The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-19
BOXERS AGAIN
MAKE TROUBLE
China on the Verge Of Another
Uprising.
TAXATION is OPPRESSIVE
MINISTER CoNGER ACTING
WITH GREAT ENERGY.

IVY WASHINGTON. Sept. ls.-china is
w on the verge of another Boxer
uprising. which may equal that
of 1900, according to mail advices re-
ceived at the state department from
Minister Conger. dated last month. The
troubles appear 10 arise principally
from extortionate taxation combined
with resentment against the presence
OF missionaries. thus justifying the
judgment of the department Of state,
which pointed out to the powers that
the demand for excessive indemnities
would result in serious internal trou-
bles In China
Mr.. cOnger's first advice bears date
OF Aug. 6, from Pekin. and he reports
serious anti-foreign riots near Chentu,
in the province Of SEE Chuan, in which
number of native Christians had
been massacred and chapels destroyed.
Acted With Energy.
Mr.. Conger appears to have acted
with energy upon Geographic com
plants from DIR. Cartwright. an Amer
| lean medical missionary at Chentu.
not only addressing the Chinese for
eign Office by letter, but calling there
in person to impress upon the officials
the necessity OF immediate action, and
| finally succeeding in causing the re-
moval Of the local Chinese officials who
had failed to repress the riots and
preserve life and property.
Mr.. Conger encloses within his re-
port the communications that passed
between himself, DR.. Cartwright and
: the foreign office. Under date of June
20. from Chent1, DR.. Cartwright tele-
graphed:
"Sze Chuan repeating TROUBLES OF
by 1900. Chapel burned; ten Chris
tians killed. Boxers (have been) null
tiplying (for) four months; officials
taxed"
Demanded Protection.
Mr. Conger Immediately teIegraphed
| DR. Cartwright 10 demand adequate
protection for missionaries and the
native Christians from the local Of
/ feials. He also addressed a note to
| Prince Ching at the foreign ONCE.
] stating that there were several Amer
| lean missionaries and many chapels
/ and converts in SEE Chuan, and that
| IL was necessary that immediate pro-
/ vision be taken to stamp out these
| troubles at their very inception.
1 In his answer, Prince Ching enclosed
a copy of the following imperial edict:
Some time ago number of local
outlaws were banded together in the
| district OF Use Yang and made trouble,
whereupon l dispatched troops to dis
perse them. The leading criminal, Ii
/ Kang Church, and others were ar
rested and executed. but now the mag
/ istrate of the place. Ma Cheng Chi,
reports that at Tch Chu Kim, in his
/ district, outlaws, 1000 strong, suddenly
made night attack and destroyed a
/ church which the British or American
1 society had built The preacher, Chu
/ Cheng Wei, and four church members
were killed. They also burned some
houses and killed three Christians.
( sent troops in all haste and deputed
! besides an official with rank Of taotai
to proceed with braves to attend TO
/ this matter.
Orders Of Prince Ching.
Such fierce and lawless outbreaks
/ should certainly be quickly put down.
| They must on no occasion be allowed
/ 10 spread.
We command Kwei Chun TO strictly
I order the troops 10 disperse the rebels
/ and their followers; to seize the ring
/ leaders and to punish them according
/ to the law. and so nip the rebellion in
! the bud.
we feel a great pity for the mis-
/ sionary or preacher and others who.
/ for no fault of theirs. have lost their
! lives, and command that adequate re-
/ lief may be at once given.
/ las for Ma Cheng Chi. the magis-
! trate of Use Yang, who. it is said, has
/ not long been in the office. because he
was remiss in taking precautionary
/ measures we demand that he be re-
moved from office and that he be given
a limited time within which to capture
| the criminals.
Stern Instructions.
"As there may be outlaws in other
, places who rouse the suspicious of peo-
Pile, spread rumors and make trouble,
/ the local authorities should be sternly
/ instructed to make careful search and
/ put stop TO all such things: TO take
} special precautions so rs TO get rid of
( bad characters, and to encourage the
I laW-abiding people. They must give
real protection to the ehapels and mis-
sionaries without the least remissness.
viceroy of SIZE Chuan that he should
at once carry out the imperial will as
/ in duty bound, we have reverentiy cop
/ led the ediet and sent 1t for your eX-
J cellency's information. With compli-
ments OF the season.
Dated 21st day of the fifth moon
/ June 20. 1902"
Another dispatch from the foreign
/ office to Minister Conger. dated July 8.
states that the viceroy reported that
! the missionary killed was a Chinese.
and quite a number of leading Boxers
had been captured and a sharp lookout
was being kept for those stin at large.
Massaeres Occur Daily.
Mr.. Conger again had occasion 10
address the foreign Office on July 80.
/ informing them that DR.. Cartwright
/ had again reported that r0bberies and
! massacres were occurring daily; that all
were in great danger and that he had
/ demanded protection in vain. The
/ minister urged the foreign Office 10
take more effective measures "in order
/ 70 avoid the fearful responsibility OF a
/ further loss of life and property"
/ The foreign office replied that sew
eral edlcts had been issued directing
| the viceroy TO suppress the troubles.
II had received a telegram from that
! Official stating that the rebel Hsiung
| Ching He. of Jen Chou Hsian, made
/ his appearance suddenly at the head
of a crowd and burned a chapel and
some thirty odd houses early in that
1 moon. and also killed Christian. They
/ also committed other outrages, where
/ upon the yiceroy dispatched troops TO
the scene. who killed some twenty or
more people. The leader of the riot
/ was also captured and orders We're
! given 10 have him beheaded and his