Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-04
Foreigners at Shanghai Demand Re-
venge for Chinese Atrocities.
AWFUL REPORTS OF BARBARIFIES
Women Outraged and FiendishIy
Murdered by CeIestiaIs.
Ii HUNG CHANG DENOUNCED
Copyright, 1900, by the Associated press)

Copyright. 1900, by the Associated Press)
SHANGHAI, September 4.-Dispatches
announcing that the American government
refuses to agree to the withdrawal of the
troops from Pekin before satisfaction for
the outrages upon and the losses Of its
subjects is given have been received here
and are applauded by the entire foreign col
ony in Shanghai. Any other policy. accord
ing to the business men and missionaries
with whom the Associated Press represent
alive has talked, would be vital blow to
the prestige Of the foreigners and would
weaken their status in China. The local
English papers fiercely denounce the pro-
posals to evacuate Pekin, and say that the
Chinese would interpret the evacuation as
defeat. The masses of Cinnamon now be-
Heve that the Chinese arms are victorious.
The Chinese papers printed in Shanghai
contain long circumstantial accounts of al
legged Chinese victories at Pekin, Tien Tsin
and Lun Chao, and the shops in the native
quarter display for sale lnrid pictures of
the celestial army driving the European SOL
ders into the sea at Taku and cutting
them to pieces at Tien Tsin. They also
show pictures of the foreign admirals being
tortured in the presence of the Viceroys
Vice Admiral Seymour is represented win
his arms pinioned "kotowing" before the
throne The people accept these reports and
pictures correctly representing the STU
alton, and consider the reports of the En-
glish press merely foreign lies"
Demand for Pekfn's Destruction.
The European community continues 10 de-
mand the destruction of Pekin and the ex-
emplary punishment of the officials, deem
ing indemnity and paper promises OF new
treaties Inadequate. Undoubtedly the infor-
nation in detail of massacres of foreigners
daily received infiames this sentiment
The dowager empress is living in the
Yamen at Tai Yuan Flu, in Shan 81 prov
ince. Fifty missionaries have been slaugh-
tered in that yamen under orders, prac-
itcally in the presence of the viceroy. Three
were beheaded in the inner court and the
others were killed barbarously in the outer
courtyard. Their bodies were thrown to
the dogs.
The empress has ordered a commissioner
to investigate the conduct of the southern
viceroys who made a compact with the
foreign consuls. and their degradation Is
expected. No investigation of the officials
opposed to foreigners has been ordered
The Associated Press representative
learns from official sources the facts of the
killing of several American women mis-
sionaries. At the request of the mission
board the details were withheld out of re-
gard 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 were captured while attempting to
leave the stations where they were located,
were led about the country naked, repeat
eddy outraged and finally killed by a method
too revolving to he described.
Two other American women were coming
to the coast with party which a number
of Cinnamon followed and stoned. The wo-
men fell exhausted, and were taken by the
Cinnamon into the presence of the local
officials. They were Frustrated upon the
execution block and a feint was made of
beheading them.
Awful story of Outrage.
One Of them became hystercal and laughed
and. thinking her insane the Chinese es-
corted her to the coast because of their su-
perstition regarding the insane. On the
Journey however the woman was repeat
eddy crimnally assaulted by her escort. The
other woman, after being exhibited naked
for some days, and suffering assault by sew
eraI men. was tortured to death by the same
shameful methods as were practiced in the
other cases. Two Swedish missionary wo-
men arrived at Shanghai after similar ex-
periences, except that their lives were
spared.
The foregoing are matters of official rec
ord.
The fourteen English missionaries. in
Guiding six women and four children, who
were murdered at Chu-chau, in the prov
ince of Che-kiang, according to the story Of
a Spanish priest, who escaped, were killed
with hay forks and ancient spears by the
magistrates body guard, and their naked
bodies were hanged from trees.
These incidents make a lenent policy I'M
popular in Shanghai, where all the victims
had friends.
Placards appeared today in all public
places exhorting foreigners to oppose a
compromise with the government, and at
lacking Ii Hung Chang, quoting the re-
mark to Consul Goodnow credited to Earl
Ii that 1.-The foreigners in Pekin, except the
mi ct nj