The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-10
EVENTS IN THE ORIENT
OUTRAGES AND Revelations IN
CHINA AND SOUTH FORMosA.
Russians Charged with Serious Of
er Missionaries Murdered.

VANCOUVER, June 9.-The steamer En-
press of Japan brings the following news
from China and Japan: A major in the Rus
sian army, accompanied by a number of
noncommissoned officers, has been engaged
in Typographical survey of Hamgyiong
and KaiwoT, Corea. The party recently
arrived at Wonsan and is reported to have
committed gross outrages on women and
others along the road. They murdered a
Corean and afterwards proceeded to police
station and killed one of the sergeants. Aft
err this they attacked a church, where a
French missionary lived, but were repulsed
by the latter, who fired pistol at them.
1t is reported that three missionaries of
the International Missionary Alliance have
been murdered in the province of Human.
The name of one of the victims is given as
Mr.. Chaplin, son of a former missionary of
the American board. A French missionary,
Pere Barthola, has been murdered by ban
dts at Kaniyum, Kuangsi.
From Hong-Kong comes news that six
bluejackets on the cruiser Buena Ventura
have been attacked by plague. One man
has died.
A private letter received from Yatung in
Tibet. says Tibetians declare they have
heard nothing of the capture and maltreat-
ment of H. Savage Lander, and say he must
have fallen into the hands of a wandering
tribe.
On the night of May II, off Mayco coast,
at Shinogher of Iawate prefecture, Japan,
about 200 funny boats manned with about
1500 men. seven boats from Omoto and six
teen boats from Shimakeshi with crews
numbering collectively about 127, encoun-
tered violent storm and are missing with
1t is not at all improbable that there will
soon be witnessed general rising of the
country people of South FOrmoSa similar
lines to the outbreak which occurred in the
central districts of the island in June, 1896.
The feeling of the Popylage populace have
been wrought to the boiling point by the
indiscriminate butchery of innocent country
men and helpless women and children by
japanese soldiers in the Hosan district.
Tohui (banditto) who invest the island have
for some time past been particularly dar-
ing in the Hosan district, and the Japanese
having traced the band to their stronghold
In the hills, not more than twelve miles
distant the town of Hosan itself sent
an expedition against them. The Tohui took
refuge in cave in which they held out
tired without losing man by an exit un-
known to the japanese. The Japanese
troops, smarting under defeat, allowed their
lust for blood to overcome all soldierly in
stlncts, for on the return journey to Hosan
they attacked the peaceful village called
Loohuitinge. The inhabitants were awak-
fire at several points, and on rushing out
were shot and cut down by a Gordon of
troops drawn about the place. In all there
were twenty-four women, two men and four
children killed
China and Japan are having trouble
again Complications have occurred in
emma one after another, and now the Jap
anese consulate at Shashi has been burned
DOWN. The Chinese indemnity has been
wholly paid, Wei-Hai-Wei is evacuated, and
Japan has assurance from China that no
part of the province Of Fukien shall be
leased or coded to any foreign country. The
obligations of the Shimonoseki treaty have
thus far been fully discharged by China
and now new complication has arisen 1t
seems that rioters at Shashi raided the jap
anese consulate set fire TO the building and
also destroyed all foreign residences along
the river Yang-Tse. A Shanghai dispatch
says the rioters are believed to have been
instigated by Chinese 'likin' officials who
were recently discharged from service. On
receipt or the news OF the riot the minister
OF the navy issued instructions TO the COM
manders of the cruiser Takao. at Shanghai
and the gunboat Maya. at Sasheo, to imme-
dlately proceed to the scene of the disturb
arce for the protection of the Japanese res
idents. Her Majesty's steamer Esk has
been ordered to the scene of the
outrage. Shashi, where the riot oc-
CURED, is one of the ports opened
to foreign trade under the Japanese treaty
Row Sf'ua'e0 ABOUT ni'y miieS above Han
Japan had adopted the method of Great
Britain and France, and had obtained a
guarantee that the portion of the Chinese
empire in which she is most interested shall
not be alienated. At the instance OF the
Japanese minister plenipotentiary the Chi
nese government has engaged that no part
of the province of Fukien shall ever be
ceded TO a foreign power. Fukien is the
part of the mainland lying opposite For
mcsa The treaty relating TO the Japanese
settlement az Tfen-Tsin has been signed by
China. Japan has been granted concessions
both on the upper and lower reaches OF
Pei-Ho.
France has demanded from China an in
demnity of $1,000 taels, the erection of
church as a memorial and the extension OF
the railway from Manning. in Kwan-Gsi
province to the coast of Kwang-Tung as a
compensation for the murder Of a French
priest
1t is officially reported in Mandarin cir
Giles that Russia has secretly demanded a
lease of not only Kin-Chou, a few miles
from Port Arthur, but also of F sh-coua-
Sul-Pref-Tural, a city further north than
the former city. These. with the possess
sion also of Kai-Peng, at the head of tho
Liao-Tung peninsula, Will give the Russians
entire control of the peninsula.