Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-10-05
China YIELDS.
Viceroy I-lu Degraded In Obedience to
Great Britain's Demand.

NhUNEOy hHfu AekINueu ODeulenCo TO
Great Britain's Demand.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. - Minister
DENLY cabled the state department
from Peking Monday as follows:
Imperial decree issued Abstraot--re.
sponslbility for Sze-ohuen riots rests with
onicials Vlceroy Liu careless; took no
notice of the beginning Of the riots, He is
deprived OF offlce, never to be reemployed
Other ofncIals to be punished"
This would seem to indicate that the
crisis impending in China, involving a
naval demonstration by the British
forces, has been averted for time at
least by a compliance with the princi-
pal demand of the British. 1t cannot
be learned whether the decree con-
cedes all of the demands made,
and the cablegram makes no ref
erence to the sweeping condi-
tions imposed by the British min
lister that the guilty officials be pun
ished by!spspension for three years on
all promotions and appointments in
the civil service in the province of
Sze-Chuen.
Viceroy Liu, whose fall is an
nounced, has been in trouble before.
1t is understood that he was found
guilty last November of misap-
preparation of funds, and later
on, because the French investi-
cations showed that he was RESPONSE
BILE for the Cheng-Tu riots he was
obliged to pay an indemnity of $780,
600 to the French Catholic missions
from his own pocket.
The present conclusion, which has
been brought about apparently by
British threats, will not involve
the abandonment of the independent
investigation into the Cheng-Tu
riots which has been ordered by
Secretary Olney. There has been
ordered change in the personnel of
the commission, and Commander Bar
Der, the naval attache who has fallen
i'll, has been relieved from duty as a
commissioner by Lieutenant Comman-
der John p. Merrill, executive officer
of the United States steamship Balti.
more.
LONDON, Oct. L. A dispatch from
Peking was received at the foreign
Office Monday afternoon confirming the
statement that China had acted favor
ably on the demands of the marquis
of Salisbury for the punishment of the
viceroy of SzeChuen, who Sir Nicholas
O'Conor, British minister at Peking.
reported was responsible for the out
RACES beginning in May at the mission
stations in Cheng-Tu, the capital of
Sze-Chuen.
The dispatch received at the foreign
Office says that the Chinese official ga
tn hnS ,,,1NlichaI ,1; ;,%
announcing that the viceroy of See
Chuen has been stripped of his
rank for failing to protect the mission
aries and will never again be allowed
to hold Office, so that his case will
serve as warning for all future time
to officials who may be disposed to do
wrong. The decree also denounces the
subordinate officials of the province
who failed to take proper action for
the protection of the missionaries
The Pail Mall Gazette says that the
Tsung- Lii Yamen (the board control
ling Chinese foreign affairs) formally
communicated its decision to the Brit
tish minister, who expressed himself
as satisfied with the terms of the
edict. "lt is now proba ble," also says
the Pail Mall Gazette, that the Brit
ish vessels which had entered the
YangTse-K Kiang river for the purpose
of enforcing the demands of Great
Britain will forthwith descend the
river and resume their former sta
tions"
LONDON, Oct. 1.-The Times prints a
dispatch from its Berlin correspondent
saying that China has informed Ger.
many that the leaders of the attack on
the German mission at Swatow have
been arrested and that measures will
be taken to capture the others impli'
Gated in the outrages