The evening world., 1895-09-30
v|CER0y L|U FALLS
China Yields to England and
Degrades Him.
THE CRISIS IS AVOIDED.
swercd from PekinR-Investi-
gallon TO t;O On.

LONDON. Sept. 3O.--The officials Of
tn" Foreign Oiiice this afternoon.
answering questions on the sub
j"ct, stated that "A decree had
already been published in the Pekin
official gazette. ordering the Niceroy Of
Sz"chu"n to he stripped of his rank
for fnling to protect the missionaries
in his district and. as u warming to
others. IT is further directed that he
shall not he again permitted to take
office
The deere" also denounced the offend
Ing officials subordinatos for failing to
take proper action In the emergency.
A special despatch from Shanghai
says that Admiral Butler with fourteen
ships belonging to the British fleet IN
Chinese waters VIII proceed on
Wednesday next to Nanhlu and pre-
sent the Viceroy of th"t rla"" with
important dispatches. II" d"aputCh
n IDS that 1t Is und rst ool that n the
NicerOv falls to comply %ith the terms
demanded by Great Britain serious re-
suits will ensuc.
The British ultimatun was Is.iuad on
SATURDAY,. and provided that within
fourteen DAYS from Sept. % an edIrt
must be issued degrading the Niceroy
of the Province of Szechuen. otherwise
the British Admiral III command OF the
China Squadron, was to have been
called upon to act.
A despatch from Shanghai on Sunday
added that failing tn" entire compl-
ance OF the Ce ltral Government Of
China with the British demands a fleet
OF fourteen warships would make a
demonstration befo"" Nunkin next
Tuesday or Wednesday,, aud II was also
said that the wife. family and Treas
urcr OF the Nlccr)y of Nankin had been
taken to Shanghai for safety, and that
rich Chinese merchants were going
there for shelter on every side.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 30. - Minister
DENLY Cahled the S'ate Department
from Pekin to-day az follows:
Imperial decree issued. Abstract.
responsibility foi Szechuan riots rests
with officials. Niceroy l.iu careless.
took no notice OF the beginning of the
b. employed. Other officials to be pun
ished"
This would seem to indicate that the
crisis impending In China, involving
naval demonstration 10y the british
forces, has been avertcd Tor II time at
least by compliance with the principal
demands OF the British
1t cannot be learned. however. uarth-
er the decree comedies all OF the de-
mands made. and the cablegram makes
no reference to the sweeping condition
imposed by the British Minister that
tn" guilty officials be pun shed by sus-
pension for thre. years OF all promo
tiuns and appointments In the ciyil ser
vice in the Province of S2echuan.
Niccruy Liu. whose fall is announced,
has been In trouble before. 1t Is un-
derstood that he was found guilty last
November OF Misrepresentation of funds.
and later on because French investiBa-
ton showed that he WAS responsible
for the thcngTu riots, he was Obliged
to pay an Indemnity OF $s00,OO0 to the
French catholic missions from his own
pocket.
. The present conclusion, which has been
brought about apparently by British
threats, viii not involve the abandon
ment OF the Independent inNestiHation
into the ChongTu riots which has been
ordered by Secretary Olney.
There has been change in the per-
sonncl of the commission and Com
mandcr Barber. the Naval Attache. who
has fallen IN. has been relieved from
duty as Commissioner by Lieutenant
Commander John p. Merrill. executive
officer of tho United States steamship
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