The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-25

Tho American missionaries had boen
welcomed there only q fow nights before
by the firing of OF 10000 irecraCkers,
and all was we'll with them. But soon
after agltaIora arrived riots broke out,
aud friendly officials and natives aided
all foreigners TO escape on rats down
tho river, fearing their inability 10 pro.
tect them from tho Tio,era. Floating
down the river for days and weeks,
making marvellous escapes and fearing
to land, they saw the work OF dOstruc'
lion going on, owing to fatal official in'
activity.
Had the American and British gov.
ernmeuts Immediately demanded prop
or punishment Of all outrages, with in,
demnity therefor, aud just guarantee
against all future repeIiuoni thereof, At
that time, the imperial government Ol
China, with tho moral power OF Eng.
land and America behind 1t, could have
enforced these demands at once, would
have rogained its prestige and power
among ita own people, and put an et.
iectual qnlstu' upon the organized out
laws oveTuaniHg the lanai but the
British and American governments
both delayed aud thus rendered the sil-
nation doubly dangerous, as this EN-.
baldenOd tho disRhected. The troubles
sproad not only up and down tho Yang
lae kiRng, resulting in riots, but Wher.
ever d0isnscless foreigners, men, WO-
men and children could DO found they
were " the mercy ot mobs.
AVnnl.. and L.. ~, Ia,
u mockerv OF u trial, TIL discOutent and
lear became contempt, whsn suddenly
without warning OF any kind, like light
ming in u clear sky, away off IN eastern
China came the kuchsng massacre, IN
which young women, children and
babes were most cruelty tortured and
outraged. before being brutalIy mur.
dered while pleading for mercy. A
baby'a eyes were gouged out, while the
young girl trying to protect it was
butchered in cold blood, and its mother
aud tAther burned to ashes in their
home,
TOO TERRIBLE To TELL.
The whole horrible story has been
telographed around tho world till tho
dreadful details arc too well known al.
ready. but tho dcath.crie' Of poor do.
ienselos1 women, children aud babes
have aroused tho heart OF ChrsteRdo o m.
China, Armenia and America must be
made alike amendable to tho laws Of
God and humanity. Side by side the
h,npnr. nf rhFtatiou ,ivtlt,,tton ,,,,,.t
be borne to protect the weakest babe or
the strongest man, tho hallowed mother
and the tondoresl maiden, wherever
humanity has u GOd.giYen right TO go.
Tho conclusion seems inevitable that
wherever those Outrages have occurred
they have originated with enemies OF
tho empire. in places OF power or posi-.
tions OF influence. Further that pow.
erfdi officials have been in coluston, at
least, with the secret instigatots. II not
actually agitators IN many instances,
and afterwards have been openly hos.
tile and brutal to foreigners.
TIME TO ACT.
II ever civilized governments were
called upon to act Tor tho protection Of
their own citizens. oprs OF England and
America arc to-day, and it is now time
for tho citizens to speak and act. Not
alone as Christian but as civilized ma.
lions wc should demand the protection
OF fellow citizens and being abroad aud
at homo, and prompt aud proper pun.
OF perpetrators Of outragcs
against humanity ia China ana Ar.
monia, America and England, OF any.
where else where the power Of Chris.
tiAn civilization can make itself lelt and
enforced.
We should accept no blood money for
murdered babes and mothers, or out.
ragged maidena and wives, or men mas.
sacred most cruelty, whether mission.
aries or merchants. Money will not
bny Immunity from murders in the
future. We should allow Of no sacri.
fetal substitution Of so.callOd "Voge.
tariana" for bloody.handed vicefoys or
other officials. no matter how high they
may rank. The official murder OF n few
or many ignorant Chinese or coolies
would only make matters worse. The
deposition aud degradation Of every
official implicated, as we'll as all niher
guilty actively or pAssivoly,
in connection with these ou,Tages, aud
their proper punishment, should be
demanded and enforced.
Finally each government shonld do
mand aud receive such guarantee
against future outragea as bcst can be
secured from tho Chinese empire in.
Guiding "irOOIom OF navigation necos.
sary TO enforce these guarantees, as we'll
as for the purposes Of commerce, with
out which Chinese promises arc too apt
to prove, like others, futile.
Now ia the time aud now is tho oppor.
iunty, n4 never before, peacefully TO
npen up tho ports Of China, md power.
fully. once aud forever 10 protest aud
guard against future outfuges In tho
orient. LatisTs, iHlpgfams and AppDAls
have been scnt publicly and privately
England aud America i'm.
plorins protection upon tho part OF
Great Britain and tho United States
Mass meetings Of intonsGst interest Ui
nj, foreigner. have been held IN such
con,OB oi foreign population a. Hong
Kong, Foo Chow and Shanghai under
tho nu'pIcos Of tho China association.
ArrEALg 10 AMEmCA AHD ESGLASp.
Monday OvCning, August 8, nj tnoc,.
ing which ior earnest enthusiasm aud
irreprosibIO emotion may seldom be
oqunIioI, tho following roHolnt,on was
unanimously ndoptodi "lhnt thi,
meeting Ia resolved to appeal directly
la our respective governments for pro.
icclion from outrage bY Chinc'oi aud
igaiust tho apparently inadequate man.
nor In which tho persons guilty OI Tor.
lnnt nnlrnnna nnYn hnen and nIn boIng