The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24
CONVERTS BUTCHERED
THE BRUTAL OUTRAGE UPON
THE AMERICAN MISSION
AT FOO-CHOW.
CHAPEL AND SCHOOL WRECKED

The Special Commission ers Sent to Ku-
Cheng to Investigate the Massacre of
Missionaries There are Virtually
PrisOners--VicerOy Liu, Who is Re-
spOnsible for the Cheng-Tu Riots, IS
a Member ef the Commission For-
eigners are Indignant at This.
LONDON, Aug. ga special dispatch
received here from Shang Hal says that
many Chinese converts were butchered
when the American mission outside Foo
Chow was attacked and the chapel and
school were wrecked by an infuriated
mob, as exclusively cabled to the Asso-
ciated Press from Hong Kong early dur
ing the morning of August %.
The Inquiry a Farce.
LONDON, Aug. 23.--Special dispatch
from Shang Hal, says that the members
OF the commission which recently left
Foo Chow for Oheng Tu in order to in
vestigate the recent massacre of mission
aries there, are virtually prisoners, and
that Commander Newell, of the United
States cruiser Detroit, has gone to
Cheng-Tu to consult with Mr.. J. O. Hix-
son, the United States Consul at Foo
Chow, who is the leading member of the
commission, about the landing Of ma
rines for his protection and for the pro-
lection of the other members of the COM
mission.
VicerOy Liu's Appointment.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Aug. 23.-It is
said at the State Department that if the
report is true, that Viceroy Liu has been
appointed to investigate the Cheng-Tu
riots, thea the foreigners have good
cause for complaint. If the report be
true, it is probable both the British AID
American governments will protest.
Viceroy Liu was governor of the Prov
ince in which OheDg Tu is situated, and
he was said to have en- guilty of gross
negligence, which, by some persons, was
regarded as amounting to completely in
the Chinese riots of last June. There
are a great many men in China named
Liu, and it is thought possible that there
has been confusion of names.
Foreigners are Indignant.
LONDON, Aug. 23.-A dispatch from
Shang Hal published in the Pail Mall
Gazette this afternoon, says that the ut
most dissatisfaction and indignation pre-
walls among the members of the foreign
colony at the appointment of the form
erly degraded Viceroy Liu who is regard
ed as being the originator of the Oheng-
Tu riots to investigate the recent out
RACES and the cause thereof.
Strong Fleet in Asiatic Waters.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 23-It is
said here that Ku Cheng is meant where
ever Cheng-Tu is used in the London
dispatch, as Cheng-Tu is the scene of
the June riots and is 1,400 miles from
Foo Chow Naval officials, though with
out information themselves, are inclined
to discredit the information in the dis
patch.
Acting Secretary McAdoo said 1t was
observed that dispatches of this charac-
ter came by way of London, while
another high officer said that there was
an evident intention on the part of Great
Britain in the whole Ku- Cheng affair to
get the United States government top pull
chestnuts out of the fire, and pointed TO
the fact that there did not seem to be
any anxiety on the part of Great Britain
force an explanation. The Navy De-
partment thought that if Commander
Newell had gone on any such mission
the department would have been noti-
fed. 1t was also said that marines are
scarcely ever landed at the request of the
Consul, specially when there is Minis
ter in the country.
However, should there be trouble of
the kind indicated, the United States
has strong force in Asiatic waters. We
have seven ships there, some Of them
good cruisers, of.our feet including the
Baltimore (fagship), the Charleston,
Detroit, Yorktown, Machias, Monocacy
and Concord. The last named four are
not very formidable though good fighting
ships. The new cruiser Olympia will
leave for the Asiatic station in very
short time, as she is now being coaled at
San Francisco.