The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-08-10

the Matter.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-Minister DENLY
has been instructed by Acting Secretary
Adee to secure protection for American
citizens at Pan Yang, China, place
about forty miles from Foo Chow, where
the American mission is reported to have
been looted by the Chinese.
The statement of Miss Mabel Hartford,
one of the American missionaries at
Hwan Sang, regarding the outrages there
on the lst inst, is regarded by the ofh-
Gals at the State department as fully
vindicating their confidence in Minister
Denby's promptness and efficiency, de-
spite the criticisms that have been made
against him. Saturday, the Sd inst, the
second day after the assault was com
lnitted, according to her statement, the
relief party met them next day en- route
to the scene of the trouble. 1t was
pointed out, owing to the meager means
of communication existing, that the
province has equally poor facilities lOr
transporting relief parties. That the re-
lief party did so we'll is surprising.
Appeals for the protection OF merlcan
missionaries I'D Cillila nave De0u COMING
into the State Department shlS morning
by telegraph and mail from officers Of the
religious organizations which have mis-
sionarY stations in that country. Some
OF them alleged that Minister Denby Is
rot doing his duty. and Indicate q state
of feeling that might naturally be caused
bv the press dispatches concerning the
outrages, but is hardly consistent with
the efforts which the department, Mr..
Denby and Admiral Carpenter are MAX
ing to secure adequate protection for ali
Americans in China. The few dispatches
received at the department from United
States Consuls i'll China have been acted
upon promptly. Mr.. Den5y has been
Cabled all the Information contained III
these, together with instructions To use
his best efforts to secure protection for
American clliI9ns, ana prevent any rep
etition Of the attack upon missionaries.
J. Courtney HiXon. the United states
Consul at Foo CDOW, has informed the
State Department that another mission
chapel at Pang Yang has been looted,
and directions have been cabled to MIR.
Denby TO take cOgnizance OF the matter.
This is believed TO have been the place
given in the dispatches IS Plnghok. 1t
would be of value to the stale Depart
ment if all the American missionary so
cieties having missions in China would
speedily furnish the location and descrlp-
list Of the Am mericans attached 10 them.
Acting Secretary Adee received from
United States Consul-General ernlgan at
Shanghai q dispatch dated July 18th, in
closing four letters received by him from
missionaries, giving III great detail ac-
counts OF the events in China leading up
10 the riots against the missionaries at
Cheng Tu, in the province OF Szechuen.
one of these, from Spencer Lanir, very
comprehensive in scope, dated Chung
King, China, says that the west China
mission OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church is the only American mission
represented i'll Cheng Tu. The Americans
there were Rev. Olin Cady ana wife, II.
L. Cartwright. NJ. d., and Rev. j. Peat,
wife and two children. This mission
owns a fine property, and is well equip
ped. Mr. Lanir says that substantially
ali the fittings and fixtures have been de-
stroyed.
Tie American Baptist missionary
Union had stations i'll sui Fu, haitlng
and Yacheo. The missions and personal
property at kaiting and acheo are prob
ably all lost, but full reports are still
lacking. at sui tu the Americans owned
a great deal OF property, but not much
damage was dono to il.
Mr.. Lanir describes the various attacks
made on the missions at Cheng Tu, the
particulars OF which have been published.
In the attack on the promises Of the Ca
madam Methodist mission the two per-
sons in charge OF the hospital escaped,
but the building WIS looted and burned.
The officials would give no assistance,
On the evening of May 2SIh the members
of the American Methodist mission
sought refuge in the District Magistrates
yanen, but were refused, and told they
would be protected II they returned home.
RELYING on these promises, they were en-
tirey unprepared for the mob which soon
visited them. At day5reak next day the
attack was renewed ana became general
throughout the day, extending to the
Catholic mission in The afternoon.
Some OF the 10000 soldiers in the prov
ince assisted in the looting, and dug up
number OF bones which they took TO the
District Iamen. representing them 10 be
the bones Of babies which the foreigners
had eaten. The Niceroy, says Mr.. Lanir,
and consequently ali lower officials. were
simultaneously suffering from severe
attack OF indisposition. he makes
serious charges AGAINST the Nlceroy, Cheo
TaOti claiming that as he had been de-
graded and was soon TO be recalled, he
WAS bent on giving parting hit, ooth at
the foreigners, whom he hated, ana Inc
Government. When the flames burst
forth from the Catholic Bishops resi-
dence. scarcely stones throw from the
VicerOy's Yamen, the Niceroy remarked,
according to the writer, that thlS was u
matter for his successor to attend to, ana
he states that only after everything was
quite DESTROYED did the Viceroy make an
effort to restore order, in the meantime
having sent out kilograms that mu-
iilated child had been found at foreign
place, with the result that nearly All the
natives believed the story.
Mr.. Lanir scores the Niceroy severely,
and demands the punishment OF hostile
officials. He incloses copies OF the III
fam mmatory placaris that were p sted
everywhere, charging that the foreigners
werel kldnsplng children and using OH
from their bodies.
A letter from DIR. Canwripht confirms
Mr.. Lanir's statement
George w. Hill of the American Bap-
tist Missionary Union at Yachan tells OF
the flight of himself and party from that
place. and of an attempt to mob them
while proceeding down river in boat.
He WAS unable at the time the letter was
written to say whether or not the Bap-
tist mission property at Iachan had been
destroyed, but he learned before leaving
there that all the stations on the Cheng
Tu and Yachan roads, Catholic and Pro-
:estant. had been looted, and there had
also been riots at Hung Va, Sui Flu, Ii
Chuang and other places where the mis-
sionaries were attacked. Mr.. Hill praises
the actions of the Chinese officials for
projecting them at 1achan.
SITUATION VERY ALARMING.
MASON CITY (Iowa). Aug. 9.-Bishop
Thornburn, the Missionary Bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, was inter-
viewed last night relative to the massacre
of the Christians in China, and, knowing
oil obOut the conditions there, he pro-