The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-09
T'OPROTECT MISSIONS
State Department Cables
Instructions to Minister
DENLY at Pekin.
MISS RARTF0RD'S SAD STORY
Rescue Party's Rapid Advance
The Outrages at
Panyak.


WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, 1S95.-Minister
Denby has been instructed by Acting
Secretary Adee to secure protection for
American citizens at Panyag, China,
place about forty miles from Foo-Chow,
where the American mission is reported
to have been looted by the natives. No
additional outrages have been reported
to the State Department today.
The statement of Miss Mable {. Hart
ford. enc of the American missionaries
at Hwasang, regarding the outrages at
that station on the first instant, is re-
sarded by the officials at the State De-
partment as fully vindicating their con-
ffdence in Minister Denby's pronptness
and efficiency. despite the criticisms that
have been made against him Miss Hart
ford is uoted as saying:-"We reached
Suikow at about A. NJ. Saturday and
telegraphed to Foo-Chow for a steam
launch. We left Suikow in native boats
at P. NJ and on Sunday morning met
a steam launch going toward Suikow,
taking soldiers. We engaged it to tow
us to Foo Chow. Soon afterward we
met the rescuing party in launch. The
party consisted of the United States
Marshal and two English missionaries,
bringing fun supplies for the sufferers.
Saturday was the third instant, the
second day after the assault was COM
1nitted. and according TO her story the
relief party met them the next day, en-
route to the scene of trouble 1t is
pointed out that owing to the meagre
means of communication existing in the
province and the equally poor facilities
for transportation. that the relief party
had made most excellent progress mere
rapid even than might naturally have
been expected That it did so, these Off
cials say is proof additional to that fur
nished by the developments in the mat
ter Of the outrages at Chenfu some
weeks ago that the Minister is especi-
ally vigilant and active in looking after
the interests of his eountrymen in China
and protecting them to&the utmost ex-
tent of the means within his power
Appeals for the protection of SAmer-
lean missionaries in China have been
coming in to the State Department this
morning by telegraph and mail from
officers Of the religious organizations
which have missionary stations in that
country. Some of them allege that Min
lister DENLY is not doing his duty and
indicate a state of feeling that might
naturally be caused by the press des-
patches concerning the outrages, but is
hardly consistent with the efforts which
the department Mr.. DENLY and Ad-
Hliral 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
promptly. Mr.. DENLY. has been cabled
all the information contained in these,
together with instructions to use his
best efforts to provide protection to Am
erican citizens and to prevent any repe-
tit;on of the attacks on American mis-
sionaries.
Mr.. j. Courtney Hixson. United States
Counsel at Foo Chow. has informed the
department that the American mission
chapel at Panyak has been looted, and
directions have been cabied to Mr..
DENLY to take cognizance of the mat
ter This is believed. to be the place
given in the press dispatches as Ingehok
or Pinghok. 1t does not appear, under
any of the variously spelled names, on
any atlas at the State Department, but it
is understood to be forty or fifty miles
from FooChow Because of the many
ways in which Chinese names are
spelled and the complications resulting
from teIegraphic errors natural in the
enclature over thousands of miles by
operators of various nationalities the
State Department has found some diff
Guilty in identifying the places where
missions are situated, frequently small
towns which are. in many instances.
omitted from the maps.
The letters and kilograms received
from the missionary organizations in this
country have been answered promptly
and coupled with the information that
Minister DENLY is doing all that can be
done to protect Americans, and that the
Department has every confidence in his
ability to secure the best results. Re
quests are made of these correspondents
to furnish the Department with the To-
cation and description of the missions
they represent and a list of the Ameri-
cans attached to them. It would be of
great value to the department if all the
American missionary societies having
missions in China would speedily send
The details requested, especially of those
who have written with regard to the
current outrages.