The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-10
CHlNA'S CARNIVAL OF BLOOD.
PROTESTS MADE TO THE STATE
DEPARTMENT.

Themselves in Securing Protection
for AmericHns-The state Depart
mcnt PrOnOunces the Claim ErrO-
neOus-EtcV. A. u. LeOnard's Views
Washington, Aug. 9.-Minister DENLY
has been instructed by Acting Secretary
Adee to secure protection for American
! citizens at Pan-Yang. China. a place about
/ forty miles from Foo-Chow, where an
| American mission IS reported to have been
I looted by the natives. No additional out
/ RACES have been reported to the state de-
partment.
Appeals for the protection of Ameri-
can missionaries in China have been com
/ ing into the state department by tele-
/ graph and mail from officers of the re-
| ngious organizations which have mis-
| sionary stations in that country. Some
Of them allege that Minister DENLY is not
| doing his duty ana indicate a state Of feel
| ing that might naturally be caused by the
press dispatches concerning the outrages
| but is hardly consistent with the efforts
which the department, Mr. DENLY ana
Admiral Carpenter are making to secure
adequate protection for all Americans in
| China. The few dispatches received at
the department from United States con-
suls in China have been acted on prompt
ly.
Mr.. DENLY has been cabled all the in
| formation contained in these. together
with instructions to use his best efforts to
provide protection to American citizens
and to prevent any repetition Of the at
tacks on American missionaries.
J. Courtney HiXon, the United States
/ consul at Foo-Chow. has Informed the
state department that the missions at
| lng-Chowa have been looted. This is be-
| lieVed to be the place given in the press dis
patches as Inghok or Pingfork. II does not
! appear under any of its variously spelled
| names on the atlas at the state depart
ment, but is understood to be forty or
fifty miles from Foo Chow. Because of
| the many ways In which Chinese names
are spelled and the complications resulting
| from telegraphic errors, natural In the
! transmission of such unfamiliar nomen-
! clature over thousands Of miles by opera
! tors OF various nationalties, the state de-
partment has found some difficulty in
| Identifying the places where the mission
| aries are situated, frequently In small
towns which are, in many Instances,
omitted from the map.
| The letters and kilograms received from
| the missionary organizations In this
| country have been answered promptly,
| coupled. with the information that Min
| lister DENLY is doing all that can be done
to protect Americans and that the depart
| ment has every confidence In his ability
to secure the best results. 1t would be of
| great value to the department If all the
| American missionary societies having
missions in China would speedy send the
details requested. especially Of those
oh
4 gard to the current outrages.
New York Aug. 9.-Rev. A. b. Leonard,
d. D., corresponding secretary of the
Methodist Episcopal church mis-
sionary societies, said this af-
ternoon regarding the recent Chi
nese outrages: The cablegrams which
l have received during the last few days
fully confirm the published reports of the
| mob violence in China. From them
Judge that our government is lax In de-
manding protection for our citizens in
China from that nation.
1.-The English citizens in Hong Kong
held an Indignation meeting at
which severe things were said
| concerning England's apparent un-
concern. 1t seems to me Eng
! land and America must do something more
than simply demand indemnity for prop
erty destroyed. That policy has been pur-
sued ever since missions were established
there. People have been killed property
has been destroyed time and time again.
yet China has gotten off by paying indem-
mites and without giving any guarantee
for the security of life.
IF the Chinese government is not able
TO protect foreigners 1t is time It is known
and then the foreign governments them
selves should take a hand in the matter
| of protection"
DR. Leonard refused to give out for pub
lication the letter which he sent TO Sec
! rotary Olney as a protest against the In
activity of the United States government
Neither the Episcopal nor the Presby-
| terian missionary societies have been In
formed officially of the outrages Rev.
! DR. Ellywood, d. D., of the Presbyterian
| board of missions said to reporter this
/ afternoon: when any of our mission
aries have been killed by mob we arc
| sure to be notified by cable at the earliest
| possible moment. Since no notifications
! have arrived we feel assured no such dis
aster has befallen our missionaries.
United States Minister DENLY, who has
| been criticised by several prominent oin-
| cials of missionary societies for not taxi
! ing steps to stop the outrages and de-
| mand satisfaction for the cruelties inhlct-
| ed upon American missionaries, is de-
! Tended by DR.. Ellywood, who says in this
| regard: Il regard Minister DENLY as one
| of the most efficient and satisfactory rep
| resentatives that our government has had
| in China He has shown an intelligent
! appreciation Of the influences Of mission
| work and has repeatedly exerted him
! self to secure the rights of missionaries,
| as of other residents, and to claim for
| them indemnity when they have suffered
| loss"
London, Aug. 9.-An official telegram
received here states that imperative orders
| have been issued from Pekin to the vice.
rov of Fukien directing him TO instantly
dispatch troops to Kucheng to protect the
remaining missionary buildings He was
! also instructed TO inquire into the origin
of the outrages there and to arraign the
guilty persons as quickly as possible The
viceroy obeyed the order as soon 1t was
received. and sent 1900 troops to Kucheng
at once.
Tomorrow the Times will publish dis
patch from its Berlin correspondent, stat
ing that the pope has written TO Emperor
william requesting his majesty to pro-
tect the Catholic missions in China.
The Telegraph tomorrow will print a
Shanghai dispatch. saying the municipal
council Of Shanghai has offered British
Consul Mansfield of Foo Chow an escort
of fifty mountain sikhs TO accompany him