been erected at all the naval
ports on the south as we'll as at ST Mary's
in the Scilly Islands. and the carrier pigeons
will be utilized in the naval mannuyres Of
| lsg2 The 'homingn station in the Scilly
Islands has already 400 pairs Of birds. and
two men arc employed in looking after them.