Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-14

u. uuds0n OF IeXas, rev. A. H. uaueh VI
Louisiana and Miss DIR. Houston go to China,
and their location (not yet settled) will proba-
bly, be at the large cities OF kahing
and Changchow, on the Great canal
The senior of the Presbyterian party,
Rev. Hampden c. DuBose. and wife OF South
Carolina went to China nearly twenty years
ago and are returning from years furiough
in the United States. When they went to
Soochow the people were in utter ignorance OF
the simplest tenets OF Christianity. The hrst
ten years there were two or three Americans In
the city. There are now some fifteen or eight
cen. The people of this section are wonder
fully accessible and come readily to the street
chapels, which are opened daily, and congre-
cations can be obtained either in the churches
or on the streets any time of the day or even
ing. Now for forty or fifty miles around the
people generally know some little OF what the
foreigners teach about religion. As paper and
printing cheaper in China than in any other
country, Bibles and tracts have been sold in
quantities.
AN INTERESTING MISSIONARY FIELD.
The Southern Presbyterian Mission is one Of
the smallest in China, numbering thirty-two,
but as recently new men and women are an
nually sent out it is probable that In three or
four years its numbers will be doubled. 1t
occupies the four cities of Hangchow, Soochow,
Chinkiang and Tsingkiangpu, each l2o miles
apart and all on the Grand canal. Out to the
right and left are hundreds of broad canals,
running to every city, town and village-a we'll
watered region. To the south there are loO
lakes. The travel in this section is altogether
by boats, and it is cheap and comfortable.
Between Hangchow and Soochow Is the SILK
district. the garden spot of China The mission
expects this year to occupy Kahing, in the
center of this region. They also hope to &C.
cupy Nantsin and Huchow. Nantsin Is the
residence of the silk merchants and many OF
them have built little palaces for their homes.
II controls by telegraph the markets OF New
York and London. In the great lake In TINS
vicinity $50 by so miles wide) there are mountain
islands twenty miles long, and all around are
fine groves of fruit trees Hangehow and Soo-
chow are cities of 500, 600 each, and very cele-
brated in Chinese history and literature. They
have a proverb, above is Heaven; below Is
Soochow and Hangchow." Chinkiang Is at the
junction of the Grand Canal and the Yangtse
river, is located at the foot of range OF hills,
has population of 100000, and is destined to
be one of the most important marts OF China
The mission at Tsingkiangpu proposes to
| occupy the cities to the northwest fangchow
| is city of 400 900. The peninsula between the
| Yangtse and the Hangchow bay teens with
fine walled cities and populous towns, and
| will in the future as in the centuries past, no
doubt exercise a great influence upon the ma
tional history.
THE LATE ANrI-FoREIGN RIOTS.
1t was in this Yangtse valley that the anti
foreign riots occurred last summer. 1t is very
hard to find out the secret springs which move
the hands of the Chinese clock, but these riots
have been thought to have been instigated by
the KolaOt,ce, one OF the numerous veterans
| (old soldiers) associations of the Middle King
dom. The rapidity with which the movements
were executed proved that there was con-
trolling power which directed the rioters. The
motive has been thought to be that of embroil-
ing the Manchu emperor with foreign powers,
and so make an opening for oyerthrowing the
Tartar dynasty, but it has not been definitely
| settled that this is the case. The missionaries
both Catholic and Protestant. have been the
| target in this movement, but this is simply fol-
the reason that civilians of the different ma
tionallties reside at the Twenty Greatly Ports
| whereas the missionary establishments arr
scattered throughout the eighteen provinces
As these are in bands of from two to twenty
in cities Of two or three hundred thousand
people Cor more) their position is an EXPOSED
one. All the testimony seems to be that tn
riots are anti-foreisn-no. anti-missionary
The first were around Kinkiang, 50
miles west of Shanghai. At Wusuoh
which is port Of call for vessels, al
nffip
(English) we're brutality murdered, their head
being ground to pulp between stones. TIL
rioting then broke out at Wuhu and Marking
At the latter place one of the foreigners with
pistol held the mob at bay for two hours unit
the officials arrived. In the course of fe,
days some of the ehapels down the GRAM
Canal, around Changchow, were burned, ant
also the great cathedral (Catholic) at Wuseih
where there are 900 adherents A few hour
: afterward hostile demonstrations were made a
Foochow, the capital, and the missionary ladie
were removed to Shanghai.
At Hangchow st. Bartholomew day wa
fixed upon and the hour named for the massa
ere Of the foreigners, but the Mandarins pa
trolled the streets and the day passed quietly
At the other cities the Chinese officials wer
: prompt in putting down the least signs Of rio
ing. The emperor decree Of protection mark
an epoch, and it is said that the riots have ha
/; the effect of awakening the Chinese mind to ger
eral inquiry.
DAY LOST.
October Z, 1891.
\ Five minutes ago orr date was Monda,
: October 5. 1t is now Wednesday, October
; This is all because we have just crossed IL
p 1s0th degree OF longitude, half way round Il
> world from Greenwich, and the point where
q day is dropped in the adjustment of time
!, making the circuit west. Really only twei'
,. hours time has been lost. and the full ds
A would only be dropped on reaching Greenwic
q the initial point in the circumference of 81
7 degrees, but for convenience say the 100
degree has been fixed upon as the point to stril
out an entire day. The why and wherefore Of
: this is the cause of much discussion and e
PLANTATION, and several days are likely to be 10
in settling just why this one is missing.
y Another puzzling problem is the matter
great circle sailing" by which the Canadi
steamers, going from Vancouver, in latitude
y have a 450-mile shorter course to Yokohama,
latitude 80, than that from San Francisco
" Yokohama, only two parallels of latitude apa
Also why our steamer leaving San Francisco,
" latitude 81, makes wide circuit up ten degre
north to latitude AZ and then down twelve Z
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