The morning times., 1895-10-01

London. Sept. 3O.-A dispatch from Pekin
ras received at the foreign office this
afternoon confirming the statement that
China Lad acted favorabiy on the demands
OF the Marquis OF Salisbury FOR thc punish
mcnt of the viccroy OF sze-ChHen, who. Sir
Nicholas O'Couor, HritIsh minister at Peiin.
reported wasTcSponsible for the Outgages be-
ginning IN May at the mlss.on stations In
Cheng Tu. the apital OF sze-Chuen.
STRIPPED OF HIS RANK.
The dis patcn received al the foreign office
says that the Chinese official Gazette has
punirhgd an imperial edict announcing that
the yiceroy of Sze-Chuen has been stripped
81 Eis rank for failing TO protect tae mission
aries, and " Ill never again b. allowed to
hold office. 30 that his case VIII serve as a
warning for all future time to officials
who may be disposed to do wrong. The
decree also denounces the subordinate Of
ficials of the province who failed 10 take
proper action Tor the protection of the mis-
sionairies.
SATISFIED WITH THE EDICT.
The Pail Mail Gazette Gays una tIhe Tsung-
Li-Tamen, the board controlling Chinese
foreign affairs, formally communicated its
deciEiOn TO the British minister wko eX-
pressed himself as satisfied with the terms
of the edict.
lit is now probable" also says the Pail
Mall Gazette 'tnatinc British vessels hich
had entered the Yang Use Kians river for
the purpose OF enforcing the demands of
Great Britain viii forthwith descend the
river and resume their former stations
The State Department was advised yes
tSrday morning by Minister Denby that
VIcerOy Liu had been degraded by an
imperial decree issued yesterday. The
abstract OF the decree ca bled by Mr.. DENLY
shows that the responsibility for the
Chcng Tu riots in the province of SEE
ChIcn rests with the officials: that Vice
roy Liu was exceedingly careless and
took no notice of the riots and made no
attempt to stop the outrages; he is
ordered 10 he deprived of his office and
never again to be employed. Other Off
sials are iso to be punished.
The American commission VIII proceed,
notwithsta riding this action, to conduct its
investigation of the riots. The Secretary
of the Navy was yesterday morning ad-
yist'd that Lieutenant COnman nder John +.
Aerrell, OF the Baltimore, had been sub
stituted for Lieutenant Commander Barber
as a member of the commission, The latter
being i'll. The other members are Consuls
Sheridan ?. Read and Fleming Cheshire.
ALWAYS STIRRED Up STRIFE.
l-ll. INT ttE NlGtlpSG dIptaiS W
have been an official whose constant aim
was to stir UP strife with the missionaries
and seek the goodwill of the uatives,
whose deep-rooted anti-foreiSn sentiments
caused these periodical outbreaks i'll the
province over which he ruled. He has
been connected with the previous out
RACES and was compelled 10 pay the
Preach an indemnity amounting TO $780,
OO0 from lis pirate purse for crimes
-. l.as4.
ninter.
Ee narrowly escaped being deposed at
that time, and was only retained because
he was popular with some OF the leading
officials ct Pekin and because his services
We're needed in matters pertaining to the
revenues of the province. His reputation is
that Of a vicious and INSCRIPTIONS person,
and il is said that the whole government
of the province of Szechuen is impregnated
with the anti-foreign feeling so vigorously
exempS,ied IN the official acts Of Liu.
FURTHER DEMANDS.
The degradation of this viceroy is but
one step in the direction of complying with
the demands Of the powers interested in
compelling indemnity for the missionary
outrages. 1t is believed that LUIS sue
ressor will be Lu, viceroy OF one of the
northern provinces, a man said to be
honest and Just, and rather inclined TO
frieDdlness toward foreigners
Additional demands are understood to
have been made by the British and Ameri-
can ministers, and if they are complied
with a long step in the direction OF reform
i'll the province Of SzcChuen viii have been
taken. These ministers have, it is under
stood, made demand that all examinations
for promotion in and appointment to office
shalI cease in that province for three years.
This is intended as blow to the office
holding class, from which source emanates
all the alleged information circulated among
ne natives for the purpose OF melting them
to the commission OF outrages.