New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-26
THE SITUATION IN CHINA.
STATED IN A PEKIN OFFICIAL DISPATCH TO
THE BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE.

uREs FOR FURNISHING THE RIOTERS AND
PRESERVING oRDER-THE PLEA oFTHE
CHINESE AMBASSADOR IN EUROPE
WHAT LORD SALISBURY NAY DO
Copyright: 1891 By The Tt'O York A'soe'a'ea fTs"
I.ndon. Sept e5-The following is summary
., AN official Pekin cable dispatch received on
Mondav and handed to the Foreign Office authofi-
ties on Tuesday
Sncc,fc snms have been offered TO the Treaty
Powers by China as compensation for the loss oi
life and property at Wuhu, Wusuch' lanyshg'
Wooscih and other places where disorders nave
oo,rred Four leaders of the rioters have been
oxecpted and tventy-one have been banshed.
Five mandarins have been adjudged culpaDy re-
miss in not adopting measures to preserve orucI'
and have been reported TO the Throne Tor PUNISH
ment The Imperial Government, recoghiEIns
its entire responsibility for the preservation Oh
L. at the treaty ports, and for the pro-
fection Of missionaries In the INTERIOR haS o'ue,eN
81. Viceroys of Chilli and Marking TO dis
'"e 49, Xortbern and Southern squadrons TO
- ,be yane-tse. .Kiang and to afford protection
horsver the life or property of Europeans is sun
.,or+lv threatened Though rumors OF
-+hsr ,ropbles still excite uneaslness In certain
,laccs the Government has no douot OF l's aoinVS
., cone effectively with attempts at lresh Dreache.
of the peace. whether from Vhe opera"onS "
" ;..io or as tbe result OF local or accl~
dental circumstances The examinations helu i"'
,noptb at Nankng, Woochang, Nanchang, ha'is
chow and Foochow ended without the disorders
often attendant the assembling OF so many
thousands of students. AT Nanl<lng alone 'ne
psual number of students is 10000; and the mum
her is scarcely less the other capitals mehuohou,
Notbinr is known respecting the reports caoied
n Furope of an attempt TO seize the toocho"
Arsenal but updOubted evidence Of the actlNlOy
NJ sccret societies has been obtained III Quiet
oporters Thirty-fve cases Of foreign rlnes, coh-
signed TO British subject employed III Vhe
imperial customs Office at Chlnklang, nave oeon
seized bv the customs officers at Shanghai ana
,he consignee has been arrested and sent 10
shanghai for the British authorities to deal WIN
The same man had in his possession quanu'y
% dynamite. which, with the rifles, he confessed
was intended for the use OF secret soceE "V
1hinkang The arms came from Hohg hons'
Two -0rher British subjects and SIX o'her ior-
egners nationality doubtful, residents Oh on"ne-
hal are implicated in this transacuon' which OH
robert Hart. the Inspector-General OF Customs,
and the British COnsuates at Shanghal anu
Chinxiang are investigating.
In conclusion, the cable dispatch repeats thao
,be immortal Government has doubt OF Its
entire competency TO preserve order
The above communication from the PeKlh "oN'
eminent is received with distrnst IN the forelgn
Office here Hse Ching Chang. the Chinese Am
bassador TO the European Courts, ms recehtiS
been in st. Petersburg, where he spcceedeu III ih'
t77>>ng the Russian Government TO withdraw hom
the Joint action projected by the Powers. lie
arrived in Berlin to-day, with the view OF Try
ING 70 influence Chancellor Won Caprivi, but IL IS
certain that he will not alter the determination
IN
pr;,ish Government in taking decisive measures |
Tho yel,in note as given TO the papers, fails TO
indicate the real character of the appeal made py
Hsu Ching Chang to the European Governments
He has urged that the Imperial Government was
entirely honest in desiring to suppress the us
orders and seeking time TO deal with the anu
foreign movement. and that precipitate action on
the part of the PC.xers would defeat their object
and bring China into anarchy. His communlca-
tons distinctly suggest the probability OF such
potent political uphesval in China as might over
throw the Manchu dynasty
The panicky feeling existing in Pekin is made
known here by urgent kilograms sent through the
Chinese Embassy imploring Lord Salisbury to IN |
struct Sir John Walsham. the British Minister 10 |
China 10 adopt a more friendly attitude MIN |
ister Walsham advises the Foreign Office that per-
sstent diplomatic pressure, combined with naval |
demonstration at certain of the treaty ports, VIII
lie the only effective means OF preventing recgIIetS
outrages. He complains that the promulgauon ol I
the Emperors edict against attacks on forelyners |
has been unnecessarily delayed. lie asked tne |
1icals 10 use the telegraph In pupiShn2 the eulcl
but the officials refused saying that there was no
precedent for doing So and that the edlet must De
distributed by the ordinary couriers. Inc Minis
ter also complains of the uncertainty OF the Puls,
ment of the real leaders of the outrages. If LORD
Salisbury supports Minister Walsham's policy, the |
Powers will actively intervene IN order TO pIoteco
Europeans leaving the Tartar dynasty TO take care
Of itself In spite of the chaotic state of the pres
ent troubles the Foreign Office here hopes that the
ultimate result will be an extension OF trade TO
important centres on the Yang-tse-Kiang, which |
are now closed but where the Government aims
10 establish Consulates.