The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03
ALARM IN CHINA.
The Possible Results of the with
drawaIi Of Tronps


NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-From Shanghai,
under date of September Is, the American
Bible Society has received report from
Rev. John r. Hykes, D. D., who holds hat
the withdrawal of troops from Pekin
means the dissemination all over China
of the impression that all of the 81 eat
powers have suffered an ignominious de-
feat at the hands of the Chinese, and that
the valiant Chinese generals and loyal
soldiers and Boxers have driven out the
foreigners. The report continu s: THE
people will believe and beast that they
have whipped the world and that the for
eign nations were unable to infict upon
the perpetrators of nameless outrages
the punishment which they deserve. 1t
VIII be taken for granted that helpless
foreign men, women and children may lie
tortured. outraged, and painfully killed
at pleasure.
The effect OF this will be effectually to
prevent all missionaries from going back
to the interior The churches to whom is
committed the solemn pledge TO eyangelize
the world may as well know that the
patching up of an unsatisfactory peace
means the death knelI of Christian mis-
sions 10 China. 1t is not the people who
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monsters in high places, who instigated
and encouraged the outburst of fanatical
| fury which staggered humanity
Withdrawal means the death of all who
have helped foreigners in this present
crisis so soon as the court returns to the
capital, an end to all reform, and the con-
dign punishment Of all who have advocated
a change from the old order of things; a
death warrant to all of the foreigners who
may still be alive in the interior. 1t means
rebellion and anarchy IN many parts OF
! China. Many OF the secret societies have
as their object the overthrow of the Man
chu dynasty, and some are pledged TO rein
state the rightful Emperor, Kwarg Hsu.
| They have already begun TO show their
teeth. and hundreds nf them have been ex-
| ecuted in the Yaugtse Valley alone.
The Boxers were never regarded by
| the Chinese Government as rebels, nut as
loyal subjects, who. as militia, were En-
| couraged to enlist to drive the foreign
| ers into the sea-. Among the official rec
| ords of the Viceroy at Tientsin are the re-
| ceipts for money, provisions and arms
supplied 10 the Boxers; for rewards paid
to them for foreign heads; also lists CT
! Boxers in various villages, with their
| names md ages. Receipts were found
| for money paid to the wounded and to the
relatives CT those killed This was all
paid out CT Government funds
| Under date Of Sept. II Dr.. Hykes re-
| ports that there seems TO be a decided
| change in the attitude of the hitherto
| friendly officials Chang Chfch Tuns and
| Iiu Kwen Vi are increasing and strength
ening the Notifications Of the Yaugtse,
| and their joint memorial to the throne
| shows anything but a friendly spirit to-
ward foreigners.
| The report says that Kwei Chun, the
| Governor of Szechuen, who was eonspicu-
| ously pro-foreign, has sent 10000 picked
| troops to protect the Empress Dowager at
her new capital, Shi-an. The Governor of
| Shensi, to whose friendliness all Of the
missionaries owe their escape, and OF
those from the adjoining provinces of
| Shansi owe their lives. has refused to al
| low party OF refugees to pass through
his province. and they have been obliged
| to go through very hostile district, from
/ which there is little hope Of their escape
| All of the high officials in the province
have been sending tribute to the Dowager
/ IN her new capital.
| The entire native staff of the American
! Bible Society. consisting OF eighteen men,
is Undoubtedly massacred- Native Chris
tians have been slaughtered by the thou
/ sand and it is impossible while this reign
| of terror lasts to do any Bible selling
| either in the country or in the cities. Mr..
| Cannon, the agent of the society, has
| found it impracticable in the city of Tien-
| tsin itself. He cannot resume his work in
| the north before six months, and more
| likely one year
| Dr. Hykes, under date OF September 81
reports that the Governor of the province
| of Kiaugsu who showed his loyalty by
| taking a force in person to Pekin to fight
| the foreigners, and who since his arrival
| in the north has been hand in glove with
| the perpetrators Of the namelesS outrdges
| upon innocent foreigners has been pro-
! tod RI he VII Of
Kwangs, the post recently vacated by Ii
| Hung Chang. The report OF this date says:
| The taotai of kucheo. who is reSDon-
| sibIe for the horrible atrocities committed
| upon the American women and three chill
| dren at that city on the 21st and 23d of
| July, has been installed as taotai at Wen
| CHOW He was temporarily removed otter
| the commission of his terrible crime, and
| is now promoted 20 a better post. This
| is the usual way with officials who are
| guilty of outrages against foreigners. AS
| cTowning act of the Empress Dowa ger,
| the friendly taotai at this port is to be
replaced by a pupil and protege of Kang
VI. 1t is impossible to imagine a more
studied insult to the foreign powers than
this-to send to Shanghai the greatest
foreign settlement in China, a man who
is the tool of the reactionary party in the
| capital And large numbers Of Chinese
troops are being sent by the officials OF
l the central ana southern provinces to
| protect the Empress Dowager' These in
| clude a large number Of Black Flags
| sent from the Kwangtung province of Ii
| Hung Chang. who is having bodyguard
of 1900 foreign drilled soldiers sent to
| Pekin-
| Orders have been issued by the court for
| the recapture of Pekin and Tfentsin and
| the Dowager announces that 100000 are
available for that purpose. All of these
| facts do not point to an early cessation of
hostilities. One can only go from Tientsin
| TO Pekin under an armed escort Only
these two cities offer safety to foreigners,
! and then only because of the forces of the
allies.
"a great and terrible famine is iumi-
| nent not only in Chih-H but in Shansi
! and Honan as we'll, and it is estimated that
| at least 5000, 900 people must die of star
| walton in the north. It is possible to sell
Bibles in Tientsin and Pekin but I do not
| think it eXpedient TO attempt it under the
| existing circumstances. Anything that at
! this juncture would seem like thrusting
religion upon them is to be depIored and
avoided
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