The sun., 1896-07-05
CHINESE H,ATRED OF CHRISTIINs.
Trick OF n Quack TO Stir Ups Riot AEntuso
Missionnr.ea Mt 1k cy;n.

Missionnr!ea mt lk!inS Sy.n.
SHANGHAI. June 1.-IIow anti missionary
riots are fonented In China is shown very
clearly in the latest outrage Mt Kianeyin, in
which only good luck saved III, lives of the
small party OF English and Americans in
that town. a Chinese quack doctor bore .
Rrudee AGAINST the missionaries because OF
some fancicd grievance in regard TO the lease
of the land fer their houses. To get revenge
he planned the srheme OF making II appear
that the mission aries bought tho bodies Of
dead children in order TO use the hearts and
eIes for medicine He took one OF his SER
wants into his confidence and told this man,
as great secret. thnt tIe missionaries had
had been buried the day before, He offered
the man half OF the proceeds tn help him.
The two went to the graveyard. removed
the corpse. and hid 1t under u pile OF rubbish
the msthcr OF the child discovc:, d that the
grave had been robbed. the G,ack doctor ap-
some mummery. he pretended to "st Iocate '1i" ,o
pody and had it brought out before the moh.
Hf course. CO, @ the fanaticsl Chinese. with what
looked Ike clear proof OF the worst outrage
known TO the MonRolian. attacked and demol.
!shGd the missionaries houses. and the men
saved their lives by prompt flight.
After the affair was over some influential
OF the 9uacks plot from the servant. who
TPnder ms ,he an az Ss While
whole shameful scheme. The qua TX. finding
that he had been betrayed. pretended to make
confession. in which he cunninGly IMPLICATED
the oldest son of the family that had begun
the investigation. Though This man was In
nocent, he could not endure the tortur. to
which all CHI inese suspects are subjected, and
therefore made n false confession 70 save him.
self. Though English and American war
ships have been sent IN Chin kiang, where
the missionaries sought shSlter. 1t will he
long before any good feeling IL restored. Tho
worst feature OF the case Is the heavy ran-
atty paid by the natives who be.riended the
missionaries.
Doubt is felt here about the reported con-
version Of Chou Han, the ex-mandarin ybo
wrote and caused TO be printed the false and
obscene attacks on tho Christian religion
which LED TO the murders OF several mission.
canse of Christianity in China than all other
influences combined, for his book, With its Vile
statements and its viler pictures, has been
scattered all through III" central provinces and
up and down the great Yangtse River. When
the Government made a pretended effor. 10
SUPPRESS the book. Chou Han received ample
warning so that he had time to rvmove nearly
az the bocEs and pictures from Lang-ch
his native city. Where thesc blocks Ieouiya.
lent 10 our stereotype plates) were sent has re-
manned secret. hut explanation now
comes from the northern counties of Honan,
on tie Hoang- Ho River. missionary writes
.tat these unspeakab,e at .acks OF Chou Han on
the religion of Jesus are being circulated 10
northern Honan and that their influence is-ai-
rehuy felt In the increased hostility TO all for.
elaners and the rcviling of their religion. Ho
saays ssaay no has good grounds for the belief that
the books arc being printed from the old blocks
at k'aifengfu. the capital of Honan. If this be
the case the whole OF northern China will soon
be Hooded with this pernicio literature and
we may soon expect TO see the fruit of IL In an
other crop OF anu-mssionary outrages.