The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-09

The people of the United States have
been slow in waking up to a realization
OF the horrors which have been perpe-
trated in China. The stories which
have come out have been so fragmen-
tary, 30 INDIFFERENT and so contradic-
tory. that there is a disposition TO dis
credit them and to refuse to believe that
the foreign residents Of Picking have
really been massacred., with revolving
fortunes. as the many rumors from Chi
nese sources have asserted. In Europe
the same apathy for time existed, but
It appears now that the people of the
old countries have come to a realizing
sense OF the situation presented and
that public sentiment Is becoming fear
fully aroused on the subject. The
phlegmatc Germans are bitterly en-
ragged over the known murder of their
minister at the court OF China, and II
the runiors Of wholesale massacre prove
true, the war spirit of the country will
wake up as II never has done since the
march on Paris. In England public
opinion is fast assuming the phase ex-
hibited when the news OF the terrible
outrages accompanying the Indian mu-
tiny gradually became known. The
Boer war has ceased TO occupy public
attention. save as a factor In the stu
alton which renders Great Britain tenn
porariiy crippled in Its resources and
unable Immediately TO respond 10 the
public demand for the embarking OF a
military expedition to revenge the in
nocent blood shed and 10 secure the
world against n repetition OF the Pc
king horrors. Public sentiment In
France Is not so pronounced. or rather
the political aspect of the situation IL
more considered there than the fearful
account which has rolled up. and which
must he paid In Chinese blood.
when II Is remembered how the peo-
pie of the United states famed into
righteous wrath when the Maine was
blown up In the harbor Of Havana. and
is recalled. It may seem somewhat sim
suiar that the stories OF the fearful out
RACES upon American men. women and
children In China have as yet aroused
public sentiment in this country to no
serious manifestation. The truth ia
that the patience and conservative good
aense of the American people are at
present being grandiy exhibited. They
are awaiting the truth They refuse to
commit themselves on the strength OF
rumors which. no matter how often re-
peated. may yet prove TO be false. All
that Is known yet, beyond a shadow Of
d doubt Il that the foreigners In Pc
king have been attacked, ana that they
have been defending themselves, and
were In precarious position az last ao-
counts II Is felt 10 be not beyond a
reasonable doubt that their lives may
the contrary, It seems 20 many inn
possible Ca realise that the responsible
keAda % the Chinese government are
81 utterly drpFavcd as 20 counsel and
permit the herrible massacrcs which I,
l. alleged have taken place. ana 80 ig-
norant a. not to realize that they them.
selves. IN their own persons. may nay
The penalty u innocent life has been sac
RACED
when tbs full truth II known, how.
ever. and II thu stories Which arc now
mere rumors shall have been tuty con-
frmed in an their details tAeu the
American pcople will bc heard from
The fesllag caused By the Maine anaiI
Will I've as nothing compared 20 the deer
and abiding wrath - the Americas
people over tao massacre in Feklng
and ro sacrncc NIL BE- Atruel tas
sFe&t. no exorilon ~ the power % iAs
soverun'ent 500 strung. unil those sat.
RACES have been ataneA gor oy taos,
rVspoaslbie t'r then N03 under that
wrath viii bc buried ,he cheap sad
polsesome parjisans Who dare AZ thi'
thnc 10 assault the administration to'
the STEPS Whi.h u IS taking "a protest
American lives iu Chira. and 90 aveng'
the blood % murdered Americans
Tho statistics ot the humber trade will
the Hawaiian islands show a gratifying
Increase during the past SIX months II
iSas there was three times as mgcl
trade as In 1855, ami this year thc bus
mess viii bc larger than ever. aggve
eating. Il IS expected. more than 5000.
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