The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-26
APLACE FOR TREASURE.
Chinese Outrages Committed by Ban
dts for Robbery.

01ts 1Or ltODDerys
CHICAGO, Aug. 26. Sam Moy, a promi-
nent Chinese merchant OF this city, has
received a copy OF q Chinese newspaper
published at Foo Chow, which gives four
columns of space to an account OF the
attacks upon the English and American
missionaries in June. The article shows
that the attack on the mission houses
arose first from motives OF robbery caused
by the building of houses With Easements,
and second by the revelation OF the
corrupt practices OF the hangers-on OF
the mission station. Houses with base
ments are something unusual in china.
There Is large camp OF bandits near
Ku-Cheng, composed OF the wild tribes
and fugitives from justice OF the civilized
parts OF Foo Kien. These bandits heard
OF peculiarities of the construction OF the
missionary houses, and conceiving that
the easements were intended to store
treasure the bandits planned and exc
cuted the first raid for the purpose OF
robbery.
CHICAGO, Aug. 26.- According to the
China newspaper IL WAS found that the
Easements OF the missionary houses were
closely guarded by the Chinese hangers
on.
The missionaries cannot talk the lam
puape. The Chinese lterpreters who can
talk "pig'' and foreign languages, are
almost always young men who have run
away 10 HNOlu III P'AAg
| crimes or to shirk the support OF their
families, going to some treaty point until
| their offenses are forgotten or confounded
| and then come back. They are regarded
| as social outcasts.
| The advent of the new missions opens
new field for the unscrupulous lin
/ GUSTS The outcast is ready TO act as an
! Interpreter, and also to become convert,
| anything for an easy living. He becomes
a member of the missionary staff and the
! household. The missionary wants con-
/ yerts, the hangers-on want some lux
uries. There are, the paper says, only
| two ways TO get converts In CHINA. One
| is to hire them; the other Is by kidnap
ping children and keeping and teaching
| them. Good missionaries don't allow
| any kidnapping, but most OF the mission
| aries, while good people themselves
| don't know how bad their native stan Is
| An interpreter sees child, girl 10 ol
IL years OF age, and finds out that he
| parents are poor or careless people, no
| iikely to make much OF fuss at her dis
appearance. He coaXes the child to visi
| the mission and often force has to be used
| The missionary is told that the chic
| will become a Christian, that she want
TO live I'm the mission and be instructed
or some other Invention whlch seem
plausible an something Is added to shoy
the importance of guarding the new can
didate from recapture by the heatbel
relatives, who, the missionary is assured
would do so to prevent the porversion o
the child's faith. As the missioner.
cannot talk TO the child he trusts his in
terpreter. The latter practically gets tn
girl. She Is his slave for the time being
and he induces the missionary to kee
her safely out OF sight until he can sci
her and get the money for her.
The burning of the missions freed som
OF the girls, who told the stories OF thei
cepture. confinement and indignitie
they were subjected TO. The stories spres
and aroused the ferocity oil the Shines'
This started the great riot and the mo
attacked the missionaries and interpret
ers unfortunately. The governor 9
Fo Kien sent 1000 soldiers up the MI
river to quell the riot and restore ordel
but the bandits joined with the rabbi
and whipped the soldiers. The soldiei
had 10 retreat. At the time the paper wt
printed IL was said the whole section w
in the control OF the mob.