Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-14

protecting foreigners. IL Is con
Iirmed that Sir John Walsham pu
some very scorching and vita
questionos. He wanted to know
why a stronger edict Of the em
peror against attacks on foreigner
had not been promulgated through
out the empire by telegraph II
place Of being entrusted to ordinar,
courses. The answer to this wa
that there Ia not precedent TO
dispatching an imperial edict b.
telegraph, and with this the British
minister is naturally unsatisfied.
He also inquired why the maeis
trate at Wuhu, who did his best 4
protect the Europeans, was de
graded, while other magistrates
who did nothing, were not punish
ed. And finally he wanted t'
know when those guilty of the
murders at Wasuch were going tc
be punished. At a time when an
appeal is being addressed to Eng
land to deal gently with the CEN
traI government Of China, because,
while il is perfectly honest, 1t Is
weak, vigorous action on the part
Of European powers might over.
throw the Manchu dynasty and
bring China to anarchy. THAT is
the argument of the Chinese against
q demonstration.
The British foreign Office re-
members that uategoric demands
of the British minister, who is on
the spot, do not speak much for
his trust In the good will or honesty
Of the government in this matter.
They use the telegraph quickly
enough 10 appeal to Lord Salisbury
against his ministers, but they
could not send by telegraph the Inn
perial edict which was to stop burn
ing outrages and murders of
Europeans. This. is the view en-
tertained in well-informed quarters
In London.
Another suggestion is that the
province Of Human, the hot.bed of
the anti.foreign feeling of China,
should have one or more of its towns
opened TO foreign trade, and this
finds considerable favor in official
circles.
is BALMAcEDA DEAD.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-The State
and Navy departments have re-
ceived nothing in their official dis
patches from Chill to indicate any
pronounced change in the situation
there 80 far as Minister Egan and
the Junta are concerned. A dispatch
cabled from Paris that Balmaceda
is In hiding in the United States
Legation at Santiago is laughed at
by the State Department officers.
Minister Egan sent two kilograms
TO the department announcing the
suicide of Balmaceda, and in addi-
tion the Ministers from Europe and
other countries sent this informa-
tion in the most direct possible form
TO their Governments, and it is not
likely that the reports of Powers In
Santiago would unite In a false
official statement. In regard to
the treatment of refugees said to be
under the protection of the Ameri.
can Legation, II is believed at the
department that no great opposi-
tion will be made by the Junta to
their safe conveyance out of Chill.
This custom, although not founded
on absolute right, has been observed
in similar cases without effectual
objection. The United States ship
San Francisco is still at Callao, on
the way from Fayta. Part Of her
machinery was slightly damaged,
and after repairs she will proceed to
Valparaiso.
SET FIRE TO THE COURT HOUSE.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct, special
from Washington, Ind, says de
tectives have been at work for a
week on the court house fire, and so
far have arrested four persons sup
posed TO have been connected with
it. Samuel Harbin, a day laborer
living here, after beng arrested con-
fessed his crime and implicated sew
eral prominent people in 1t. AS a
result, Auditor James c. Lavalle
and A. b. Hawes, prominent citi-
sens Of Steel township, and Basil
Ledgerwood were arrested today.
Harbin's story is that Lavalle hired
him TO burn the court house for
$500, only S. Of which has been
paid. II is reported that Ledger
wood was also anxious TO turn states
evidence. He claims TO have re-
ceived house and lot for his part In
the crime. LavAlle has been aud
itor for eight years and his arrest
was the sensation of the hour.
From present circumstances he Ia
supposed To be short in his accounts,
hut no one knows the amount.
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