Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-09-12
UNITED STATES ACTS.
The Government Decides to Begin
an Independent lnvesti-
CATION.

Washington, D. c., Sept. 6.-The
United States government, it is authori-
tatiyely announced at the state depart
ment has decided to enter forthwith
upon an independent investigation OF the
Cheng tn riots with the cooperation OF
4 Chinese commission.
AS at first arranged, the inquiry was to
have been made in cooperation with
England. but there has been q change
of plan within the past few days, oc-
casiOned partly by the fact that the Brit
ish consul at Chung Kung, who is to
conduct the investigation OH behalf or
his government. and to whom, with the
concurrence of an American missionary
member. it was first proposed to entrust
the preliminary investigation of the facts.
has been detained at his post and will
not be able to begin the inquiry for a
month or more.
There are also understood to be other
reasons why the state department Of the
government has decided upon an indie
pendent investigation. such as France
has already made and such as England
will make later. 1t is said at the state
department that it is not true, however,
as has been presented, that the policy OF
this government has been changed by
any feeling of dissatisfaction or resent
ment, caused by whatever apparent delay
has supervened on England,s part in
ment has other reasons which it is not
yet prepared to make public.
China Is expected to lend her support
to the American inquiry to the extent
of supplying an escort to the. persons
who will conduct it, but who have not
furnish an official who will cooperate
with the American investigator as in
the ku Cheng investigat ton. The inves-
tigation is expected to be made by some
official now on the Chinese coast. 1t
will probably take a month to reach
Cheng Tu, which is the capital of the
interior province of SEE Chuen and lies
some 1900 miles from the nearest ocean
port.
Ku Cheng Leader Arrested.
Hong Kong, Sept. G.-The leader of
the ku Cheng riots, in which a number
of English and American missionaries
were killed, has been arrested. An at
tempt was made by Chinese soldiers to
kidnap this person in the hope of secur-
for his delivery to the authorities. The
total number of arrests thus far OF
those concerned in the Ku Cheng mas
sacre is 100. Twenty-three of the num-
Der have been convicted, but up to this
time sentence has not been passed upon
any of them, the viceroy of Flu KEN
demanding the right to review the evil
uCuCc dOOuCcu dI tlC Illdl
A Missionary's Appeal.
Lexington. Ky. Sept. G.-President e.
?. Pearce of Kentucky Wesleyan college
at Winchester today received the follow
ing stirring letter from DR.. 6. +. Reid
OF Shanghai, China, citizen of the Unit
ed States and presiding elder of the
Shanghai district, Methodist church,
South:
4>l, Of
Sze-Chuen outrages, and today am send
ing you accounts of the massacre at ku
Cheng Had our minister acted promptly
and adequately in the first case, the sec
ond would probably not have occurred
and we should have been spared the spec
tacle Of eight young and consecrated
women dragged from their beds and bru-
to death and faithful servant of God
burned in his bed.
Il am sending you these accounts in
the hope that you will use them where
they will do the most good. l wish |
could put my copy in the hands of every
editor, every congressman and every
other man who has any interest in the
welfare Of the church or the honor of
his country.
eve don't seek revenge, but we do
ask for justice and the protection which
every American has right to demand
ana no clVlllZed naLlOn mas right W
withhold from it's humblest citizen.
"Foreigners in China are unanimous
in the belief that a little prompt and
vigorous action would at once put an
end to these things. We have lost all
hope of help from the legation at Pekin
and we are now appealing directly to
Washington. Will you not help us:
Unless something is speedily done we
shall have to abandon all our interior
work. which represents so many years
of toll and sacrifice.
''In our opinion the action required at
this time is the appointment of a strong
commission with such rank and authority
as will enable them to try and fix the
a few coolies will be worse than useless
We must go to the source of these trou-
bles, which is found in some of the high
est officials in the empire
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