The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-09

Petrol. on her voyage M the Sanzfse-
tiang river. assisted materially IN mr. =.
.as,.s,.o r,ssr4 There has been received AZ
49, s.gts ss.sY.artnporf a report from Con-
.,,I General Jernizsn, IN which ne queues
Seer, the French fathers AZ Wufu. say
gy,r ina. the arrival OF the Petrol al Nohu
Was f,rn-sdenfiat. saving many nfes ah'
,,rrueofsar prtscfpeted trouble. Brfiisn
Consul Ford confirms the report. ana says
faa. had IL net been for the american
eunboat the foreigners at Wunu wousa
have suffered I'm the riots. The Petrei is
the only vessel OF the AEiafie squadron
which can GO up the river any CONSIDER
.r,Ie distance. the others being OF 100
Great draft. The Petrol on her last yoy-
arc vreat 10 Hankow. go miles aboVe
Shanghai. This would not bring fns YES
sci tn the immediate scene OF the Disturb.
ances. bat IL is believed that II a Vessei
were gent UP the river IL would nave
uuleflnf effect on the rioters
Acting Secretary NcAdoo today sent Tor
,ha llst Of vessels In the Asiatic station.
with their positions. and VIII consloeT
moving them so as 70 better protect Amer
scar fr,tercrtp The Detroit II at Eansbalt.
the mouth of the Yangtsekisng river. out
n would be useless for her 10 attempt 70
ascend the river. The Petrol the iigh,est
OF the feet. Is at Yokohama, a long ais-
lance away.
There yv no disposition 20 interfere with
Admiral CARPENTERS management OF ms
sauadron unless the state department.
should ask for a vessel but II II Is thought
NJ she navy Department that II VIII De
well to have the Petrol on the chinese
coast. Admiral Carpenter may De so ao-
vised.
AT the Chinese legation the statement
Is reiterated that the Central government
win do everything I'm fits power 10 sup
r,ress the Chinese outbreaks and punish
the offenders. The latest Shanghai dis-
patches. giving alarming reports OF out
breaks in naw quarters. were SHOWN 70
the legation officials. but no additional IN
formation could he given h. them beyond
locating the scenes of trouble aDc ex-
planning the classes involved. The places
mentioned arc easily accessible. and are
near the large cities OF Annoy and shang-
hal. n will be much easier TO reach them
than the inaccessible places where the
first uprising occurred.
II Is said that military forces VIII not
be sent from Picking or other large cities.
as there are garrisons near at hand, under
the direction OF thexeovernor general OF
the province. There IS Geographic COM
nunication between Picking and these
provinces. so that there need be no delay
I'm putting into effect such strong military
policy as China may adopt.
The yegetarians. who arc causing the
outbreaks. are a secret political order.
They claim TO he n religious sect, but In
reality they stand 90 China the nihii-
lists do to Russia. They have long been
seeking to overthrow tho Pekins govern
rnent, and II Is the belief that their main
PURPOSE at present IS not directed against
the rhrlatiana but is intended to esnhroil
the government with foreign countries
and thus lead 10 the embarrassment and
possible overthrow of the present Picking
authorities. For this reason IL is believed
that the central government win use all
its resources to suppress the vegesarians.
not only n response 10 the foreign de-
mand. but as "a measure of sclf-protec-
ton. The yeRetarians get their name
from the fact that they live wholly on
vegetables. denying themselves all flesh
food. They are mainly Buddhists, for the
central government allows Buddhism,
Confucianism and one other religion to
flourish. and there is no clear line OF de-
narration between them.
Shanghai. Aug. S.-Fanatical outbreaks
against Christians have occurred al
Chingehow. a seaport of the province OF
Fokien. and at Hupat. province of Taip-
Ing. and at Anhui. These outbreaks. Ii is
added. are not merely the work of the
Nogetarians, but are said TO be organized
and carried out by Chinese officials. The
extent of the damage is not yet known.
but tho foreigners are reported 10 have es-
capped. Owing 10 the unsettled state of
the province. 90 Sikhs. reliable British In
dian troops from Hoagkong. viii escort the
British consul from Foochow to Kucheng,
where the consul will conduct an inquiry
into the recent outrages. Further outraEes
are inevitable unless Great Britain takes
swift and deadly vengeance.
London. Aug. Safeguarding the dispatch
from Hongkong announcing that the Brit
ish and American missions at Fotchan,
near Canton. were attacked yesterday by
large. excited mob which demolished the
hospital and CAUSED some OF the mission
aries TO fee to Shamene. IL is stated that
the Wesleyan mission has one of the most
important medical missions I'm China M
Totchan. The hospital and station are I'M
der the charge of Or. wsnyon. who has
just arrived here after a periious overland
journey. during which he was arrested in
Armenia rs spy. The rest Of the mission
Etaf az the Wesleyan mission AT Fotchan
are Chinese. They were attacked n few
years ago, upon which occasion a mission
arv was Killed
w w. Rockhili. third assistant secretary
of state Of the United States. one OF the
delegates to the recent international geo
graphical congress. who returns 10 New
York on Saturday next. said today that he
Thought it was a great mistake for the
MISSIONARIES TO nave returned so soon 90
the outlying stations after the close of the
war. especially MS they had been warned
or the danger. RockhilI thought that tho
Vcgetartans must he the North China So
ciety known as the Tsali. who are not an
much vegeiarians as abstainers and non
smokers Theirs IL neither a political nor
m anti-forelgn society. and. according 70
Mr.. Rockhiil number of the servants q,
tho United states minister at Picking are
members OF IT,
The Times Berlin carreSnondept save
that the kolnische Zeihins publishes a
dispatch which the foreign Office has re-
eeived from Foochow. 70 the effect that
no Germans persisted IN the outrares a,
kucheng. and that no fear is entertained
for the lives Of Germans
MI the papers today have editorials urr.-
ing the necessity OF energetic acf5o, 4,
China 60 protect Europeans.
Shanghai. Aug. s-1ireat anger "a ,o,,
herr at the omission 20 send British troor.
from Hougkong 20 escort the consul =,
kucheng. The ministers at Pckins- favn,
20 realize tho gravity Of the situation -
Is highly advisable that British troops go
TO foochow ~
Jackson Miss. Aug. s-Bishon Gallo
way. or this city, yesterday received ,bo
fo'lowing cabiceram from Revs prs par-
ksr and Reid. at Shanghai. China. .Ito,-
rihie massacre; more danger. move wash.
ington city