The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-25
THE RIOTS IN CHINA.
melted by the Deposed Viceroy
of Szechuan.
CHURCH PROPERTY AL BURNED.
From chsngta the Disorder Spread 70
Neighborinz Cities -indiGnities
Offered to White Women.

on July l. at which II was dsciae1 THAT
COMMITTEES OF five DC appointed 20 asesr al.
nil the facts pertaining 20 fne Feeea.
Ezechuan outrages. draft a preamble aad
SET OF resolutions. and that the same DC
submitted 10 = future meeting. me 60
operation Of all American CITIZENS was
also requested
Following IL a recital OF some OF she
particulars OF the oufragss ~ aues.o- a
from the pen Of tho ChEDgking CORE
es3oudent OF the North China Daily News
writing on june .. On the 18th OF MAY
riot occurred al the premises OF TIE IAba
0ian Methodist mission, their nospftai,
.iSpsnsary ard chapel being looted ana
tasrred Although the mob were kept a.
fsy for an hour or two, and alfnoazn tns
~.nan were near and the sol6ierg bar
racks were about five minutes walk
away no attention vas paid 30 the re-
quests for assistance. After resting TOT
me night the mob began next oay, anu
when ffe day was ended nothing remain
<d Of the eleven places CT worship OF the
Frotestaua ard Roman Catholic missions.
In every case the officials made mere
prsfsnse of protection, or fatty refused H.
All took their cue from the y.ceroy. VINO
lad been degraded and seemed 10 think
nothing worse could befali him. His nos
siilty 20 foreigners has been notorious Tor
several years. and he seems 10 nave IN
tended 10 give a parting hit as ne was
were bursting out OF the premises OF the
Roman Cat holic mission. stones throw
away. ne lifted not finger TO help, mere
~ remar kfng that this vas a calamity for
his successors 10 attend TO. There II
snsss of narrowing details which | can
not stop 10 give, No doubt you VIII nave
heard them more fully from some one al
or near the scene Of trouble. Ladies with
their little ones climbed over back walls
and hid for hours in the dirtlest holes.
There were cases where ransoms were
paid BY both foreigners and native Chfs-
risns There were cases OF flight from
one mission TO another. only 10 be moebed
ard compelled to fee again. The mem
hers of the American Methodist Eplsco-
pal mission climbed b. ladder over
wall to a neighbours and remained twelve
hours in dirty little loft. watching at
distance of six feet the destruction OF
their property. Some of the Canadian
Methodist missionaries who sought pro-
lection at the soldiers barracks were
driven out. one of the ladies with her
little ones being kicked by the brutal sol
dlers. At length all took refuge al the
yamen of the district magistrate. This
is now the twelfth day aud they are
still there, without so much as change
OF clothing. There are nearly scvre OF
them. men and women, and large mum
Der OF small children. We do not know
certainly about the Roman Catholics.
In the meantime the contagion Is
daily spreading Yesterday we learned
that kiatiEgfu and Yachoufu had met
the same fate as chengtu. Yachou is
about 100 miles .,est Of kiating. The re-
port Is that the missionaries there have
been beaten Some OF the klating mis-
sionaries took refuge In the yamsn and
some got away on boats and have arrived
at chuneking As AZ Chengtu. so al
assistance untn the mob had done It's
work The presence of students for the
EXAMINATIONS furnished unlimited mate
rial for a mob. The Kiating riot occurred
on June T. just 4 week after the work be-
gan az Chengtu. The Yachou rot was
earlier than the Kiating one. but We have
no particulars. Other smaller cities have
met the same fate. and the list Is almost
daily increasing. Much apprehension Is
felt for the missionaries OF the China In
land mission. scattered In several sta
lions ever Chengtu plain. away from
water and telegraphie communication.
Wher the Rafting refugees passed
suishou they found most OF ;he mis-
ei0naries on boats a few miles below
awaiting developments. The city had been
plaearded. but The officials were vigilan.
and patroling the streets. or course
Chungking Is not a little stirred by the
riet news from elsewhere. but the taotai
IS friendly and IL apparently doing MS
heat to keep order. It Is Impossible 10 tell
What may be the end of IL all There are
about a score of stations I'm the province
occupied by Protestant missionaries. who
number about 40 including both sexes.
The Catholics are almost everywhere,
We canno. tell when the ball set roll
ing h. the viceroy will stop. If the for
eign governments do not take stringent
measures, there may be a clean sweep
a. -. Aar.fA
ing that the emperor has ordered the
viceroy to drive out all the foreigners.
berinning at Chengtu.
The Tatung which arrived at Shanghai
on June ~ brought down Mr.. and Mrs.
1Ilil and child, Miss Bliss and Mr.. Bea-
man. Of the American Baptist Missionary
Union, Mr. Beamar having been sta
toned at kiaging and the others at va
chou. Thls latter city is situated some
where west of Chengtu. about four and
half days tourney, a similar distance
separating IL from Kissing. the latter
city being nearer Suifu. = tcwn situated
NJ the function Of the Ysngtse and MIN.
THE riotirr at Chenrtu. the capital com
rn@ncef on MAY ~ but the news dld not
reach Nachou till June ,. ard M 20 that
time everything was quiet az the latter
mace and no trouble was antietpa ted. bat
by the 7th Of the month IL became
evident tha, the rfoting would extend 10
yachou also. though the officials did ell
they could 70 prevent H. 50 on the sen
when mob collected outside the prem
i~es Of one Of the missions and tried %
break IN the gates the taotsi appeared
on the scene with his soldiers AMI arrest
81 fifteen rioters. This was az 10 O'Clock
~ night. Rv this time the news had
reached Yachou that INiatng was IN the
hands ~ the enemy. 80. seeing that II
was not rafe 10 remain at Yarhou, 80
IL f.~- vkF 4
iosf A raft had been hired FOR them ny
the tsotai. who went down 20 see them
of ga did A number 81 other officials
mi the tsetai sent twenty-five soldiers
20 escort them 90 Huugya thu next s.a-
sion. where passports had % Ne exam
fnNa and fresN escort provid - After
nerilous tourney. during which tl,e
missionaries were frequently attacked.
the PARTY safely reached IehaaE. Al
rAehuang they were attacked by mob
With sAgwsrs. knives and e'uhS. ard oniv
escaped through the courage ~ one ~
chs missionaries. who. armed with n VIA
chester. kept them on.
Mr. Reamaa had n thrilling experience
Vie wzs a. KlAtinH when the rot broke
erf On Monday pl8csr3s were nut up
stating that child was missing and that
the Foreigners had arrived With many
wtns The proclamation invited the re
vse 20 rise Ur md inquire fnte these ma
se~s ana called UNon the people "a nee
On "Wednesday. When Nr Hart found
10 could not Eet the people 81 MS prem
sseS a coile>ted ,nch netns TIRE PRECURSOR
81 riot. he aeefded 70 w7shara~ sad al
the missionaries took - their haata Trc
mob then destroyed ths property es>tEe
a.fTerent missions. ard were mt long
about II. Tbs missionaries were hsfrgegll-
e hy some 81 the natives. sho AiA tser,
tlll they coala safely get away. Mr. Bea-
NAN when waiting nesvw Sn3ss - sun
Ply sEsnln - the falNNlnnAFEeS WI mnnev