The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-25
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/ China. He declares that the talk about
/ secret societies being responsible for the
/ inassacres Is outrageous and gigantic
| misconception. These societies. he de-
/ elares, are harmless and could be sup
/ pressed If the mandarins chose to do so.
/ Inc oihcials have ample power to protect
foreigners The series Of riots that have
/ occurred since 1891, which riots have ex-
/ tended throughout China, means that the
| aim OF the officials is to drive foreigners
out OF the country. The practice of ac-
/ ceptlng blood money at the rate of 5000
! pounds for an ordinary missionary, with
the fictitious punishment of criminals. is
| not SUFFICIENT to check the plot. If an
| enormous Indemnity Of about 1000, 900
/ pounds should be claimed, followed by the
occupation of a treaty port TO collect the
customs revenue on a refusal, the Pexin
government would soon abolish the sys-
/ TEN Of outrages.
Decisive action is necessary to dispel
the delusion in Pekln that no power viii
| ever deal blow, however il may be pro-
/ Voked. The statement has value as indi-
/ eating the general opinion that protests
to Pekin are futile. The time is near
when an armed demonstration will be in
evitable.
Baron Warlegg, a most eminent German
| traveller in Asia, has written to the press,
| advising joint action by the powers
through river police on the Yang-Tse-Ki-
ang. He says that had only 100 European
marines marched inland from Fuchau, the
| outrages at Kutien would have been
| stopped Warships on the river would
| break the resistance of the stiff-necked
mandarins. In 1853 a few American war
ships under Perry were sufficient to COM
| pei the japanese TO open up their country.
| Similar action now would open Chinas
enormous treasures and develop foreign
trade
1t has transpired that a secret meeting
of the radical members of the House Of
Commons, at which Mr.. Henry Labou-
chere presided, a memorial was drafted
inviting Sir William Vernon Harcourt to
assume the leadership of the liberal party
only seventeen members signed the mem
orial and it was, therefore, dropped.
Messrs. Gompers and Mcguire, the
American delegates to the trades con-
ference, were welcomed on their arrival
| in London by Ben Tillett, Sam Woods
| secretary of the trades parliamentary
committee, and other labor unionists. Mr.
| John Burns showed Mr.. Gompers over the
| houses of parliament. In the course of an
interview Mr.. Gompers referred to Mr..
Kier Hardie's visit to the United States,
on an invitation of a faction of the Chi
cago trades unionists, as having no spec
! ial significance whatever. This, it may be
pointed out in passing, is not Mr.. Har-
/ dies estimate. His organ declares that
MS departure Is the greatest event IN the
| history of the modern labor movement.
The Sun tomorrow will say that it is
rumored that the Marquis of Salisbury,
the British premier has determined upon
| decisive action in regard TO China, and
that a British feet will occupy one or
two Chinese ports and perhaps land ma
rines in order to enforce Great Britain's
demands in connection with the inVestiga-
tion of the recent massacres.
/ correspondence from Toxic Aug. 10. The
story of the anti-missionary outrages in
| Szechuan is not a totally black page;
there are some spots of light in the rec
ord. Miss Holt of the China inland mis-
sion describes how, when the house in
which she and two old ladies resided, was
attacked by the mob, a man with a drawn
sword appeared at the door, and while
engaged in sharpening his weapon on a
stone, warned the rioters that the women
were good folks, and that he meant to
defend them
The crowd fell back, and one of the
ladies', attended by a Chinese maid,
effected her escape to the Yamen, only
to be refused admittance. But the Chi
nese attendant raised a loud outcry, wall
ing that unless the officials gave them
refuge they would die at the gates and
at length they gained an entrance. The
officials, however, were too terrified to
send succor to the other two ladies' They
also owed their safety to the man with
the sword, who procured chairs for them
and got them to the Yamen. He appears
to have remained incognito.
Another missionary, escaping from his
burning home, entered the house of q
Chinese DOCTOR who swathed him in BAN
dages, covered his head with a Chinese
hood, and, in the guise of a moribund
Chinaman, placed him on the shoulders
of coolies and sent him to- the Yamen.
Another missionary reached the out
station, where his wife awaited him, by
Disgusting himself as an onicial en- route
to meet the incoming viceroy, the real
officials making him up with blue glass
es, long boots, uniform, cap, etc. But
against the comfort inspired by the evil
dences Of native good will has to be
placed the fact that although a month
and a half has elapsed since the riots
took place, many missionaries at out sta
tion in Szechuan still remain without
protection, and exposed to mob violence
at any moment.