The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-25

perial government to do promptly. as II
count upon the s moTai ana material support
OF England and America for the profession
OF our own citizens In China In con5unc-
ton ton with the Chinese sSysrnms s. at Pc
ncitous for the safety and lives Of foreign
ers, because as one OF them Informed an
American missionary in his anxiety. he
lost their lives. and the Emperor sent per-
sonally to know II they were safe. when
certain guilty officials. knowing it was In
was received that the Emperor required the
tsi-tai, or viceroy. TO settle all losses and
damages out of his own pocket from the
miilons ne had stolen from the govern
ment and people This proves that the I'M
perisl government placed the blame upon
the yiceroy himself and intended that he
should suffer for the injuries inflicted upon
defenseless foreigners for which he was
personally responsible and officiallyl liable
as the officer in charge, according to the
laws and customs of China from time inn
memorial.
III. DIN Cady. brother of the presiding
elder OF the NJ. K. Church. residing at
:; aurora, Ill, writes as follows folk In regard to
the reported terms Of settlements say re-
ported. for we do not know-which included
the cession OF territory. the payment of
port. which latter is looked upon almost as
society called White Lily OF Ko-Lao-whei.
present government. and the occasions of
numerous examples of overbearing conduct
on their part. They led the attack upon
US, and ! think they did at some OF the
not do so much of the stealing. But others
did. and the Lily did nothing at all; much
IKE the riots at home; third: the utter In
man, who cares only for the mpney he can
steal. who is In disgrace and whose sue
c in us ,s on On his way. He cared for moth
and no incentive to use the power
A REBELLIOUS OFFICIAL.
This Is Liu Ping Chang, viceroy Of the
province Of Sze-Chuen. disgraced By imper-
ial edict, deposed but not yet displaced by
successor. who. with many others. was
plotting against the imperial government
of China, and instigated the anti-Christian
or anti-foreign riots to cripple the imper-
ial power at home and abroad, and make II
possible for secret sects or societies to
strike the deathblow to the present en-
pire, at time when foreign war and do
nestle disturbance would seal it's doom.
1t was indispensable to the preservation
of the imperial prestige that this arch
conspirator, having been deposed, should
be punished. 1t was also impossible for
the imperial power, impoverished and
weakened by foreign foes and rebels at
home, TO punish him unaided. The for
eignl ministers, backed by their govern
ments, could have co-operated with the
conspirators. But. instead of prompt ac-
ton dangerous delays followed. II was
the ats the ss
board boats bound for the coast, where
they could count on better protection. The
KIang river, reaching the stations OF the
American Baptist Missionary Union at
sinchaufu. Kaiting and Yachow.. The last
union, not far from the border of Tibet,
and there the natives and officials had
been very friendly
THE American missionaries had been
welcomed there only a few nights before
by the firing off of ten thousand fire.
crackers and all was well with them. But
soon after agitators arrived, riots broke
out. and friendly officials and natives aided
all foreigners to escape RATS down the
river fearing their inability. to protect
them from the rioters ua Eloating down the
velous escapes and fearing to land, they
saw the work of destruction going on. ow-
ing to fatal official inactivity.
TWO MINISTER'S CRITICISED.
1.-THE following extracts are taken from
editorials of the Shanghai Celestial Empire
of Aug. 9, 1896: Nothing is more certain
than that the true desire of the Tsung-
Ii Yamen 0he imperial cabineD was that
Sir Nicholas OConor and Colonel Den5y
of their terms. 1t had, in fact, counted on
their firmness to enable it to carry out its
own scheme of the supremacy of Picking.
The Tsung-Li Yamen. in respect Of See
Chuan, was only in a position to act under
pressure. 1t would have been only too de-
lighted to clear out the late Viceroy and
his entire crew. but in doing so IT was
treadng on tender ground. The Viceroy
had concocted the anti-mssionary riots be-
afr,nr f~rIG CT flyr1 a
time had come for him TO yield up his
vice royalty. He had left no stone I'M
turned. by wholesale bribery and by the
which he is closely connected by marriage
after orders had gone forth for his retire
ment. Under ordinary circumstances moth
ing remained for him but to retire or TO
rebel. He thought he saw q third method,
and that was by getting up an anti-foreign
movement so to enlist public feeling on his
side that Picking would be compelled to
retain him to ease the spirit he had in
yok se His scheme in the first instance g;d nee
fall in with it, and no irreparable. damage
was done. Liu, now doubly discredited, had
no option but to retire Now II ne , retire es
every one, save and except the United
States and British ministers at Picking,
that not only is discredit cast on the coun-
selves, but that reflection is also cast
on the imperial government, which, after
Q1SmlSS1ng the NlceTOy, is undUle 10 cOui-
denim him. The Emperor and his advisers
come out of the affair with little more
honor, however. than the two ministers
A stroke of imperial authority, when the
Emperor ia acting had not only the moral
but the material support of England and
America, could not have failed to have re-
stored much of the prestige of imperial
sway 1t would not have been opposed
but rather welcomed by the people, who
were sick and tired of Lui Ping Chang
rule. But the more the Tsung-H Yamen
| half In
listers brave words. the more they pre-
tended to resent the inevitable for in
evitable it seemed TO them. When at last,
through an utter inability to comprehend
the game being played Sir OConor gave
way, he ruined not only his own but the
Tsung-H Yamen's hand
THE ANTI-FOREIGN PARTY.
"The anti-foreign and the anti-imperfaI
party are one, and it was vital to the i'm
perial prestige of the Picking government
that they should be subdued. Had the
American and British governments i'm
mediately demanded proper punishment OF
all outrages, with indemnity therefor. and
lust guarantee against all future repeti-
lions thereof, at that time. the imperial
government of China, with the moral
power of England and America behind it,
could have enforced these demands at
once, would have regained its prestige and
power among its own people. and put an
effectual quietus upon the organized out
laws overrunning the land: but the British
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