Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-13
Copyrighted 1895 by the Associated
Press.


Press.
Tien Tsin, China, August PA
meeting of the foreign residents of this
city was held here today. 1t was de-
cided to communicate by cable the ne
cess:ty of immediate intervention in
China upon behalf of the United States
and the British government, and the fol-
lowing telegram was, according to
resolution of the meeting, addressed to
the Associated Press as an expression
OF the sentiments of the foreign resi-
dents Of Tien Tsin and as an appeal TO
the people of the United States for as
s.stance:
The foreign community Of Tien Tsin
express sympathy with the friends of the
ku-Cheng victims They consider the
Chinese officials guilty, and the Brit
ish and Americans blame the continued
apathy of their governments for the sit
uatiOn. They regard England's de-
mands for an inquiry into the Ku-Cheng
massacre TO useless, for, as before, the
officials will buy innocent heads as
substitutes for the actual criminals
They protest that the Szechuen commits
sion implicated the officials Of the prov
ince. England and America must send
an ultimaum threatening reprisals.
Diplomacy is useless. We implore
attention. DICKINSON,
Chairman"
New York August 12.-Inquiries
made at the Offices of the Hong Kong
and Shanghai banking corporation, in
this city, as to the identity of the chair
man Of the meeting which cabled the
appeal to the United States regarding
.the recent massacre in China, show that
the signer of the appeal is probably
w. w. Dickinson, chairman of the Mu-
n!cipal Council Of Tien-Tsin, and a
partner in the firm of Collins e Co.,
weil-knOwn merchants of Tien-Tsin.
Washington, d. c., August 12.-Act-
ing Secretary Adee, of the State De-
partment, said the cablegram from Tien-
TSin had not been received at the State
Department. He then furnished the
following statement to the press:
"The State Department has received
a reply from Minister DENLY to the in
sructions cabled him on the 7th inst,
relative TO the reported looting of Amer
lean missionary property at Yung Fuh,
near Foo Chow. Mr.. DENLY urgently
represented the facts to the Yamen on
the 10th and obtained instant promise
OF protection and redress Yung Fuh
is believed by the officers of the State
Department to be the same as Sung
Fuh, and Indhok, mentioned in the
press kilograms, the variations in the
names being doubtless due to erroneous
transmission over the Trans-Siberian
cable, in the course of which many
transcriptions and repetitions are ne
cessary.
To show that the Navy Department
was doing all that it possibly could to
cooperate with the State Department
and to place the American warships in
China waters where they would be
available for the protection of Ameri-
can interests, Mr.. McAdoO dictated the
following:
The Navy Department received this
morning from Admirable Carpenter
cablegram announcing that he had dis
patched the Detroit to Foo Chow. which
is the nearest point for that vessel to
reach the scene of he recent disturb
anCes. A cable was received this morn
ing from Capt Newell, commanding
the Detroit. announcing his arrival at
Pagoda, which is anchorage about nine
miles below the city of Foo Chow. An
other was received from Admirable
Carpenter announcing his departure
from NagasaN for Che Foo. China. Che
Foo is the nearest and best port for
communication with the American min
lister at Pelin. The department has to-
day cabled Admirable Carpenter re-
garding matters in China and advising
him to keep in close and constant COM
munication with Minister DENLY
A high official of the navy said to-
day that it would not be right for the
UnitedStates war vessels to begin bonn
harding Chinese towns and killing
Chinese people who are entirely inno-
cent. because these riots have taken
place in the interior; and especially
when the Chinese government has al|
ready assured our minister that every
thing possible is being done to prevent
further trouble and to bring the offend
ers to justice.