The morning call., 1894-11-08

ture forth it must be without proper pro-
vision Of shot and she'll for the big guns.
Chlna's plans OF campaign. always vague
and shadowy, seem now more incOherent
and dislocated than ever.
The district of Picking in which aliens
live is visited daily by ill-tempered mobs,
which appear ready at any moment to
wreak their spite upon the foreigners.
Some OF the oldest and best known resi-
dents have been attacked and beaten. a
protecting force of marines is sadly needed.
The absence of several of the al plomatic
representatives aggravates tine peril TEL
egrams from Tientsin announce, however.
that the British and Russian ENJOYS had
just passed through that place on their
way In great haste to the capital. 1t is
hoped that their protests against the pre-
VailiDg lawlessneSs will be effective.
Chetoo correspondents write that ships
OF the Japanese navy appear every few
DAYS at the entrance TO the harbOr of that
place and cruise along the coast as uncon-
cernedly as if perfect peace reigned over
the waters of Pechiii. Why they remain
inactive so long after having crippled the
Chinese fleet is a puzzle to every one in
that neighbornood.
ing the two japanese students who were
arrested as spies in Shanghai, and surren-
dered TO the Chinese by the Consul
General to the United States, in obedience
to instructions from Secretary Gresham.
On October they were decapitated in
Marking by order of the Viceroy, in
presence Of all the high officials of that
city. and of mob which kept shreking
kill the foreign devils" from the momen |
that the condemned men appeared upon
the execution grounds until their heads
fell. That the native authorities of
Shanghai are disposed to repeat these
proceedings as often as they can is shown
by successive attempts to get possession of
japanese travellers on the same pretext.
Toward the end of last month they sent
body Of guards on board an English
ship, and without a warrant seized a
passenger on his way home to Yokohama,
alleging that they acted with the knowl-
edge and consent of the British Con sui
General, an assertion which has not been
denied. and which gains some color from
the indifference of the British local
officials TO the fact that two other steamers
under their flag have been uulawfully
boarded by Chinese soldiers, and their
japanese passengers bruially maltreated.
These outrages occurred many weeks
ago. and so far as is known no reparation
has been exacted. In the case now re-
ferred to the intended victim. a harmless
missionary, escaped through the exertons
OF foreign Superintendent of police, who
was determined to prevent the recur-
renee of an iniquity like that which cost
the two students their lives. The dead
liest tragedies are sometimes accompanied
by grotesque features. and the execution
az Marking has been followed by ridicu-
lous sequel. The ioformer on whose tes-
timOny the students were arrested in the
first instance has published a displayed
advertisement in the Chinese newspapers,
admonishing his countrymen not to en-
gage in doubtful enterprises of this de-
scriptiOn, as the rewards so literally
promised by the Governor do not mate
raliZe. He states that, captivated by the
prospect of gaining 100 taels without an
effOr', he made things easy in every way
for the apprehension of the alleged spies.
but when he went 10 the Taotai's yamen
for his recompense he was "husted and
cuffed off the premises" On making a
second application be was haughtily told
That OulY Oy great indulgence naQ ne Deen
permitted TO carry his ears away with him,
and was then swung by his pigtail into
the street. AS his sole satisfaction he
pays so much line for the privilege of
recOuntlng the dark and vain tricks from
which he has suffered. and exhorting the
public to take warning by his example and
put n OF their faith ia Taotais.
The Chinese Government is much dis
turbed by the intimation that Indian
troops may be sent to protect British citi-
zens and property in the disturbed dis
tricts of the north. China's most painful
experience of the Sepoy soldiery was dur
ing the opium war of 1641. when the bar
barities of the native braves were more
than rivaled by the. fierce Hindoo in
vaders. The atrocities of that period are
still remembered with terror in the in
terror of the empire, and the possible re-
vival of them is regarded with inexpressi-
BILE dread.
The port of Foo Chow has been closed
By order of the Viceroy. Major Won Han
neken has received from the Emperor the
grand cross of the double dragon, in recog-
milton of his services in the Taikosan
hot