Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-17
VICTIMS OF CHINESE.
Missionaries NuuIatod Bodies Lsll
In Che Streets.
ATTEMPTS 60 shicid tito Hurdcrer. -
An ouiburst Of Foreign
Indignation.

FHN loI years nhh tUoir heou 90 much
excitement among foreign residents In
China as over the hCrriblc murder OF
the two Swedish missionaries near
hnnkow, and the brutal treatment Of
the bodies o; the two victims by tie
Chinese authorities. The story of the
murder OF these two inoiitnsivc men
nj Suugpu has already been told. The
further details received by the China
steamer which arrived at san Fan.
ciero uu saturday SHOW that the ring.
leaders were Chinese from noi.h.
lorlug towns whose prejudice
ngaiust foreigners had been iu.
nhmcd by the vile pamphlet, puhi,Aed
by Chon Han, the Huuaucsc scholar,
two yoars ago. -Four professional pa.
gllisis led tho mob that stoned tho
missionaries. These tunilns lrapei
un the roof after tho iugitves and
forced them - jump to tue ground,
where they we've tu0u ovtfuuwrfrt
stripped, byltpu with stiCkHa aud STONES
sud then muiilatoi iu most revolving
manner. Tue account received by Dr.
Griiilth John from native oOfraHIonl J..
cnt- prove that this was one of tine
most batbar0us muriors that hns ever
occurred In Ch.ua.
To AID 20 the Htr0city a.. DO les
were allowed by the magistrate OF
Hungpu o. remain thfcs days m the
street where tho poor vlctims were
done TO death. There they lay, with.
out even mat 10 hide their
hidoous wound. The hot aun poured
down upon them aud when they were
finally removed It was almost imp1s,i.
Die 10 recognize the bloatel, hlieous.
blnCkeutd remains as those OF human
belngs. The bodies were caroIcs.ly
thrown into dirty room used for tue
housing VI heggars by the town nu.
thOfities, and u wns moro than "a week
before collins were secured aui the
bodies started on their way 10 Han.
kOw.
Meanwhile the foreigners In Han.
kOw appealed 81 the vicuroy for upf.
mission 10 send two Eur0peans e.
Huugpu 10 recover the b0dlrs. The
yicefoy replied that he was preparing
To dispatch two officials aad a giaTI of
ten soldiers 10 5uugyu, aud hu would
be pleased % have the foreigners nr.
company this party. So two gentlemen
were selected anu finally net out. !
When only one days Journey FROM
hnnkOw runners Hfrivel with the 10. ]
port Of the magistrate OF SungIu on I
the riot and the murder. This Chinese /
official hat the gall 10 Iay all the |
blame On thu missionaries, declaring /
That they hau been repeatedly warned, /
lie explained that he had been un. /
avoidnbly absent from the town on the /
Jay OF the attack, but on his return he /
learned that the attack Was tho frsult |
1i the miss OnRfios SELLING an binding |
iOur Chinese Ia their hUusr that same |
Jay. This, ~ all the accounts show, /
was liu out u whole cloth. Then hs |
went on TO tell Of letting the boIle. lie
Nhrte they had fallen, for three days.
When the Europeans read this VII. |
niuous report they demanded that the |
)ttty push on to Sungpu, hut the
Iiilcials In charge declared this could |
not be aud that the foreigners were
not 10 be allowed 10 10 overland, but
must 20 by water, n Journey not Of two
lays, a. by land, but OF more than a
week. The Foreigners re used and
clurned by boat 10 HnukOw. While
II the stopping place tncy were pre-.
ented by the district magistrate with
uch food as II usually given 10 ueg.
'lrsi anu Ia every way they were
rented with studied disu0urtesy.
AT liza kOW "a mass meeting was
leli anu an appeal was made 10 the
oTrign ministers NJ Pokiug TO demand
rJmpt punishment Of the mon reHp0n.
lille for these murders, M well ~ Of
no magistrate who wiukod ut the
ilruse.
The North China daily NsiOs has the
editorial comment ON Inc
use. The details Of the way in which
lo two foreigners were prevented
ON recovering tho bodies Of the
HO swedish missionaries fuIly
at Sungpu are a sunioient I
ldiCatlOn Of the estimation in which
II ioroigIeTsate now held by tho Vice. ;
~ Chang Chih.tung, the governor VI !
upeh, In whose immediate jurisIic. I
on the scene Of the crime ls,and their l
ihordluates.
IL Is not the C0nsuls at Hankow who
~ 10 bo blamed for allowing the
resiige OF foreigners 10 become disI.
lted like this. Tho blame Tor this ia n
in the foreign Ministers at Picking .
nj the home governments, They dc.
rmined two years ago 10 have Chou I
AN punished AMI Human opened, but u
10 Chinese were too subtle for them. | T.
DC ichang riot was settled by au ! 4
.demnity which, rs We know from Ia
10 fek,ng G4,sNe, was paid out Of the %
reign customs revenue, and no one s
rs ever punished for n, ami OF course %
70 Nlcoroy, Chang Chih.tuug, anu his q
bordinates think that there Is moth. "
x To ienr from foreigners who can be- K
easily bambOozlvd. II