Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-09-19
BOXER Rising FEARED
China May Again Have a Great lie.
ligious Rebellion.
MISSIONARIES IN DIRE PERIL
COnger's Report ON the Recent Sc
riOux AntifOreign Riots In Which
Number Of Native Chris
timns Were Slain.

Washington, Sept. 19.-China is on
the verge of another Boxer uprising
which may equal that Of 1900. accord
ing to advices received at the state de-
partment from Minister Conger. The
troubles appear to arise principally
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.
In Mr.. Conger's first advice he re-
ports serious antforeign riots near
Chentu, in the province of Szechuen.
in which a number of native Chris
tians had been massacred and chapels
destroyed. Mr.. Conger appears to have
acted with energy upon Geographic
complaints from Dr. Canright, an
American medical missionary at Chen
tn, not only addressing the Chinese
foreign office by letter, but calling
there in person to impress upon the of
ticals the Importance of an immediate
and effective action and finally sue
ceeding in causing the removal Of the
local Chinese officials who had failed
to repress the riots and preserve life
and property.
Mr.. Conger incloses with his report
the communication that passed be-
tween himself. DR.. Canright and the
foreign office. From Chentu DR.. Can
right telegraphed: "Szechuen repeat
ing 1900. Chapel burned, ten Chris
tians killed. Boxers multiplying four
months. Officials taxed"
Conger Protests to Ching.
Mr.. Conger Immediately teleyraphed
DR.. Canright to demand adequate pro
lection for missionaries and the native
Christians from the local officials. He
also addressed a note to Prince Ching
at the foreign office stating that there
| were several American missionaries
and many chapels and converts in
! Szechuen and that it was necessary
that immediate provision be taken to
stamp out these troubles at their very
inception. In his answer Prince Ching
| inclosed copy of an imperial edict
which said in part:
Some time ago number of local out
laws banded together in the district OF
Tzeyang and made trouble. whereupon
dispatched troops to dispense them. The
leading criminal Lii kang Chung and
others We're arrested and executed. but
now the magistrate of the place, Ma
Oh Eng Chi, reports that at Tienku-
chiao, in his district, outlaws over
thousand strong suddenly made a night
| attack and destroyed church which the
British or American society had built
The preacher, Chu Oh Eng Wei and four
church members We're also Killed. They
also burned some houses and killed three
Christians | sent troops in all haste
and deputed besides an official with rank
of taoti to proceed with braves to attend
to this matter
Such fierce and lawess outbreaks
should certainly be quickly put down
They must on no account be allowed to
spread We command Kwe Chun to
strictly order the troops to dispense the
rebels and their followers, to seize the
rinseaders and to punish them accord
ing to the rigor of the law and so nip
the rebellion in the bud.
As there here may may 9e g uaaWs in other
pie, SpTtau TuIIlOIS anu INA nc eiNopiOI eiAN
local authorities should be sternly in
structed to make careful search and put
stop to all such things. to take special
! precautions so as to get rid of bad char
, acters and to encourage the law abiding
people. They must give real protection
to the chapes and missionaries without
the least remissness.
Mr.. Conger again had occasion to ad
dress the foreign Office on July 80. in
forming them that DR.. Canyight had
again reported that robberies and mas
sacres We're occurring daily that all
were in great danger and that he had
demanded protection in vain. The for
eign Office replied that several edicts
had been issued directing the viceroy
to suppress the troubles.