The record-union., 1895-08-23
Outbreak of Chinese Soldiers Out
side of Changs Palace.
OVER A HUNDRED PERSONS RE-
PORTED KILLED
The Investigation Which This Coy
ernment VIII Make Regarding the
ku Cheng Massacre Somewhat
Complicated by an Alleged Excess
of Zeal on the Part of United
States Consul.

LONDON, Aug. IA d1spatch TO the
Gto6e from Shanghai says: The Chinese
soldiers at Tien Tsin revolted yesterday
and assembled outside the gates OF Ii
Hung Changes palace, whore they raised
clamor for their arrears of pay. Later
they made an attack upon the shops in
the city, wrecking many Of them and
killing over hundred persons.
A dispatch to the Times from Hong
kong this afternoon confirms the news of
the attack upon the American mission
near Foo Choo. and the dangerous state
OF the populace of that city. According
to the Times dispatch the American
school was situated just outside of the
west gate of Foo Choo. The dispatch
adds The situation at Ia Cheng is un-
changed. Captain John 5. Newell of the
United States cruiser Detroit and DR..
Hart have gone there from Foo Choo."
More anti-foreign placards and pamph-
let's are being distributed at Canton.
AFFAIRS BECOMING COMPLICATED.
WASHINGTON, Aug. The investiga-
ton which the United States Government
will make into the ku Cheng massacre is
somewhat complicated, and the probabil-
tiles are that the complication has been
caused by an excess OF zeal on the part Of
j. Courtney Hixson of Alabama, United
States Consul at Foo Chow or Foo Chan,
who has gone to Ku Cheng as the princi-
pal representative OF the United States on
the Joint Commission of Inquiry. 1t was
learned to-day that Mr.. HiXsOn and the
commission started tor 1\u Cheng before
The forinalities preliminary to the inquiry
had been arranged with the Chinese Gov
ernment, and before the State Depart
III j
the interesting information has Just come
TO light that the department was some
what surprised to learn. after the COM
mission had LETT Foo Chow, that the
American representative was Ensign
Waldo Evans of the United States cruiser
Detroit.
1t was the determination of the State
Department, after consultation with
naval officials, to send Captain Newell of
the Detroit to ku Cheng with MIR. HiX
son. Captain NewelPs wide experience
aud his reputation for discretion and
good judgment caused his selection. But
before Minister Denby had arranged all
matters concerning the commission with
the Chinese Government, Mr.. HiXson
and Ensign Evans started for ku Cheng,
and the supposition here is that the re-
iusal OF the Chinese officials, who are also
making inquiry into the massacre, to
caused by the fact that the proper author
ity from the Pekin Government was not
obtained by MIR. HixsOn before be-
made his somewhat hasty departure.
The cablegram from Hongkong via
London, stating that Captain Newell has
gone from Foo Chow to Ku Cheng, causes
much satisfaction, and justities the belief
that he has full authority to pursue the
investigation which Mr.. Denby was in
structed to secure, and will break the
deadlock caused by the refusal of the Chi
nese officials at ku Cheng to permit the
foreign commissioners to be present at
their inquiry. Ku Cheng is some dis
tance inland, and for that reason the
State Department has been unable to
communicate with Mr.. HiXson to ascer-
tain why he started so soon.
FOREIGNERS MUST BE PROTECTED.
LONDON, Aug. 22.-The Standard will
certain than ever that the unchecked. if
not stimulated, fury of the populace of
China against foreigners will, unless
some means are found for meeting the
danger, spread throughout the empire
until the lives of the whites will be no.
where worth anything. Resolutions Of
some kind are imperative. whether In CO.
operation with other powers or not.
England clearly must find way of COM
y
of foreigners.
The paper doprecates the assumption
that the same evasions and deceits will be
practiced as before until the British Con-
sui reports. 1t discusses the possibility
Of making the ion especially the Man
.darins, teel it worth while not to modest
foreigners. China, it says. must he ask ed
to make concessions to the country
wronged. Great Britain wants more
Consuls in the interior and more markets
for English goods. This would doubtless
benefit other European nations, the
United States and Japan so much that
Great Britain would not be accused of
wanting privileges that only herself
would be able to enjoy.
The Chronicle, treating on the same
subject, wonders how much longer the
outrages will be allowed to go on, and
whether more lives must be sacrificed
before Prime Minister Salisbury loses
faith in Chinese justice.