The San Francisco call., 1898-02-15
CHINESE
 HATRED OF
 FOREIGNERS Epidemic of Attack and Riot in the
 Empire. Isolated Ruff1ans of Many Provinces Are on the
 Rampage. Robbery and Murder Among the Daring Crimes Now
 Committed.
PIRATES ON THE RIVERS.
European Missionary Woman Held Up by Thieves and Her
 Boat PIundered.
Correspondence of The Call.

SHANGHAI. Jan. 9.-Authentic re- ports have reached here of recent date from all sections of the Chinese em- pire indicating that riot and attack upon foreigners is the order of the dav. The attacks seem to be those of isolat- ed ruffians rather than a concerted ac- tion on the part of the populace.
 In one of the central provinces, Hu- peh, a riot was instigated by the stu dents of the military academy. Prop erty was stolen and the members of several native churches were scattered over the country. Seventeen leaders of the riots have been arrested and are standing trial A chapel of the Wes- leyan mission was destroyed during the riot.
 In the same province several Chi nese merchants were set upon by marauders, and, after a fierce fight, the robbers carried away the spells. consisting of 1000 taels, which the mer- chants were carrying in coin to a neighboring city.
 From Soo Chow, in Central China. comes the authoritative information that in the collection of rentals in and around SOo Chow there has been a per- sistent refusal on the part of the nat ives, and that an alIercatiOn occurred in which woman was killed and others injured. The native Magistrates themselves, when attempting to hear those cases, have been mobbed, pelted with mud and compelled to flee from the court of justice.
 In Canton, from the very south of China, where most of the travelling is by rivers and canals, steam launches carrying foreigners have been repeat edly held up by bands of ruffians, and recently a European woman mission ary was brutallv treated, her boat be- ing held up in the river. The men over towering her coolies, boarded it by force, and robbing her of her money left her in a sorry plight. From For mosa, just off the coast of Central China, authentic reports come that the whole of the country is disturbed. Re- peated attacks by armed bands of rob- bers are being reported day by day. Travel in the interior Is unsafe at the present time.
 From the Province Of Chuen, one of the provinces nearest the highlands of Thibet, authentic information comes of riots instigated and led on by military students, and of the destruction of property.
 In the well-governed city'of Shang-
 
 confirmed reports of insulting treat ment of foreigners by Chinese A prominent lady riding upon a wheel, passing the west gate, was insulted by a Chinaman who spat in her face Chinese soldiers. even in Shanghai, have attempted to throw foreigners from their carriages. Boys in the streets are set by older people to follow at the heels of prominent European residents of the city, throwing mud and calling indecent names.
 In view of the fact that the treaties are soon to throw sections of Japan open to foreigners, there are interest ing reports of the Buddhist and Shinto priests assembled in one of the princi- pal provinces to discuss the situation. They have promulgated the following four resolutions and request all Japan csc to be governed by them.
 1. To cultivate feelings of abhorrence of foreigners and to. refuse in principle to sell or buy of them anything whatever.
 g. To refuse absolutely to rent their houses or lands to foreigners.
 8. To refrain entirely from using foreign terms in speaking and writing.
 A. To positively decline to listen to Christi nitY.