Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-09-06
DESTRUCTION OF PEKIN,
PUNISHMENT OF CHINESE
Demanded by the European
Community of Shanghai.
INDEMNITY WILL Be INADEQUATE
Massacre of Foreigners In
flames Sentiment.

copyrighted. 1900. by The Associated Press.


copyrighted, 1900 by The Associated Press.
Shanghai, China, Sept. 4. - Dis
patches announcing that the American
government refuses TO agree to the
withdrawal of the troops from Pekln
before satisfaction for the outrages
upon and the losseA of its subjects is
given have been received here, and are
appauded by the entire foreign colony
in Shanghai. Any other policy, accord
ing to the business men and mission
aries with whom Tho Associated Press
representative has talked, would be q
vital blow to the prestige of the
foreigners, and would weaken their
status in China. The local English
Eapers fiercely denounce the proposal to
evacuate Pekin, and saythat the Chinese
would interpret evacuation as defeat.
The masses of Chinamen now believe
that the Chinese arms are victorious.
The Chinese papers printed in Sbang-
hal contain long circumstantial ac-
counts of alleged Chinese victories at
Pekin, Tientsin and Lungchao, and
the shops in the native quarter display
for sale luiid pictures of the Chinese
army driving the European soldiers
into the sea at Taku ana cutting them
to rieces at Tientsin. The, also show
pictures OF the foreign Admir8ls being
tor turpd in the presence of the yiceroys.
Vice A dmiral Seymour is represented,
with his arms pinioned, kowtowing
before the throne. The people accept
these reports and pictures as correctly
presenting the situation, and consider
the reports of the English press as
merely foreign lies. " The European
community continues to demand the
destruction of pelsin and the exemplary
punishment of the officials, deemipg
Indemnity and paper promises of new
treaties inadequate. Undoubtedly the
information in detail of massacres of
foreigners daily received fintlames this
sentiment.
The Dowager Empress is living in
the Yamen at Taiyuanfu, in Shansi
Province. Fifty missionaries have been
slaughtered in that Yamen !, under
orders, practically inthe presencaoof the
yiceroy. Three were beheaded In the
inner court, and the others were killed
barbai iously in the outer courtyard.
Their bodies we're thrown to the dogs.
The Empress has ordered a commits
sioner to Investigate the conduct of the
with the foreign consuls, and their
cation of the officials opposed to foreign
ers has been ordered.
The ssociated Press representative
learns from official sources the fact of
the killing of several American women
missionaries. AT the request of the
Mission Board, the details were with
held out Of regard for the feelings of
the relatives of the murdered women (;
but other prominent Americans, who
have long antagonized the policy of
sending women to isolated inland
posts, think it important that the
facts should be known. The names of
the victims are withheld by request.
Two of these women we're captured
while attempting to leave the stations
where they were located, were led
about the oountiy naked, repeatedly
outraged and finally killed by method
too revolving to be described. Two
other American women were coming
to the coast with party, which Il
number of Cinnamon followed and
stoned. The women fell exhausted,
and were taken by tho Cinnamon into
the presence oil the local officials. They
were prostrated upon the execution
block, and feint was made of be-
heading them. One of them became
hysterical and laughed, and, thinking
her insane, the Chinese escorted her to
the coast, because of their superstition
regarding the insane. On the journey,
however, the woman was repeatedly
criminally assaulted by hsr escort. Tho
other woman, after being exhibited
naked for sume days and suffering as
sault by several men, was tortured to
death by the same shameful
methods as were nrac.ieed in the
other cases. Two Swedish mis-
sionary women arrived at Shang-
hal after similar experiences. ex.
cept that their lives were spared The
foregoing are matters of official record.
The IA English missionaries, including
six women and four children, who were
murdered at Chucbau, in the Province
Of Chskiang, according to the story of
Spanish priest, who escaped, were
killed with hay forks and ancient
spears by the magistrates bodyguard,
and their naked hodies were hanged
from trees. Tho incidents make a
lenisnt poIicy unpopular in Shanghai,
where all the victims had friends.
Paoards appeared today in all public
Places, exhorting foreigners to oppose
u compromise with the government and
attacking Ii Hung Chang, quoting the
remark to Consul Goodnow credited to
Earl 4; that ..tba Fnra;onaro IN JOaIy;r,'