The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-09

we have actually obtained in reparation
| from the Chinese, beyond the money pay
! ments made and to be made, is not entirely
| unimportant The emparor has issued a
very favorable decree. in which Chris
tianity is re erred to in satisfactory terms,
I and it has been sent all over China, and
it remains on record as an imperial, and
therefore sacred, testimonial TO the
excellence of the Christian religion, and
the merits of its teacher. The TWO VICE
rows who control the 4angtZe valley. from
IchaDg to the sea, have sent to the throne
memorials reporting what they have done.
in which, though one Is much more effuslve
than the other, there is nothing TO which
objection can be made. One or two Off
cials have been degraded and dismissed
from their posts for not showing more en-
ergy in the riots when they first broke out,
and some heads have been taken off, the
victims beng meu who, II they ana not
actually participate in the riots, were bad
characters whoze loss there is no one to de-
plore. The higher officials have undoubt-
ediy been spurred into uHwonted activity
III the preservation of order. They have
taken precautions against "A recurrence OF
rios and have m ode use OF the occasion TO
arrest considerable number of secret So
ciety men, though it has not been proved
that the secret societies have had anything
specially to do with the riots.
however and is still being taken, that the
alarm at the river ports has generally sub
sided, nor do we hear any more of the
existence throughout the YangtZe valley
of an undercurrent of belief that a re-
bellioD is imminent. There has not been
much done, however, to remove the causes
OF the riots. The theory thaJ they were
got up by the Kolo Hui. or some other
society, to embroil the government with
the foreign powers, and 50 open way for
rebellion, which was eagerly adopted at
first by the Chinese minister to England,
is not accepted by provincial officers, who
attribute the out brea ks, as do Il large num-
Der of missionaries, Protestant and Catho-
lie, to the wide determination of anti
Christian aud auti-foreign literature,
in the form of placards and pamphlets.
Certain filthy q malicious books, urging
the destruction aud expulsion Of all for
eigners and their religi III, have been freely
circulated all over the Yangtze valley, and
have prepared the minds of their readers
for outrages, when spark was thrown
among them by a small knot of men, pos
sibly in each case the same knot, who APP
pear TO have so far entirely escaped arrest.
The source of this anti-foreign literature
Is well known, and one of the prominent
authors has been identified and the viceroy
at Wuchang Chang Chihtung, has been
stirred into taking action against its dis
seminators- But nothing whatever has
been done at the fountain head in Human,
nor does it appear anything is to be done.
The talk of opening Human has died
out. The Chinese and foreign govern
ments seem to turn away in dread from a
danger which would probably, if it were
faced, be found imaginary. 1t Is obvious
that until Human Is brought to respect
the imperial edictS. and is stopped from
issuing the poisonous literature which 1T
now sends out, there will only be truce
and no peace. The honors recently paid
to DR.. Martin on his return to Pekin show
that there is no hatred OF missionaries and
of foreign learning at the capital. He was
received graciously by Prince Ching, aud
the ministers of the Tsuugli Yamen gave
him public dinner, w lie u new edition
of his natural philosophy in Chinese,
ordered to be made especially for
the perusal of the emperor, is about to
be issued for general use throughout
China, with a eulogistic preface by III
Hung Chang himself. Such facts as these
are the best antidote to the vicious at
tacks. While everything Is at present
quiet, and appears likely to remain SO,
this quiet is partly secured by the pres
ence of a considerable force of foreign
men-of-war on the Yangtze After years
of waiting, we are glad to see our govern
ment convinced at last that they can not
Chinese but they Will surely begin to ask
how long this foreign policy of the great
river is to be kept up. AS far as we can
learn, missionaries have not yet thought it
safe to 90 back to the country stations
from Hankow, while Wuchang is almost
in state of siege"
NEW YORK. Dec. S.-The North China
Herald, i'll its account of the recent cap
ture of Chen Kin Lung, the leader of the
kola Hui society, says that Chen was sur
prised while staying at an inn in SoochOw.
The officers leaped upon him, piHed him
to the ground, gagged and bound him, and
took him on board a steam launch and
carried him to Shanghai. Chen's examina-
tion was conducted with the utmost
secrecy. On his person were found several
official documents, together with a poison
Gus blade. He is addressed III his dis
patches as 'Pa III Wang" the eighth
great prince" and seems to be the COM
mander of numerous forces. In spite of
all the torture applied to him Chen re-
fused to make any disclosure.