New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-24


and this gentleman promptly did all he could to
gain information and render assistance In
swer to his repeated kilograms he received a tele
eraphic reply from the United States Consul at
Hankow, Mr.. Child. stating that the English.
French Canadian and American missions have
been wrecked at Cheng-Tu. Kia-Ting. Ya-Chow.
Pings Shan and mixing. Some OF the missionaries
ere missing but II Is not known that any lives
have been lost SuIfu and Luchow are threatened.
At Chung King a riot is certain All foreigners
left Cheng-Tu yesterday.
The receipt of this telegram added considerable
anxiety to that already felt. mingled with indigna-
ton that nothing had been heard from Picking.
and the press OF Shanghai took up the matter
vigorously, censuring the Ministers because the
Chinese Government had not been compelled to
stop the riots which were in consequence spread
r res telegram was received from Picking
stating that imperial instructions had been issued
munication was received from Cheng.Tu. In CON
sequence the Rev. J. r: Hykes. OF the American
telegraph office and desired to wire to Cheng-Tu.
To his great surprise his telegram was refused.
and and King Chou stations. previous to ChengTu was
broken. Mr.. Hykes declared that his message
should be sent via Canton and Yunnan. but this
refused the SePs given has nunds
grams Not to be daun ed. Mr.. Hykcs askei that II
be sent to Picking ard The King chou junction. but
the clerk refused saying The 1rSpGs s way was u
the back OF the form. I'VE do not accept at pres
ent.' The evidence or the missionaries from Cneng
Tu shows that while the interruption Of ,he wire
between sha-she and Ichang was said to have oc,
s sot repy and further that repeated ocia mes
sages were dispatched to and from Cheng-Tu and
ment Of Mr. ' Hykes that the telegraph clerks in
Shanghai spoke falsely. refusing to transmit on
Not only we're Mr. Hykes's kilograms refused. but
also those of the United States Consul-General, the
the refusal. and forced his telegram through by an
explicit and positive demand on the Taotai saying
that of ne American D citizens to be refused While the
refusals were being given at Shanghai, similar re-
aries at Cheng-Tu. who only managed to telegraph
by the deception of favoraby disposed operator
were dispatched secretly by two Chinese Christian
messengers These messengers put on the ocial
clothing. and carried bogus letters addressed 10 dis
tant officials in their hands One letter was writ
ten by missionary In pencil on Chinese paper,
while hiding In lott
SOME CHINESE STORIES.
The cause OF the riots the Chinese officials de-
clared to be that the people stated that the mis-
sionaries had taken child and boiled it for It's oil
human skull and numerous bones the skeleton OF
a Roman Catholic priest murdered years ago. were
dsinterred and presented to the officials as proofs
OF the guilt OF the missionaries Nor did the mob
confne themselves to the human system but pre-
scented bones of dogs and other animals as purport
ing TO be bones of human victims the missionaries
had murdered. While these idiotic ISLANDERS were
being circulated. which the officials found It con-
venlent at first to place credence in and the mob
were surglng around the yamen urging one another
to invade the official precincts and kill the for
eigners the native Christians testified TO the thor
oughness Of their fidelity by aiding their foreign
in some remark that the riots served as test
slonares in the midst of this terrible time were
aware that they had so many friends. True, these
services saved the missionaries In many cases UNI
doubleday from violent deaths.
Manchu foregn-driiled troops: but these veterans.
like the other foreign-drlled brigades of China:
though they may have been. for that term has In
China a flexible and peculiar meaning amounted to
the exception of trdents. spears and a few rusty
pistols Though the military lacked ammunition.
Canadians had just previously laid their sidewalk
with The soldiers were really yamen runners, a
term in China synonymous with set of theving
rascals. coolies who hang around the yamen door
ready TO arrest any native defauter or not, and
Of their arrest. To these at length were the mis-
Ana be oyep GF pr s Win the
law and order had taken the biggest share in the
looting.
SOME WORTHY OFFICERS.
But while at Cheng-Tu the officials allowed mob
law TO reign supreme. and encouraged the rioters
by their non-nterference. it is pleasing to turn TO
Sui-Fu and Pao-Ning-Fu. where the prompt ac-
ton Of the officials their kindness and courtesy
stand ont in bold relief At these two places the
officials promptly suppressed incendiary placards and
took every precdution to prevent outbreaks When.
In spite of their vigilance. outbreaks did occur. the
leading rioters seized and imprisoned and at
Pao-Ning-Fu the official in charge made good the
damage done to the belongings OF the missionaries
The cause Of the outrages cannot be laid In this
case: as Is populariy done at the door OF the mis-
sionares. Many of the missionaries were veteran
workers who, from long experience. were careful
not to offend the feelings of the people and other
wise give them license to riot. Nor it the
he
dynasty although such risngs now generally
riot, and the written placards. the missionaries de-
clare. were the work OF that always rotous ee
deep hand in the affair. and his acceptance and
circulation Of the absurd and ignorant statements
of the mob. the of the city as we'll as his pre-
venting the missionaries communicating by tee-
graph with their respective consus. lend peculiar
meaning TO the whole.
A NATIVE WORK OF FICTION
1t will be of interest to add a copy of a native
and ant-foreign account OF the Cheng-Tu riots This
published in the 'Sinwanpao," n native paper
at Shanghai. and widely copied by the native
press. 1t shows clearly the superstons and un-
reasoning hatred of certain classes in China toward
all foreigners 1t may be added that it is largely
tissue Of fasehoods Here it Is. In literal transla-
ton:
THE disturbances between the people and the
missionaries at Cheng-Tu have been frequently re-
ferred TO in previous issues of this paper We now
have the report of a native servant In the employ
of the missionaries and as 1t differs somewhat from
former accounts hasten TO publish 1t in order 10
supplement their efficiency.
According TO this mans statement. the TWAIN
WI dragon boaD festival. about p m. a mission
AIRY, with OF his native assistants went to the
eastern execution ground TO see the children play at
throwing plums. While he was looking about some
OF the children taking advantage OF his being off
his guard. threw pums at him. and before he could
get out of the way, several plums struck him on
the forehead Just then little child Of about ten
years ran up in front Of him and peed him with
plums. At this the missionary became very angry.
ran forward and caught up the child AS luck would
have II. just at that moment old woman came
by. crying and hunting for the child The bystand-
ers Selling her words; Immediately began saying
The foreigner has Kidnapped him Then all the
children joined In the hue and cry, throwing brick
bats and yelling Beat the foreigner The natives
with the foreigner made effort explain mat
tiers. but, on the contrary. said the child was very
rude and EhOI,d be reDOrfe1 the teacher