The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-21
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
News of Great Moment Sent Out
From the Capital.
he State Department and the Chimes G
Massacre. What Admiral Kirkland
Said About the Missionaries
In Turkey. The Treasury D
Gold Reserve.
By Southern Associated Pross.

department Is without any lnforma-
tion about the report that tho Chinese
officials have refused to allow the
mixed American and British commits.
sion 10 make free investigation of the
hu Cheug massacre. If the report be
true there is no donbt that conlirma.
ton Will be received through a cable
message from Minister Deuby or some
Unltod States consular officer in China.
As the situation now appears, the
Chinese government ID tnkipg u greut
risk IN hamperiug the miss ioners.
Feeling in England on the subject i,
inteuse and IT every opportunity Is not
gwen the British commissioner, the
British government. according to the
State Department view, will probably
take active measures to enforce its dc.
maud for redress aud compel Chlna to
redeem the promise that tue murderors
OF British missionaries would be pun.
ished by death.
THIS country hos not the Same in.
terest III the massacre that the English
have FOR tue reason thot ono American
ouiy, Miss Hureford. was injured,
whereas ten EuglI>meu were butchered
The United States hus not commlttod
Itself III any way with regard to the
Investigation that the Chinese are said
the event that tho report concerning
the obstacles thrown IN the comm,s
sioners way may prove true. cannot he
stated with any degree of positlveness
ut the present time.
The statement that Rear Admiral
Kirkland had cast several reflections
on the integrity of American Mission.
aries i'll Turkey, which called forth an
| answer from the editor of the Preeby-
ierinn Banner, Is said in Official circles
to be not sustained by tho facts. Ad-
| mirai kirkland's report OF the result
OF his Investigation into the alleged
outrages on American missionaries III
Syria contains nothing that could be
| construed ns offensive by missionaries
or other persons concerned. The re.
suit OF the investigation. az shown by
the report. WAS failure to discover
auy Information teudIug TO sustain the
charges that Christians had been cru.
cited aud otherwise lltreated.
Il Admiral Kirkland visited every &C.
cessible port on the Syrian coast, Ia
the cruiser San Francisco and made
very thorough inquiry into all tho
complaints. At each port he invited
on board the vessel the local authori
ties and all persons who had CHARGES
To make or testimony to give. No one
who came III response to the invitation
could give direct evidence OF the al
legged outrages and the hearsay eyi
dcuce WAS OF SO tilmsy a character that
1t was Impossible to follow il up aud
obtain statements from persons who
claimed to have witnessed Ill treatment
OF christians.
The monitor Amphitrite sailed TO.
day from Port Royal for Norfolk,
where she will be surveyed and her dc
fective ventllatng apparatus thor.
oughlv repaired aud replaced. 1t is
not likely that the Amphitrite will be
placed out OF commission az tue re-
iittiug muy take some time. The recent
trip of the Amphitrite from Hampton
Roads developed how poorly she WAS
ventilated. Twenty eight men were
overcome by the heat between decks
and the wordroom, through which the
smoke stuck passes was unbe6 rable, the
thermometer ranging from So to 100
degrees.
The Treasury gold reserve stood at
the close OF business to-day, with the
Withdrawals anu deposits taken into
accounts, to SlOl .577, ,ldS. The with.
drawais OF gold reported to the Treas
ury to day were: At New York, August
18Th, SlOU,O00; at New York, August
10th, 81, $4,000; totai, $3.50, 900.
There WAS deposited ut New York to
day by tue Belmont Morgan syndicate
in gold 81, 900. 900.
he telegram announcing the with
drawal arrived at the Treasury at s D,
IN. 1t came from Assistant United
States Treasurer Jordan, anu occasion.
td much speculation as to whether or
not the syndicate would permit the
gold reserve to fall below SlOO, U0O. 600.
Unless u deposit by the syndicate was
made, the Withdrawals aunonuced
wonld carry it below the marx. About
$40 welcome telegram from MIR.
Jordan stated that 81, COO, 600 deposit
of gold coin had been made by the
syndicate, aud the gold reserve WAS
still intact.
This WAS the third time that the syp
dicate had come TO the rescue OF the
gold reserve III the past few weeks. la
oil 1t has deposited III excess of its bond
stipulation 1000, QUO in gold coin or
neuriy fourteen tous of the yellow
metal.
Since July let. when the present
gold movement began, the Treasury
has lost In gold coin taken for export
over Sl3, ,OUU. 900.