The herald., 1895-09-02
THOSE Chinese 0U1RAGES
Plan Against the "0utside
Barbarians"
SANCTIONED BY OFFICERS
Missionaries Obliged to Leave Their
Property Behind
Detailed Account of Suffering as They Were
Closely Huddled Together In House
Boats for Many Days
A A,,ociated Pres, special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
NEW ORK,g ,gSept. 1. Reports Of the
outrages on missionaries in China come
from mem bers of the American Baptist
Missionary Union to the Baptist Mission
ary Magazine. showing that the uprisings
were more general than has been told be-
fore. In the first week of May to the
first week of June all the missionary
stations in western China we're looted
by mobs and 146 missionaries. men, wo-
mon and children, were driven away, and
escaped with their lives only. In the
province of Szechuan, the largest in the
empire. there were many small stations
scattered over the valley of the upper
Yang-'se river. Most OF the missionaries
had gone to the field in the past five
years. While the authorities seem to
have tried IN some instances to protect
the missions, the only service they wore
able to render was to help them to es-
cape. The missionaries fled hundreds OF
miles down the river, travelling on RATS
and IN house boats, hardly carrying as
much as a change of clothing, and reach
ing places of safety only after two weeks
of hardship.
In Cheng-Tu, the capital of the prov
inoe of Szcchuan, placaru was posted
on the 2Sth of May asserting that the
''foreign barbarians" were hiring evil
characters to steal small children from
them. The next day mob OF several
thousand tore down the Canadian Metho-
Protestant societies and the Catholic
building. The missionaries appealed to
the magistrate of the city, but he told
them lie was powerless to shelp them.
With the aid of some of the friendly ma
tives they effected their escape. Then
the cry went up The time has come to
turn all the missionaries out of Szehcu-
an"
A partEof the mob divided into smaller
parties and took the various roads out of
town, en- route for the other mission CEN
ters. In all cities the most intiammatory
placards were posted on the walls.
The Baptist missionaries believe the
official class. They kept in the back
ground, however, and TO all appearance
the students were at the bottom OF the
mischief. They published placard iix-
ing q date tor the destruction OF the mis-
sionary property at Sui-Chadu-Fu ana
for killing the magistrate VINO was sus'
pected of desiring to protect foreigners.
In most cases the missionaries, while
their property was being destroyed. left
the cities and hid in the neighbor hood,
awaiting an opportunity to escape. They
had native friends who helped them to
procure boats and put the ladies and
children aboard. At Sul-Chau-Fu Messrs.
Warner and Wildwood and DR.. Finch got
their valuable papers and silver out OF
the town and seoreted them. Here, as
everywhere, the trouble came like a
thunder-clap out of clear sky. Sunday $
services were we'll attended, quiet and
very impressive, and three candidates
were baptizau by immersion. On Mon
day. June Sd, the city was flooded with
placards.
The largest party, which mum bered
sixty-five, was crowded tor eleven days in
the houseboats, suffering terribly, and but
for the fact that they had money to pay
the exorbitant prices asked for every
thing, would have perished Many stories
of individual escapes are told. but they
are much alike in their main features.