New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-04
THE RIOT AT WUSUCH.
CORRECTING SOME OF THE ERRORS IN RECENT
DISPATCHES.

CORRECTING SOME OF THE ERRORS IN RECENT
DISPATCHES.
TO the Editor Of The TIL bune'
Sir 1t is much to be regretted that the ASsoca'eo
Press should think it worth while to telegraph all over
the country such an article that published In Inc
TrI,une OF Friday last and headed Details of the
Wusich Riot Enmty of the Chinese to Missionaries"
The dispatch is full Of errors. "Wusich should DC
Wu-s,leh There Is no such place King Kang on
the Yangtse River II should be Kuklang. Eut these
are minor matters The cause of the riot Is afrmed 10
he the bringing to EIanlow by the Rev. Mr. Argent Of
four orphans In baskets borne by coolies This gen
tlenan. who is a missionary of the English Wesleyan
society," is not stationed at IIonkow, but at WuSueh
and the latest accounts at hand represent that the
riot was already in progress when lie lanued at the
wharf on his return from a country trip. Even II ne
were bringing some orphans from the country as repre-
seutqd that was by no means the cause OF the r0t-
II is wellknown that the various riots which have lately
occurred in the valley Of the Yangse have been in
sticated by a secret society which Is plotting for the
overfhrov of the Government. II allies Itself with
various unemployed and vicious peope-Such "a as
charged soldiers, rendered homeless BY the hood'.
etc The old stories about taking ont the eyes oil
children to make medicine are used as preteN The
purpose kept in view is t. embro the Government III
foreign Nations that the chances for successful III
surrcctiOu will be Increased
The acknowledgements is represented us saying
that the Chinese inquest was devoted chiefly 10 the
beating Of drums, the explosion Of firecrackers ana
other ceremonies This is certainly travesty of the
facts. The beating Of u drum and the explosion OF
drecrackerS announce the opening Of the Inquest just
as our familiar "Oyez Oyer, OYER announces the
onening of the court Then careful investigation Is
made into the circumstances under which The deceased
came 10 his DEATH This naval officer informs his wife
that The Chinese do not want religion and that he has
vet 10 meet the first Christian Chinese" 1t Is true
that there are many Chinese who do rot want religion
iust A. there are many officers In the United states Navy
who have never shown any er-wecning anxiety III
That direction and are exceedingly laugud in religious
aspratons when on a cruise in the Orient But on
the other hand. there gOOdly number who do
vant religion. as the 10000 members Of Protestant
churches I'm China tcstify-many Of whom have shown
,Ie ptotcst herolsm and fidelity under severe peSe
cuton II this officer has yet 10 meet the first Chris
tian Chinese it Is simply because he does not 80
where they are. There some very godly Chinese
Christians at Kuklang and II would have beea easy
tov him 10 see them had he been looking for that sort
~ pcople At Shanghai he might have made the ac-
ouaintouce of the Baptist rice merchant with whom
even heather dealers delight 10 trade because of his
well.rnown integrity and possibly naval officer
might have learned something from this Chinese Chris
tian as 10 fidelity in keeping the sabbath. The men
,rho make such reports these without exception
,le men who never go into Chinese church or make
tho ocnuaIntauce of Chinese Christians, and who get
their information from ungody men in the foreign
communities whose lives are often scandal even TO
heather ideas OF dccency.
One other statement needs to be noticed The ma