The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-25

in their buildings, in the darkness OF
the night, they escaped TO the city wall
with the women and babies. aided by
| friendly natives. From there they
! made their way through the greatest
| peril to the China Inland Mission,
where they watched their own hospital,
! dispensary and mission buildings demol
/ ished by the rioters. This place was
| barricadeG, but soon the mob broke in
| there as well, continuing the work Of
| destruction, and the foreigners fled for
| refuge TO the Tamen, or official resi-
| dence as a last. resort. But thence
were obliged TO fly for their lives again.
| finally bribing the owner of small
| house to allow them to hide till the
/ rage of the rioters had expended itself
in the work of destruction.
MISSIONS ATTACKED.
IT was after midnight when the mobs
reached the missions of the Methodist
Episcopal church and began their dia-
bolical work; then their missionaries,
driven from home, hid their wives and
little ones in q IA tive house next door.
In the darkness they could near and see
the awful fury Of the frenzied people,
first breaking the bottles of medicine,
supposed to possess almost supernat-
ural powers for evil, then robbing all
that was removable, and after tearing
the brick buildings down and actually
stealing the stones from the sewers.
HEROIC OPERATOR.
Hospitals, dispensaries and houses
were pillaged. then RACED or burned 10
the ground, while homeless and hunted
like wild beasts, the lives of foreign
men. women and children were at the
mercy of these officially instigated
mobs, being subjected to the grossest
brutality till the brave telegraph opera
tor sent a dispatch to the consul at
Chung-King for protection, at the peril
of his own person and life. When the
official in charge heard that the mes
sage had gone, he ordered the operator
to bring it back but reply came in
stead. 1t stated briefly: ''Pekin inform
ed. Viceroy wired TO furnish protec-
ton" and at the bottom of this mes
sage the undaunted operator wrote
that he had informed England, France
and America.
Instantly terror seized upon the heart
Of the miscreant official, for the Tsong
Ii Yamen at Pekin. being the imperial
cabinet, with Ii Hung Chang as pre-
mer ordered the renegade viceroy to
protect the foreigners. This ii was pos
sible for the imperial government to
do promptly, as it was naturally sup
posed it could of course count upon the
moral and material support of England,
and America for the protection of our
own citizens in China in conjunction
with the Chinese government at Pc
kin. 1mmedia tely the officials became
sOlicitouS for the safety and lives of
foreigners, because as one of them in
formed an American missionary in his
anxiety, he would lose his face below
his chin If they lost their lives. and the
emperor himself sent personally to
know if they were safe, when certain
guilty officials, knowing it was newt
able asked to be disgraced. A report
was received that the emperor required
the ts-tai, or viceroy, to settle all losses
and damages out of his own pocket
from the millions he had stolen from
the government and people. This proves
that the imperial government placed
the blame upon the viceroy himself and
intended that he should suffer for the
injuries inflicted upon defenceless for
eigners, for which he was personally
responsible and officially liable as the
officer in charge, according to the laws
and customs Of China from time imme-
torial.
II. DIN Cady brother of the presiding
elder Of the NJ. T.. church. residing at
Aurora. Ill, writes as follows in re-
gard to the
CAUSES OF THE RIOT.
First, the war with the reported
terms of settlement-I say reported.
for we do not know-which included
the cession of territory, the payment of
silver and the opening of Chentu as a
port. which latter is looked upon al
most as surrender of the city.
Second. the secret society called
White Lily of Ko-Lao-Whei, which is
strong and aims to overthrow the pres
ent government, and the occasions Of
numerous examples of overbearing con-
duct on their part. They led the at
tack on us and 1 think they did a some
of the other places. The men who
broke in did not do so much of the steal
ing. But others did. and the Lily did
nothing at all; much like riots at home.
Third, the utter inefficiency of the
viceroy, an anti-foreign man who cares
only for the money he can steal. who
is in disgrace and whose successor is
on his way. He cared for nothing and
gave the magistrates no power and no
incentive to use the power
REBELLIOUS OFFICIAL
This is Liu Ping Chang. viceroy Of
the province of So Chuen, disgraced by
imperial edict, deposed but not yet dis
placed by a successor. who with many
others was plotting against the impe-
rial government of China. and instiga-
ted the anti-christian or anti-fore;gn
home and abroad. and make Il possible
for the secret sects or societies 10
strike the deathblow 70 the present
empire at a time when foreign war
and domestic disturbance would seal
its doom.
1t was Indispensable TO the preserva-
ton of the imperial prestige that this
arch-conspirator having been deposed
should be punished. 1t was also i'm
possible for the imperial power. impov-
erished and weakened by foreign foes
and rebels at home. to punish him an
aided. The foreign ministers. backed
by their governments. could have CO.
operated with the imperial government
in furnishing these conspiratOrS. But.
instead of prompt action dangerous de-
lays followed.
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