Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-08-15
AN APPEAL FOR AID.
MISSIONARIES WANT PRorEc-
TON.
Americas Omo,.ls In China Clothed with
Authority to Act for Uncle Sans In
t0Raatn,

Washington, Aug. 9.-The official ad.
vices have reached the state department
concerning the reported destruction of
the American mission property at Ing
hok, China. 1t is believed at the depart
ment that the place referred to is iden-
teal with Su Ing, where troubles were
reported two years ago, and that this
second dispatch relates to the same incl
dent.
Acting Secretary McAdoo received a
telegram from Nashville signed Jointly
by the Southern Methodist and Presby-
terian missionary Society officials con-
drming the report of the outrageous
character of the Ku Cheng massacre
and urging the state department to pro-
tect the American missions in China.
Mr.. McAdoo has responded by kilograms
that United States Minister DENLY had
already, taken the most vigorous meas
ues to secure the safety of Americans,
and that renewed instructions to that
end had already been mailed to the min
lister.
1T is not doubted that Mr.. DENLY is
doing everything possible in the dis
turbed district to care for the mission
aries, but there are some things beyond
bis power to accomplish at this time.
He has for many months personally
and through the American consuls In
China urged the missionaries to come
down from the dangerous interior posts
70 the treaty ports, representing to
them that no matter how inclined he
might be to do SO, he could not dispatch
ships over land or up shallow streams
TO protect them.
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90 everything proper toward co-operat-
ing with the minister, and If he be-
lieves 1t to be prudent to send some Of
n0 sailors and marines overland
through hostile country, he y fully
authorized by his Instructions to do SO.
The state department expects to pro-
cure full and ample reparation for the
damage sustained by the Americans in
China, and indeed Mr.. DENLY has al
ready made most vigorous demand
on the Chinese government to that ef-
feet.
Consul General Jernigan has taken a
great deal of interest In the recent
troubles, and has sent several dispatch
es to the state department giving infor-
nation and making suggestions for
protection. The state department has
not called upon the navy for any ship
or force to land and proceed into the
interior. Mr.. DENLY has authority to
call upon Admiral Carpenter for
United States forces, and under his in
structons the admiral is bound to fur
nish them.
Both state and navy departments be-
neve that the United States represent
atives on the ground clothed with
ample power are better able to act for
the best than those here in Washing
ton.
Accordingly Secretary McAdoo said
to-day that he could give Admiral Car
penter no Instructions, especially as
Minister DENLY had not asked that any
thing be done. As to the suggestion
that the admiral should send force if1
boats, he said that the minister and ad--
miral were better able to know whether
such course was wise. 1t might be a
sacrifice Of men to send them several
hundred miles into the interior. The
British government had more cause for
making a demonstration than the
United States, and yet no English
forces had been sent to the scene of the
trouble. Mr.. McAdoo said that an
order from him to Admiral Carpenter
might wholly interfere with plans or
operations the commander had In view,
or under way.