The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-17
.CHALFA.NT ON
The CHINESE
BUTCHERIES.
The Presbyterian Missionary coun-
L sells determination of the
Manchu Dynasty.
GREAT MASS OF CHINAMEN
He Claims Are Friendly to For
eigners-says There Is No Doubt
& N, OF the Massacres. x

Il t.Hl' Va VIZ hkehoooS2Sost
! Rev., George w. Chalfant. formerly of
Martins Ferry, who has been a Pres
bytetian missionary in China, and be-
lieves that the worst has happened at
Pekin, was interviewed yesterday at,
Pittsburgh, and analysed conditions at
the Chinese capital in most interest
ing manner" II Z;
Concentrate allied forces against
Prince Tunn. Let no relative OF his.
within the four thousandth degree iof
ancestry. ever ascend to the throne,
again, Throw out the monster and all
that belongs to him. iOverturn the
Manchui dynasty forever" The Shlther.
to- pacific; and hopeful Or. George w,
Clalfant.spoke with determination. Civ
Ing utteranee alternately to express
ions OF indignation and grief.
20, my friends my friends! was
hopeful until this morning." continued
be. .'But the worst has happened to
the foreigners in Picking. The late dis
| patches bear the impress OF truth. They
come from Sheng, Imperial Inspector of
kilograms, government official, and
in answer to inquiries of the Chinese
minister, WI, in this country. The d.
rersity Of dates concerning the exact
time of slaughter counts for nothing.
There have been two attacks instead OF
one. that is ALL"
But why have you not been convinc-
ed before? Why place implicit conf
dence in to-days messenger"
| "Sheng has known Of the rumor all
along. 1t has been a question with him
as how to discriminate In the sending of
the news. How much to give out. how
much to withhold, has made him cau-
tious. He now indicates the worst o,
my friends. my dear friends With
many OF them I have had brotherly
converse and their best hospitality has
been given unstintedfy. Stay the head
of the dragon. Destroy the house of
Tuan."
DO you think the Europeans put to
death the women and children before
the final strurgle?"
| Never, DR.. Wherry kill his sanity,
wife? Fem and Killie nut. to death
their dear ones? Any man raise a
hand against Miss Newton, Miss Leon
ard or Miss Mccoy. the beautiful foith
full trio of workers who have given their
years to work in benlshted China9 No,
n thousand ti,pes no, There may have
\ been f.some. half frantic desperadoes
among the foreigners who have sent
their loved ones to doom rather than
trust in the power OF the God of Hosts
who in this awful emergency. IT am
sure, has gathered His own no Him,
palnlessiy and without torture oh nv
I friends God help us all,r 81.
But what must we do now? Ought
we not TO 20 out thousands strong Kill,
burn and wipe China off the face of the
carth?"
SOFTLY. softly. Yes, that Is what we
should do to the Manchu dynasty An
imperIal Quarrel has brought this awful
slaughter about. Not one stone should
be left on the other, nor one renrssen-
tatiye of the house of Tuan should be
permitted to survive. 1t is Tuau who
has melted and encouraged the Boxers,
He is the guilty thing Strike for the
head of the dragon, strike hard and
strike altogether. Cutting off pieces of
the tail is not the way. But the head.
the head."
But what does the head mran-thc
whole kingdom?"
"The head means Tlau md the
Manchus. The head is 100000 strong,
Hit that, Don't 60 sIIcing into the
400, 900, 900 peaceable Cinnamon. who
are our friends. but punish tho beod
and punish so quickly and severely
that never through all the ages TO come
will a hand be lifted against foreigner
In Chiflh, The present situation is n
repetition OF the imperial quarrel of
several centuries ago. The Manchus