Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-12-06
ENJOYS INSTRUCTED
They Hear from Their Governments
Regarding the Joint Note.
A FEARFUL MISSION SLAUGHTER,
A Bishop and I'll. Priests, Some Marse'lies
Sisters, n Number Of Chiness Priests and
Sister. and 200 Orphans Ponlarded
An Attaches Opinion.

Pekin, Dec. All the foreign en-
vows have now heard from their gov
ernments regarding the Joint note tt
the Chinese plenlpotentlaries and
meeting will be held to-day. The en-
VOWS are not communicative, but
enough Is known with reference To
the objections of different govern
ments to make it seem doubtful that
the meeting will have a satisfactory
conclusion.
Prince Ching and III Hung Chang
both say that they are anxlous'y
awaiting the demands Of the powers.
They declare that China desires peace
at any price commensurate with the
dignity of an Independent nation, but
they point out that so long as n large
foreign army occupies the province
of Chi Ii the problem will be harder
to solve
The missionaries and Others who
went through the siege protest bitter
ly against any suggestion of leniency.
They urge particularly that those
who are high in Office and who were
really responsible for the outrages
to foreigners should be execuicd. And
they insist also that sufficient force
should be kept in China to guarantee
order and to keep foreigners indie.
pendent Of the Chinese, declaring that
If this is not done repetition of the
trouble is inevitable.
A Fearful ntsion Slaughter.
Berlin, Dec, A special dispatch
from China to the Volks Zeitung re-
ports a fearful mission slaughter in
the province of Shan 81. The first
victims, the dispatch says, We're a
Catholic bishop and his coadjutors
and four European priests, Francis
cans, Italian and French. The gov
ernor invited them to his house, pre-
tending TO give them better protec-
ton, but when they arrived their
hands were tied. Then the governor
himself poniarded them all. Next
the governor went TO the bishops
residence with number Of soldiers
and seized six Marscillcs sisters. He
promised them money and distin-
guished husbands If they would re-
nounce Christianity, which offer they
unanimously rejected. Thereupon
the governor ponardcd them and also
n number Of Chinese priests, 30 Chi
nese sisters and 200 orphans from
three to rs years of age, Fifteen
seminarists, who had hidden them
selves In cistern, were, the dispatch
says, tied to stakes and forced to
drink The blood of the first victims.
They were then killed. A Chinese
priest and two Christians who at
tempted to escape were caught and
put in small hut, where they were
burned
eh'neSe Attaches Opinion.
ST. Petersburg, Dee. d.-Rwan
Chwang, an attache of the Chinese le-
CATION here, in u formal interview
yesterday, said; at is futile for Field
Marshal Won Waldcrsee to send into
the interior expeditions, the presence
of which only initiates the natives
and increases their animosity to-
wards the Europeans, The emperor
will not return to Pekin as long as
foreign troops, beyond the legation
guards, are there, Should 1t be neces-
sary the emperor will fly further than
Sian Flu.
81 do not believe the United States
intends to negotiate apart from the
other powers. The interests of all the
powers, including the United States,
compel them to act in concert. Con-
sequently, it is improbable that Mr..
Conger will be secretly instructed to
act apart from the representatives of
the other countries, | believe the
powers will soon reach an agreement
China is anxious to conclude peace,
as this condition of affairs means the
ruin of commerce, the gradual ami
hilation of public welfare and the de-
VISITATION of pekin and other towns
and villages