The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-19
CHINA is THRILLING.
The Consular Commission TO
Kucheng Probably Futile.
MORE TROUBLE IS EXPECTED.
Reports Prom Missionaries State Thaf
Crisis Has Been Reached-Money
Compensation Not Enough.

London. Aug Is-The Shanghai CORE
sronden. OF the Times teiegraphs as foi-
lows: The consular expedition 10 ku-
eheng Will probably prove futile. Chfnas
attitude in trifiing with this serious ques-
ton Is likely TO lead TO further trouble
Tacoma, Aug. 1.-The Ledger received
today by mail from Shanghai The first
copy to reach this country OF the report
of Rev. DR.. J. Endicott. ID. D., who was
delegated by the American and Canadian
missionaries 10 investigate and report up
on the Chengtu riots in Szechuan prov
fnce. The report Is lengthy and gives a
detailed account OF the troubles, corrob-
Grating the Associated Press reports.
DR.. Endicott went TO China from VIM
nipeg two years ago. being sent by the
Canadian-American Missionary Society.
On May q. the day before the outbreak
in Chengtu he. together with his wife.
DIR. Hart and DR.. Hare, left Chergtu for
Kiatung. 80 miles away. They did not
learn of the trouble until June j. when
several boat loads Of the Chengtu mob
went TO Kiatung and began TO incite
trouble. AS the officials refused TO afford
any protection the party went down the
river with numerous other missionaries
TO Shanghai. where DIR. Endicotts report
was finished three weeks ago Dr. En-
dicott's conclusions are briefly as fol-
lows:
1.-THE history of past riots does not en-
courage us TO hope for much in the way
OF discovering the real origin of these,
hut the conclusion is forced upon us that
the highest officials were DESTROYS that a
riot should take place. The officials had
ample power in their hands to quell the
riot at its very beginning, for there was
an abundance of soldiers, arms and am
munition at Chengtu. Had the officials
been friendly some of these forces would
-
disturbances. The action of Chico, the
infamous chief of police, in declaring by
proclamation that the officials knew the
missionaries were guilty of stealing and
killing children, Is another evidence OF
the animosity of the officials. Again and
again during the progress of the riots, va
men soldiers were seen taking an active
part I'm the work of destruction, thing
they would not have dared to do but
with the consent of their masters.
The viceroy is directly responsible for
the riots He is known TO be anti-foreign.
since only last February he opposed by
proclamation the Berthemy convention
by which privileges were secured to for
eigners in the matter of purchasing prop
erty.'
The report states that crisis has been
reached in missionary operations: that
foreign nations should change their pol
Icy and give the mandarins to understand
that they must treat American, British
and other foreign subjects with "espect
and afford them protection, that unless
this is done the future outlook before the
missionaries who labor in the interior of
China will be dark indeed. He concludes:
A money compensation for the loss of
property is not sufficient TO meet the de-
mands Of the case. The condemnation of
the viceroy is worth infinitely more at
this juncture than millions OF money