The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-06
WANT NO CHRISTIANS.
Chinese Papers Reach Here De-
scribing the Riots.
MISSIONARIES HAD. TO FLEE.

ne Protection Afforded to the Mis-
siOnarIes by the Chinese Govern
EmenC-Omc1aIs said to Have Enstiga-
ted the Riots.
Rev. R L McNabb. of this city, re-
turned missionary from China of the
Methodist Episcopal church, has just
received the latest Chinese papers giving
an account of the riots in the province
of Szechuan. Mr.. McNabb says these
are the most serious calamities of the
kind which have befallen the mission
aries for years and he gives the facts in
regard to the pillaging of the
missions taken from the Chinese
Recorder. The Recorder says that
the Szechuen -four streams) province
where the riots took place is situated in
the extreme western part of China
proper. being bounded on the west by
Thibet. It is the largest province in
China and has a population of about
seventy millions-5, 100000 more than the
United States.
The facts CLEANED from all the workers
of the Baptist. Anglican, Canadian
Methodist, Methodist Episcopal and
China Inland missions have been driven
from the province and the property of
these missions entirely destroyed but no
missionaries have been killed and in this
respect were more serious than this ''but
nothing approaching the gravity of the
present situation has yet taken place"
Rev. J. Endicott who was the
first missionary to reach Shanghai
from Chen-Tu after the riot gives
the following account. The riot
broke out on the afternoon of May %, on
the property of the Canadian Methodist
fho
building first attacked were Drs Kill
born and Stevenson, with their wives and
children.
Immediately word was sent to the
Yamen (the viceroy's house and COURT
for help, but before help came the doors
were broken in on the residence side of
She property. Through the firing of
guns into the air the mob was frightened
and ran. The officials came with twenty
runners, but after few minutes went
away, whereupon the mob came with re-
doubled fury.
Seeing the violence of the mob, and
the inertness-to use the mildest express
sion-of the officers, the missionaries,
with their wives and children, pushed
through the open door and the outside
mob, who, taken by surprise, gave way
TO them. Soon, however, cries of "Kill
the foreigners" was raised, but no harm
Was uOues lie u00lES IulSS1OndIl06 W OF q
repulsed from several houses, driven
away with blows and curses from the
military barracks, (only a hundred yards
from the scene of the riot.) where the
soldiers are armed with modern rifles
The refugees mounted the (city) wall.
from which they saw their property going
up in flames, and passing round the walls
reached the west parade ground about
midnight. From here g message was
pal mission, who sent (sedan) chairs to
take them to the China Inland mission.
Next morning the riot commenced in
the adjoining portion of the Canadian
Methodist mission property. occupied by
G. E. Hartwell and family. He had just
time to send his wife and children to the
ladies' home when the mob broke in, and
jumped the wall yard fence) to neigh
boris house, where he stayed all the day
and until night, when he escaped to the
yamen.
At s o'clock the mob reached the
ladies' house, when the two ladies and
Mrs Hartwell and children had to jump
the wall (fence) and escape to the
Chinese Inland mission. Then the mob
came to the Chinese Inland mission,
from which several parties had left for
the yamen earlier in the day.
But there were still there number of
refugees, who jumped the wall. and,
after large gifts of silver, persuaded
neighbors to allow them to hide in their
houses. By night, when every Protestant
place was destroyed, all had reached the
yamen. The Roman Catholic property
was destroyed. and the priests, refusing
to leave Chen-Tu, were put in prison.
After the American Methodist mission
aries, in the middle of the night, had
sent chairs to relieve the Canadian mis-
fboTy tn ho nd cd
to be taken in and their property pro-
tected. The viceroy refused to admit
them, but promised to protect their prop
erty, which he did not do The property
was destroyed and the American mis-
sionaries fed.
The officials were doubtless the insti-
gators of the trouble. And if a money
indemnity is demanded it will be a rich
harvestssfor them. They no doubt expec ted
that if the property was destroyed foreign
governments would demand money in
demnity; aud the emperor would require
them to raise this indemnity and much
more out of the Chinese who were friend
ly TO the missionaries Qeaving the rioters
GO free.) They could keep the surplus
of the money thus raised aud make
themselves rich and at the same time in
hict a second blow upon the Christian
missions by forcing the money ont of
those whom the missionaries expect to
live among and help.
Boston and Return.
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