Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-20
7ELEGRAPHIC.
CHINESE METHODS
oa.lIs Refuse 10 Permit Foreign
Csn!uls 10 Interfere
,arK u cnENG INVESTIGATION
.,l,,, riacard. Posted at Canton
Further Trouble Feared III
the Interior.
,ar Eu cnrsG INVESTIGATION

s.,,,su,r, Aug. lo.-A dispatch TO
-. @,eny from Foo CHOW says !, !,
Wv '.,,,d on good authority 'he'o 'ha'
-, ,pcSio,,e government has reiuiod TO
~,, ,bs American and Brush CON
,. Mr. J. {. Hixson and MI. H. Il
~ .a.,d. who accompanied tue com-
,n,s,ion appointed to investigate 'ne
s, usssacres Of missionaries anu
,s.,, nmllle. at Ku Chsngi to maze
.ny Investigation inio the o'''uhi'
,,,ses, Of the massacre.
IoSpoS, Aug. 2O.--rhe Tunes has
,,,,,,oh from Hong Kong Gonfirning
N, Shanghai dispatch containing Tie
,.oo,t that the Chineie government
~. ,,,u,sd to allow the American
80 p,Itl,h consuls 10 make any ln'
s,,,s.iion into the ku Cheng mas.
80 Inc Times dispatch adds That
,bs soldiers are engaged 10 plunueflns
,ss people, who feel that Tue Tor
sIgn,fs sfu the cause OF ihelr suuef-
49,, and therefore lhe latter should be
,i,,iioyei. Further incendiary piA-
s,,I, have been posted at Canton. the
,,.isct ,ent with the commission TO
En Cbepg, together with tbs Chinese
amclals Al ku Jheng, have refused To
si,aw he presence Of the consuls dur
a. ths examination Of tho prisoners.
M matter has been referred 10 the
,ic,,oy. serloun trouble IN feared.
. NEW YORK, Aug. ls.-Cable adj
yle,,ts the World oorroboTnte the Chi.
ps,e news Of the Associated Pte's'
The Horld dispatch 10 rs follows
ufoO CHOW, China, Aug. 1.-THE
Chinese officials ut ku Cheng have
p5utiyely refused 20 allow the Amer.
lean consul, j. &. Hiokson, AMI the
gdtl,h consul, Il. w. Mansfield, Op-
uoflunity 20 Investigate the massacre
Of missionaries there. They will not
be refmltted 10 attend the trial OF the
riini ais before the local authorities.
Many people who deptecatc the mastA'
rfs are GesirOus Of full investigator ..
They talk In threatening manner.
The situation Is seriouS."
wAsnINUrON, Aug. l0.-The OIL.
cials VI tue Chinese legation have no
Information throwing any light on the
reported refusal Of tue home govern.
munt to permit the members OF the
mixed British AMI American commits.
si0u 10 Investigate the Ku Chong mas
sHcre. In iacI the legation has not yet
been appraised officially VI the appoint.
mrnt VI the commission. Tue
only reason given TOR the reported
refusal Il that the action reported to
have been taken was by the ChincBs
local OiiloAIr, who pO,slbls have not
been Informed by the central cOmniis.
sion to mase the Investigations, the
local officials gctinH merely on their
own inc,inAtlons In tho premises. II
tue reported action Of tho Chinese bs
correct, It IL apparently no matter OF
great surprise TO the stale department
officials mere. They attribute any re-
iu,al Of tho local authorities 10 permit
the combustion to investigate tho
uoubltS 10 the we'll known desires Oi
tho Chinese 10 conduct such Inquiries
BY Ihelt own people, the dislIks OF
having any interference by outsiders,
and to tue general suspicion with
which they look upon foreigners.
IL 10 not feared mere In tiiicial circles
but that any complications that muy
have arisen Ia tho pTsbunt case will be
adjusted a d ample TepaTalion be made
i5r The lives that were lost In the Ku
Cutug massacre.