Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-09-05


In Shanghai. Any other policy. accord
| ing TO the business men and mission
aries, would be n vital blow to the
| prestige of the foreigners and would
weafe" t.sssi5 stHt1s IL China. The 10
~ Eneiist- caDers merely n aounce
.ne proposes 80 evacu0te Pek ng aud
say that the Chinese would Interpret
evacuation as defeat. The masses of
Cinnamon now believe that the Chinese
arms are victorious.
The Chinese papers printed in Shang
hal contain long eircumstantial ae-
counts of alleged Chinese victories at
Picking, Tien Tsin aud Lung Ghao, and
the Shopus in the ative quarter dis
play for sale lurid pictures of the ceIes-
tial army driving the European sol
diers into the sea at Taku and cut
ting them 10 pieces at Tien Tsin They
also show pictures of the foreign adm-
rails being tortured in the presence of
the yiceroys. Vice Admiral Seymour is
represented with his arms pinioned,
/ koWt0wing before the throne. The
people accept these reports and pict-
ues as correctly representing the situa-
ton and consider the reports of the
| English press rs merely foreign lies"
The European community continues
and the exemplary punishment of the
officials, deeming indemnity and paper
promises of new treaties inadequate.
| Undoubtedly the information in detail
| of massacres of foreigners daily re-
Ceiyed indames this sentiment.
Fifty Missionaries Slaughtered.
| The dowager empress is living in the
! pamen ut Tai Yuan Flu. in Shan 81
| province. Fifty missionaries have been
! slaughtered in that yImen under or
/ ders practically in the presence of the
/ viceroy. Three were beheaded in the
inner court. and the others were killed
barharouSly in the outer courtyard
! Their bodies were thrown to the dogs.
The empress has ordered Il commits
sioner to investigate the conduct of the
! southern Yieeroys who made com
/ pact with the foreign consuIs. and their
/ degradation is expected. No inYest-
! Cation of the officials opposed to for
eigHers has been ordered.
The Associated Press representative
! learns from official sources the facts
of the killing of several American wo-
men missionaries At the request of
! the mission board the details were
withheld ont of regard Cor the feelings
of the relatives of the murdered wo-
men: but other prominent Americans
! who have long antagoniZed the policy
Of sending women to isolated inland
| posts think it important that the facts
should he known. The names of the
victims are withheld by request. Two
| of these women were captured while
attempting to leave the stations where
they were located. We're led about the
| country naked and finally killed Two
/ OF IN, v-n i1fr 10,
the coast with party. which num-
Der of Cinnamon followed and stoned.
| The women fell exhausted, and were
| taken by the Cinnamon into the pres
| enee eff local officials They were pros
! trated upon the execution block and Il
feint made of beheading 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 in
sane. On the journey, however, the
woman was brutally treated by her eS-
cort. The other woman. after being
| exhibited naked for some days. WAS
tortured to death Two Swedish mis-
Sionares women, arrived at Shanghai
| after similar experiences except that
| their lives We're spared. The fore
| going are matters of official record.
Americans Against Lenient Policy.
Thu II English missionaries. includ-
ing six women and four children. who
were murdered ut Chu Chau, in the
province of Che kiang, according to
the story of a Spanish priest who es-
capped were killed with hayforks and
| ancient spears by the magistrates
bodyguard. and their naked bodies
were hanged from trees.
| These incidents make lenient policy
| unpopular in Shanghai. where all the
| victims had friends Placards APP
| peared yesterday in all public places
eXhorting foreigners to oppose Il com
promise with the government and at
lacking Ii Hung Chang. quoting the
remark TO Consul Goodnow credited to
Earl Ii that the foreigners in Picking.
! except the ministers. were of no ac-
| count"
The American association met here
and adopted resolutions that the Amer
| leans here feel convinced that the late
news must be wrong as regards the In
! tentionS of the American admnistra-
ton. as they felt sure the United
States has no intention of supporting
Ii Hung Chang. whose policy, the reso-
lutions declare. to be exactly the re-
verse of what he has outlined. United
States Enyoy Rockhill was present at
the meeting.
Hong Kong Sept 5.-Anti-foreign
feeling is deepening. In the Canton
province the ranks of the rowdy ele-
ment are tremendously swelled by the
unemployed and these restless mobs
are reported to be busy looting the
homes and stores of the native Chris
| tians.
MAY BECOME A Pablo CALAMITY
| Germany Scared Over the s~~rcity Of
Coal--No More to Be + ID.
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