The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-19

San Francisco, Sept, ls.-The attitude
Of tho emperor of China in relation to
the recent outbreaks against mission,
aries is shown In an edic! recently issued
by the emperor which is published in a
local paper. The emperor says:
"siDce tho opening Of International
commerce with western countries, for.
eigners have always resided in tho in,
land districts at peace and harmony
with their native neiShbors, and we, in
our imperial love for both nRIivOA and
foreigners alike, have timO and again
commended our high provincial authorl.
ties to pay extra heed constantly to pro.
tect the latter from harm. Judge Of our
extreme Indignation, lhou. upon hear.
ing recently, first OF tho riots in the
capital oil SEechuen, where chapela have
been destroyed aud burned down by
the rioters, thereby tanning tho flames
| OF destruction far and wide, in so much
that u number OF .preieCsHSes and
sub.distriCls simultaneously followed
the footsteps OF Chsng IN, aud now to
receive news from Flu KEN reporting
that evil characters have murdered and
| wounded very large number OF for
eigners ut Ku lion, going so far in their
ruthless ierocitY as to murder oven
women and infants.
with reference to the SEechueu riots,
q number oil rioters have already been
arrested aud will undergo trial, but the
chiefs and heads OF the Flu KEN muir
derers arc still at large and We com.
manded Pien Pao Chuau and Chin Hu
Tartar generals OF Foo Chow TO sot to
work without delay at the head Of the
military and district officials, aud
speedily arrest theab wicked characters,
nor shall any be allowed to escape the
meshes Of the law.
Indeed itisths manifest duty oithslo-
cal mandarinI throughout the empiro 10
be always on the alert and prevent such
worthless characters from manufacture
ing scurriloua tales aud exciting the
populace; they should crush all Incl.
pient risnRs at tho slightest sign. What
sort Of trivolity and indifference 10 duty
is this then that has been done about
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would also therefore command tue var.
ious Tartar generals, viceroyS and gov.
ernors oil the empire TO impress upon
all their subordinateS the necessity OF
granting thorough protection to all the
chapels, etc, IN their districts. They
are also TO isIue proclAmaiions exhort-
ing tho people 10 abstain from liItenng
to scurrilous tales, which excits un.
founded suspicious in the breasts OF all.
II there DO any who shall care 10 raise
disturbances in tho future, they shall
b0 at once punished with the utmost
severity Of the law, and such local oil.
! GERS MS may use any subtcriugO aud
craft TO avoid their duties, they are to
be most severely punished, and no
clemency shall DO exercised in their
cases. Lot these commands DO known
to all within the empire"
Little value Is attached by foreigners
to this edic,. It is now we'll under.
stood that the ordors OF the emperor Of
China have virtually no force outside
the walls Of Peking. On several prOvi.
Gus occasions edicts. even more totcibIy
worded, have omanated from tho
throne, but foreign property and Tor.
eign lives remain as insecure as ever In
the interior OF China.
It is generally believed that the nc.
ton oil the British government has
fallen far short OF tho requirements Of
the occasion. Instead OF dispatchinR a
consul to investigate the circumstances
connected with the Ku ChenR atrocities,
tho task should have been entrusted
to secretary oil legation, and instead OF
a Chinese escort commissioner should
be accompanied by $40 red coats and
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