Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-10-12
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A Catholic Mission Sacked bv
Chinese Rioters. ......--
MANY OF THE MOB WE'RE SOLDIERS.

The Government Seems Powerlaas and this
Lives Of Foreigners Are In con.tantYw
Deadly Psrii-Foreirn Force Neoessarv
to overawe the RebeilIous mongoilans.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 12.-Further da-
tails Of the outrages in China are Qathered
from the papers published in that country
and brought here by the City Of Peking.
The steamer Paohua arrived at Honkow
sept. with twenty Ichang refugees. Sew
eral bore marks Of serious violence. while
all had lost all their property except the
clothes they wore The riot took place az
broad MONDAY and came without warn
Ing or provocation. II was carried out nv
handful Of men, evidently acting under
orders, in the presence Of a. number Of
chinese officials, who knew every one OF
OF the riotera.
Mission and Convent Fired.
Their mission OF destruction was carried
out with the utmost speed. A house be-
longing TO the American Episcopal mis-
sion was the first attacked. The inmates
He'd TO the river for their lives, while the
crowd looted and burned the building.
The Roman Catholic convent was next
fired, and the sisters, seven in number.
barely escaped to the river They were
thrown headlong down a steep bank by
soldiers They were taken in boat on
board the Paohua and were stoned bv the
mob on shore Several sisters were badly
injured by the missiles Il Is thought a
number Of children In the convent were
burned TO death.
Met Rioters with Bnxonets.
Many other houses were looted and
burned, and, although no one was killed.
several attempts were made 10 murder
aud threats were frequent At the ala
consulate the foreigners kept the riotnrs
back with bayonets The leaders OF the
mob carried gunpowder and Kerosene with
which to fire the buildings. Those having
stolen property from the ruined buildings
were arrested next day, but no attempt
was made to capture the real leaders On
the third day, when all possible damage
had been done, military mounted guard
over the blackened ruins
The Foreigners Must 90.
In Han Fow things are again stirring.
On Sept. there was a gathering Of the
anti.foreign element. They resolved that
foreigners must be driven Immediately
from the central provinces The missions
at Wuchong have received threatening
placArds orderina them to leave az once or
they will be exterminated. The tastai
inspected the nnnnery on Sept q making
q search for bones, eyes, ETC., Of children
claimed to have been murdered by the sis
tera.
Soldiers as Rioters. y
Many o. the rioters were soldiers who
had taken off their coats 70 disguise them
selves. During the whole time mandarins
were present, and made no attempt to pre-
vent the people from carrying away plum
der. That no lives were lost Is almost en-
tirely matter OF luck
When soldiers get orders from their sec
rot leaders, as at Ichang, they care nothing
for their officers. The central government
Is powerless, for it has Human officials
everywhere, and the troops everywhere are
Human men, except Li Hung Changes dis
eiplined force 10 order him to suppress
Human with those men is 60 start civil
war. The situation is very critical. and
the only solution is for foreign force TO
overawe Human with the taclt connivance
OF the Chinese government