New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-06
THE MASSACRE AT WHASANG
,p1rIsH AND AMERICAN CONsULs TO SEE
THE vICEROY.
CHINESE TROOPS SENT TO THE SCENE OF THE
r,-rcHERy OF THE MIssIoNARlEs-A SECT
CALLED THE VEGETARIAN So
CIETY HELD RESPONSIBLE

CIETY HELD RESPONSIBLE
London Aug. 5.-"The Globe" publishes a dis
..,ch from Hong Kong saying that the mas
s.cre al Whasang. near Kucheng began early
an Thursday The mob set fire TO the house OF
.hs missionaries and killed eight women one
chl,d and the husband Of one Of the women
several Christians were y ounded. two of them
rrobsbly fatally. The bodies of those who were
ruled are expected to arrive at Foo-Chow to-
morrow. Chinese troops have been dispatched to
the scene Of the massacre. The British and
American Consuls will interview the Viceroy of
,se province in regard to the outrage. All the
,,relgners who were killed were British. the
americans escaping. The members of the at
,,rking party belonged to a Chinese sect called
,.s Vegetarian Society. The outrage was en-
t,ey unprovoked.
arhe Daily Telegraph will print to-mor-
nv dispatch from Shanghai saying that
~ Rev. H. S. Phillips. of the English
much Missionary Society. witnessed the atroci-
sss at Whasang. but was poweress to do any
hing 10 prevent them. The Chinese Magistrate.
me dispatch also says. waited until the foreign
,rs were murdered had fed before he ap-
,sared The rioters. who numbered fifty.
led by a man carrying red flag. 1t seems that
fhe massacre was carefully planned There
about a thousand soldiers stationed al Kucheng.
and they could have stopped the riot had the
oHcials chosen TO order them TO do
The same dispatch states that the American
mission at Shashi, near Hankow. on the Yang
tse-Kiang River has been destroyed and its
former occupants are fugitives. The American
Consul here has advised the missionaries in other
parts Of the country to retire.
meeting Of the foreign residents of Shanghai
hel aft
der the auspices of the China Association. For
sjgners were urged to appeal direct to the Gov
rnments of their various countries to secure rep
,ration for the many outrages committed in the
Chinese Empire, especially for that at Whasang.
Some Of the speakers at this meeting declared
that no confidence TO be placed in the diplo-
matte representatives at Pekn The American
residents desire the appointment Of commits
sion 70 inquire into the outrages in Szechuen and
other inland provinces. apart from the British
commission. TO be under the control OF the Amer
lean Consul. Jernigan and Mr. O'Connor. the
British Minister has given his assent TO the
nronosition Th, existing commission is COM
posed of British Consul Tratman. Of Chang
Kung one missionary. the native prefect at
Chengtu the provincial treasurer and the Pro-
vincia Judge. All of the latter are regarded as
having been implicated in the attacks upon for
eigners.
E c. MacArtney. Secretary to the Admiralty,
IN an interview to-day. said that meagre tele-
gram had been received at the Admiralty once
announcing the massacre al Whasang, near ku-
cheng. The Chinese Government. the dispatch
also said. had ifsued imperative orders TO the
provincial authorities to search out and punish
the persons guilty of the outrage. The Govern
ment deplores the event. which Is most unfortu-
nate for China.
Boston. Aug. 5-Word has been received AT 'he
office of "Zion's Herald" that the Methodist mis-
sionaries at Kucheng. China. are safe Ihis
means that DR.. Gregory and Miss Hartford, OF
Dover. ~ H. who were reported IN Sund~ 5
cables 10 have been either massacred or lhJuteu'
escaped either fate.
Dover. y. H.. Aug. 5.-Mabei c. Hartford VINO
Is said TO have been badly injured In the
massacre at Kucheng China. was brought up III
Dover Her father and mother are dead. She
is about thirty-hve years old. For six years she
was a teacher In the Yale primary schooi mere
and then went to China as a missionary Hhe
was sent by the st. Johns Methodist Episcopal
Church Foreign Missionary Society ana mas
been in China eight years