The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-05
CONFIRMED.
Ten Missionaries Massacred IN al
Inland Province Of China.
HIGH OFFICIALS ARE IMPLICATED
Mongolians Have Cot Them
selves In a Bad Scrape.

LONDON, Aug. ga Shanghai dispatch
90 The Times says that mission and san
itarium at Wha-Sang, near Ku-Cheng,
province of Fokein, has been attacked and
10 British subjects killed.
Rev. Mr. Stewart, wife and child were
burned in their house. The Misses Vel
low and Marchall, two sisters named
Saunders, two sisters named Gordon and
stettie Newcombe were murdered with
spears and swords. Miss Codrington was
seriously wounded about the head, and
the stewards eldest child had kneecap
badly injured, while the youngest had an
eye gouged out. Rev. Mr.. Phillips,
with two Americans, DIR. Gregory and
Miss Hartford, were both wounded, but
arrived safely at Fu-Chauh-Fu. The pre-
feet of Cheng-Iu, who was a member OF
the committee of inquiry which ex-
amined into the former outrages upon
missionaries in that region, is seriously
implicated in the Cheng-Tu outrages.
The Times says of the above: Rev. Mr..
Stewart resides at ku-C -Cheng and super
intends the work of tho prefecturcs OF
Ku-Cheng and Ping-Nang Rev. Mr..
Stewart, writing under date Of February,
1895, described how a sect known as Veg
etarians, taking advantage of the war,
sprang into vigorous life and committed
numerous outrages, and became so formid-
able that the converts wanted him TO or
ganize and arm. Ho concludes his letter
as follows:
have j6st learned that 5000 OF these have
enlisted in the last six months. They are
mostly Of the lowest order, and, at the present
time, the reins of government are practically
In their hands
The Times comments editorially on the
massacre as follows: The Ku-Cheng out
RACES will Justly form the subject of strong
representations TO China by England, and
probably by America also. IL Is quite
possible that the outrages are due TO en-
bittered feeling against foreigners, engen-
dered by the calamities of the war, and that
tho mandarins believe a blow must be
struck now or never TO frighten foreigners
against availing themselves of the conces-
sons granted under the recent Chino
japanese treaty.
Connivance Of Onicials.
A two-column letter from Hankau, on
the Syu-Chuen mission outrages, pub
lished by The Times this morning, de-
clares that officials are at the bottom of all
anti-foreign agitation, and that Chinese
people themselves are quite friendly. The
letter suggests that IL the powers tried a
little benevolent retaliation 1t would prove
an nfallible cure.
The Standard, in It's editorial on the
Ku-Cheng outrage, says: We must speak
to China in a manner which cannot be
misunderstood. Not only must the muir
derers be punished, but "a stern example
must be made of the officials whose neglect
permits such outrages.
The Standards special from Shanghai
says that the news of the massacre was
suppressed for three days by the Chinese
officials. j. Courtney Hixson, the Amerir
can consul at Fu-Chau. with several
volunteers, went to the scene in steam
launch, and brought back the wounded
Americans. Their experiences, the dis
patch continues, were terrible, and death
was the least painful OF the sufferings of
the butchercd women. The Indignation
here Is intense. A mass meeting will be
convened. The mandarins will endeavor
to throw all the blame upon the secret
societies, but IL is known that they were
encouraged by responsible officials.
All those who we're killed were British
All the Americans escaped There was
no provocation for the outrage. The per-
petrators were the Vegetarian society.
The massacre commenced early on
Thursday at Wha-Sang near Ku-Cheng.
The houses were fired, and eight ladies',
man and child were killed and several
were wounded, two probably mortally.
Chinese troops have been dispatched to
the scene. Tho British and American
consuls will at once have an interview
with the viceroy.
.ThelChipese are repeating their old tao
tics OF cutting telcgraph communications.