The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-03
Much has been written and printed

Unsies Gre-hAm's Or.ie,s
News & Observer
Much has been written and printed
! concerning Consul General Thoma.
K. JetnigaD's action III the ease If
the two young japanese students
| who after being turned over to tn
Chinese authorities were cruelty rut
to de- til By some newspapers an :
periodicals especially at the Nrrih,
the release of these two japan, $
has been severely condemned.
Nobody who knows the Consul
General thinks he acted in bad faith
with the young tortunates
The Biblical Recorder yesterday
received a letter from An authorl-
ment that completely jn>1ifies Mr..
Jernigan.
II contains the following state
ment of the case:
"a great deal uas appeared in the
| American papers with regard to the
| alleged japanese spies who sought
refuge from the Chinese In the con
suIate at Shanghai. The facts ar,
; simpi" these: The United Stat. =
Consul General, Hon. r. Il. Jerai-
gan, had been instructed by Secr.-
tary of State to Protect Japanese IN
| terests in Shanghai, and when the
Chinese demanded possession of the
| two Japanese, he refused until the
case had been Reported to the See
| retary Of State ami instructions re
ceivei from the Secretary. N tn
ing was done 10y Mr.. Jernigan ex
c'pt to follow the s cretary's instruc-
| tons.
''A1 the beginning of the war here
were abou' forty young men Dapa-
nese) going to school here Th, y
| had been here for several years aud
| understood the Chiuest language and
customs, and a" soon as war was de-
clared they were marked for arres .
The two handed over We're of tina!
number and the attempt to size
them was the first overt act of til Is
bloody year. The intervention of
the Consul General caused a delay
Of several weeks. during which ali
the other school boys, under his ad-
vice and protection, went skfeis to
Japan Thu You will -see that~ths
lives OF t 'rty young men were wed
by this interventi and timely pro
tee ion before Secretary Gresham
could ns,ruct the Consul General.
The two delivered by his instructions
We're bsheaded after four week $
tria; by Il blinded court Had Mr..
/ / T..
ment, the lives of all would havv
been saved. Every foreigner in Chi
na approves his action aud the jap
auesr government has been very
Complimentary to him.
| 1.-The Chinese said the students
were spies, because tn y Il essed III
Chinese COSTUME, but they had been
III the habit ot wearing such costume
before the declaration of war, an
he would not admit 1t as Il Goun..
tor suspicion, because man OF o, +
misslOnari in tn interior weal
suchdresSes and to have admitted
the principle would have i'm yeriiled
their safety.
"Y"u may assure the readers of
the Recorder that the lives OF oui
missionaries and American in crest
in China are safe in the b II is ut
Mr.. Jeroigan.
The Chinese are virtually whip
ped, and badly The progress ,f tn.
Japanese fTaS been victori pus on land
and SEA from the start. The effort.
of China have been disarl oin,inl {
while those of Japan have b. en sur-
prisiug in swiftn-s/a ard accuracy oi
1T execution. 1t Has been Il cOutes,
between tho Orient and Q cid ,n1
Japan representing the latt'r, a"e
her success is glorious proof of tn,
sup .riority Of our c'vi il .tion."
/ Another letter rec We by the Re
rider In the same mail from R "
l.. N. Chapel, former Wake coun
ty man who Is how at Shan Tung
say: $50 far as We know all ou:
missionaries have bet kept in safe
ty, nor is it very likely that any OF
US will be III dang. +. from any ca 'st
that can now be foreseen."
Rev. w. E. Crocker, from tn.
Western part of. the State, Bap
tist missionary stationed far in til,
interior, at Chi Ming Jo, writes tha
they have not been 50 far disturbed
the last news they had heard ther.
was that the Chinese had been drlv
: en- out of Korea.