The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-17
CHINESE REFUSE TO ACT.
The State Department Has Not Yet Heard
Oniciaiiy of the Latest fhase "i
the situaiion-The Negetarians'

FOO CHOW, Sept. l6.-1n consequence
Of the attituDe Of obstruction assumed
by the Chinese officials toward the pro-
gress Of the inquiry INTO the recent out
RACES at Ku-Cheng, and their refusal 10
carry out the sentences imposed by the
Examining court upon the ringleaders
in the attacks upon the Christian mis-
niOns at that place, two gun-boats have
been ordered TO ascend the river to de-
Rand the enforcement Of the penalties
IN POSED.
a rebellion has begun in the province
Of Foo-kien, and the local officials, in
stead of attempting TO suppress the ris-
ing have lied. a force Of IpL Ltr.al troops
are on their way to the scene 10 try 10
put down the Instruction.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE State Dc
partment Is without advices regarding the
alleged latest phase of the hinese situa-
tion. in regard to a refusal Of the Chi
nese Government to execute any Of the
men convicted of being participants IN the
missionary massacre, unless they are as
eured that with the execution Of these
men all other demands will cease. Ac-
cording to the latest information OF the
department. the Ku-Cheng commission
was at work with its laDOrs urcompietei,
and the investigation had not been be
gun. No dispatches have been received
from Minister DENLY, but they are ex-
pected this week, and are awaited with
intcrcs-.
The chief interest attaching i'm Wash
ington 20 the dispatch from Foo-Chow,
tha; a rebellion mas begun in the PRO
vinces of Foo-l<icn, is as to the fate which
awaits abe American and European mis-
slonaries i'm that province should any sun
remain in the vicinity of Ku-Chens.
Reports reached here through dlpio-
matte and private sources several weeks
ago that the missionaries. after the recent
masacres I'm .he interior Of the province,
had. with their families. sought refuge at
Foo-Chow which is near the coast. and
where the presence Of foreign men-of-
war make them safe from further vlo-
lence.
If they have remained at Foo-Chow, OF
rather at Pagoda anchorage, which Is a
foreign settlement only few miles re
moved. no dagger could happen to them.
If, however, IN their zeal 90 begin again
their work to Christianize the natives
they returned TO the interior of the pro
vince. the graycst apprchensions VIII be
felt for their safety, unless they receive
the protection Of the European or Ameri-
can forces.
1t is surmsed that the rebellion is the
work OF the "yegetarans," who were re-
sponsible for the assaults some weeks
ago upon the foreign missions. Until that
time. little. If anything was known IN
this country of this society, beyond the
fact that il was a secret organization, anu
that its purposes were political
1t now appears that they have adopted
the name vegetarian" in order to give
their society a religious character. mas
much as the Buddhists do not practice
the eating of meat, but live wholly upon
a vegetable diet, and thus make vege-
tarianism an article of the Buddhist
faith.
Chinese diplomats say the remarks OF
this sect are recruited chiefly from ele-
ments corresponding to the "hoodlums
Ia this country.