The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-27

CHICAGO, Sept. 26.-The Right Rev.
F. r. Graves, the Episcopal bishop of
China. arrived in Chicago today. He
said that he was glad to see that Min
lister DENLY had appointed a commits
sion to investigate the late riots IN
China, and that he had selected such
good men as Commander Barbar of the
United States navy, Sheridan T. Teed,
United States consul general at Tlen
Tsin, and the interpreter OF the United
States legation at Picking.
Deferred Action.
at is unfortunate, said the bishop,
'fthat a committee of such men was
not sent to Cheng Tu before the ashes
of missionary property ceased smok-
ing, but even at this late day it will
at least remind the mandarins that
the government of the United States is
not entirely Indifferent to the welfare
of it's citizens in China. There IS no
people more susceptible to the influ-
ence of rank than the Chinese, and 10
send an acting vice consul and a mis-
sionary to investigate the deeds of
=, yiceroy was a good deal like send
ing a bowsun to report upon the acts
Of an admiral.
man and whatever he and his assocl-
etes do will have a wholesome effect
upon the foreigners as well as the Chi
nese.'
cent riots?'
1t Was Bad.
.eThey have Numbered and interrupted
work everywhere. They have caused
bad feeling between native Christians
and the rest of the people. They have
seriously impaired the sense of secur--
fty that foreigners heretofore felt IN
China. and made life and travel in the
interior difficult and dangerous.
"Our government must make China
stand by her obligations or take mat
ters into its own hands. 1 doubt if
this is possible without the use OF
force. They ought to insist upon the
severe punishment of every Official VINO
was in any way involved or IN any
measure responsible for the outrages,
and see that they are not rewarded at
terward. The indemnity should be
paid in full, from the private funds of
the viceroy and other officials who are
responsible, and not by the central
government of Picking.
actual and not fictitious culprlts
should be punished. 1t is common IN
! China for men to sell their lives. and
submit to the death perhlty as subst-
| tutes for some one who is able to pay
| them, and it is more common for sffi-
Gals to select for punishment TREND
less wretches who are lying in prison
for other offenses."
More Than Usual.
There seems to have been a good
many riots lately"
"Yes. during the last year there
have been more disturbances than
usual They resulted from the same
causes as those that occurred in 1896
and 1891 They are spasmodic and
epidemic. They usually begin in May
and continue until October, because
the people are more easily reached and
influenced during the summer seassn
by mischief making commissaries from
the mandarins. In several of the riots
several strangers have appeared to in
cite the people to violence, and it is
we'll known that they were employed
and paid by prominent officials. In al
most every case the riots can be traced
directly to the officials, and wher
government similar outbreaks are sure
to follow in other parts of the empire.
The Cause of 1t.
az haven't the slightest doubt thai
failure of the British and American
governments to act promptly after the
riots of Cheng Tu was the. cause o.
the massacre at Ku Tien several week:
later And am sure that all the anti
;-+r, ,-Lo irrI1f hox hoAx
entirely stopped years ago, if our gov
eminent and British government hat
been firm and determined in thei
treatment in China"
HAS the central government of Pc
kin power to prevent these riots?"
"I think 1t has. If it will prompt!
and severely punish the officials VIII,
are responsible, and make examples O
them, the disturbances will stop.
I'm 1891, when 1 was living in WI
Chang, we expected the missions Il
be attacked and destroyed. The da,
was set for the destruction Of all for
eign property and the expulsion of al
foreign citizens from that place, AM
although the authorities We're wei
aware of the plot, they took no step
to prevent it until the captain of
British gunboat told the viceroy tina
ne should begin to shell the city whel
the first mission property was attacke,
and suggested that the viceroy's pal
ace lay in the direct range of hi
guns. The viceroy took the hint an,
Immediately stationed Chinese soldier
at the gate of every foreign dwelling
and took all possible precaution t
prevent a disturbance. Nothing DC
Cured, although it was perfectly ap
: parent that the viceroy intended tina
the foreigners should be driven on
and their property destroyed
s'I believe Also said Bishop Graves
"that the presence of the Unite
States man-of-war Petrol at the cit
of WI Hui prevented a riot Their
last June ALL the plans were lai
for destroying the missions and othe
I foreign property and driving the fol
! eigners out, as was done at Chen