The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-07
TenetS Inimical to the Interests
of All the Incoming
Foreigners.
DAsTARDLY WORK IN THE DARK
While the Missionaries Slept the
Mob Commenced the DIaboli-
cal Attack.

LONDON, ENG, Aug. 6.-Dr. Taylor, a
missionary who has just returned to Lon
don from the district in China where the
outrages have been committed, said to-day
in an interview that all the trouble had
been caused by the secret society "Ko Lai, -
which has increased in strength enor-
mously since the war.
The society, DR.. Taylor states, was es-
tablished with the object of overturning
the dynasty. 1t threatens and maltreats
Cinnamon who are not included in Its
membership, but is especially inimical to
foreigners. The Government has been in
formed of it's practices, but has done moth
ing, partly, perhaps, because the Viceroy
of Foo Chow hates foreigners.
Foo CHOW, CHINA, Aug. 6.-The sur
vivors of the massacre at Whasang, in the
course of an interview to-day, say that the
work OF the mob had evidently been care
fully planned, and all the arrangements
for the destruction of the mission stations
and the killing or driving out OF the
foreigners were carried out with diabolical
cruelty.
The first attack was made while the
missionaries were asleep. and the charred
bodies OF some of the victims were found
in the ruins of their burned homes.
A rumor was current in the city at mid
night that further riots had occurred
nearer to Foo Chow than Kucheng The
foreign colony at Foo Chow will hold an
INDICATION meeting and prepare a protest
against the commission of the outrages
upon foreigners and demand protection by
the authorities A similar meeting will be
held tomorrow in Hongkong.
LONDON, Eng, Aug. 6.-Intelligence
has been received here from China stating
that the Government had agreed to the
| demands made by Lord Salisbury through
| Mr.. O'Connor, the British Minister. at
| Peking, and that an imperial proclama-
ton has been issued ordering the capital
| punishment of the murderers
| SHANGHAI, CHINA, Aug. 6.-The Foo
Chow correspondent of the Shanghai Mer-
curry telegraphs to-day that the position Of
the Europeans there is critical owing to
the openly expressed hostile feeling of the
natives toward them. The Chinese Off
cials declare that in the event of an out
break directed against foreigners they will
not be able to cope with the mob. The
province of Fo-Kien, in which are situated
Kucheng and Foo Chow, is in a state of
rebellion. The American mission-hou
at Fung Foo has been burned and gun
boats have been telegraphed for the pro-
lection of the foreign settlement there.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 6.-No de-
tailed information about the massacre of
missionaries in China has reached the
State Department excepting through the
press, but the several messages from Con-
sul-General Jernigan have contained suffi-
cient to warrant the State Department in
sending directions by cable to Mr.. DENLY,
our Minister at Peking, to secure protec-
tion from the Chinese Government for the
American missionaries and their property
in the places where trouble had occurred
or is imminent. The United States naval
forces in China can do nothing to protect
American citizens, because Kucheng and
other mission towns where outrages oc-
CURED are far from navigation. 1t cannot
be ascertained that Minister DENLY has
demanded indemnity for the injuries in.
fiicted on American citizens and property,
but this has probably been done.