The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-07-01
AUTHORIZING RIOTS IN CHINA.
The Fight of rhe British Consul at Wuhu
In Defence of the Missionaries.

In Defence of the Missionaries.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23.-The
North China Daily News In its account
Of the Wuhu riots, says:
1t has been reported tor several days
that mob of Chlneses had determined
to loot AID burn the properly OF the
Jesults at Wuhu. 1t was rumored that
children had been killed and their eyes
taken out to make medicine for the Jesuit
fathers. On the afternoon of Tuesday
May l2, mob Of Chinese gathered
about the premises of the priests and
broke through the walls, eventually set
ting fire to the Cathedral and other build
ings, after driving ont the missionaries
and pillaging the palace.
The mob then proceeded to the English
consulate and destroyed considerable
property by throwing stones. The ar
rival of Toatai, the locsl magistrate. and
the GOODNESS Of the British consul saved
the buildings from being set on fire. The
consul and his wife escaped from the
mob by dressing in Chinese costumes
and hurrying to the custom house, where
they embarked with other foreign resi-
dents in the China Navigation Company's
receiving ship.
A number of foreigness, headed by
the consul, armed themselves and pass
ed the time at the custom house, and,
assisted by Toatai, repelled the mob,
who twice during the night made an at
tempt to loot and set on fire the custom
house and residences Of foreign officials.
The next morning an immense crowd
again set fire to the custom house and
surrounding buildings but the customes
staff, fully armed, charged the natives
and again put out the fires. In the af-
ternoon three Chinese gunboats, which
were escorting Shen Ping Cheng, Gov
ernor of Anhul, up the river, arrived on
the scene, and learning of the riot began
to fire blank cartridges, which had the
effect of frightening the mob.
Some two hundred soldiers arrived
from TAPPING Flu, and this lent addition
al protection to the foreign residents.
The mob did not make any further de-
monstratlon againstth the Methodist Epis-
copal (America) Mission, but, advised
by the British consul, the missionaries
from that point also embarked on the
Tensing, which brought them, together
with the ladies and children Of Wuhu, to
Shanghai.
At Chain King the priests. who es-
capped from Wuhu in boat, were picked
up. There was only one British man
of-war on the north China station at the
time of the riot, and the gunboat Llnnett
was near WI Sung, but it was sent for
and proceeded to Wuhu. On the 10th
of May, four days after the Wuhu riots,
the natives OF Nganking made an attack
on the Roman Catholic mission there.
The priests succeeded in keeping the
mob of and one of the assailants was ar
rested and punished. The Catholic
mission was not the only one attacked,
for crowd equally large made a de-
scent on an inland mission near the
north gate, but the Chinese authorities
arrived in time to prevent any serious
damage.
Placards had been posted by tine riot
ers announcing that the mission build
ings would be totally destroyed on Fri
day, May %. Placards also had been
posted in the French quarter Of Shang-
hal threatening foreigners.