The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-08-08

WARRINGTON, ". ", August s--Mln'
i,.or Yang Yu, OF China, and his Gocre.
tariOs, MsssrL Hoo aud Chang, have rO.
turned to Washington to take any
action that may be requisite in connsc.
ton with the reported masSacreS Of
missionaries aud the destruction OF
American aud English missionary
prOparsy In China The period OF their
vacation at the Watering places was
about over, but the shocking character
OF the reports and the official action
likely to bs taken by the pOWerS doubt.
less expedited their return.
Mr. Yang Yu follows his usual policy
Of declining to discuss publicly a sub
leo. which may involve diplomatic
questions. Yet, in view OF the wide
publicity given to ths reports OF mNssa.
cres the minister authorized the AsSO.
eiated PrsSs through his official intsr-
prefers, TO express his profound regret
at the reports. Thus far there il mea.
gsruaIs OF official information, aud the
miuiller hopes that thelarger aud fuller
reports will modify the severity ot the
unofficial reports which hAvs come to
the preSL Il 10 the feeling among the
Chinese officials here that tho sOcrOtso.
ciettes OF Southern China ara at the bot.
tom OF the present troublO. The
:,nttal government at Pekin 10
seiI to DO ready and anxious to
keep theso societies in check,
but the difficulty in dealing with
them, owing TO their remoteness from
the ceuters OF government. Should It
be established, az the REPORTS indicate.
that auy officials have confined at ths
uprising, they will be dealt with very
severely. The government holds these
officials strictly accountable for order,
and on q previous upriGIng the officials
were degraded, although they had no
direct participation In the trouble. In
the present case the government may
call for more severe treatment, and It Is
said that responsible persons will bo
made to Sufer. II 10 pointed out, how.
ever, that mob uprlstnEs are liable to
occur in any country, aud that so far as
China is concerned tho central govern
ment will earnestly exert all its ro.
sources to suppress aad puuiSh mob de-
Itruelion.
The United States anticipated Great
Britain in taking the most energetic
steps for the protection OF the American
missionaries In China. The injustice OF
the criticisms that have been uttered Ia
some quarters upon the alleged lndiier.
ence OF United States Minister Denby IL
fully shown by mail dispatch that mas
just come 10 tho state department from
the minister. It is dated towards tho
close Of June and shows that Mr. Denby
had made sweeping and psromptory
demand upon the Chinese government,
similar 10 that made Yesterday by tho
British minister at Peking. for ths full
est protection for all Americans living
IN China; for redreW for the depredA'
tons committed upon their property
hnt persons, and finally for the capital
punishment Of the perpetrators. Just
what answer was returned by the Chit
n0'e government is not known, as 1t
has no. yet reached the state depart.
ment, but II Is a TACT that 10 far rs tho
department il informed. ia all ot tho
recent ou,ragoS committed upon the
missionaries in China, not one Amer.
lean was killed or injured, and Whilo
soms American mission property was
ds'tFoyod, it will doubtless DO promptly
paid for.
Mr.. Donby has usod all Of his powers
ofpersuasion to induce tho American
lni''ionarios to at lOast temporarily
leave their expoiOd positions and come
to the treaty ports whore they may DO
under the guns Of tho SarIhips. HH
has succeeded in this in some degree,
although in cases II has been found dim
cult or impossible to induco tho mis-
sioaaries to abaLe their religious zeal so
fsta' e SEQ protection and order is 70.
stored in China.