The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-06-25
EATING
HUMAN
FLESH
Situation in China is
Steadily Growing
Worse
British Authorities at Hong
Kong are Sending Some
Aid--InSurrectiOn Is
Also Growing


Peking, June 3, via Victoria. B. c.
June 21--Kang WI Wei, the wei
known Chinese refugee. leader Of tn,
reform party, arrived at Hongkonl
from Calcutta on May 81 on receipt ol
an alleged telegram from the Chinese
emperor. who urged him to return tc
Peking. since the reactory minister
Yung Lu, was dead The Hongkone
members OF the reform party told
Yung Ju that they were convinced the
imperial summons had been sent to
him as a ruse to entrap him.
Accordingly Kang gave up his idea
OF going back TO Picking and has sailed
again for the Straits Settlements and
India.
News has been received here that
the famine In Kwangsi is growing
worse by degrees. The starving pop.
ulation is estimated at 200. 900. and
daily numbers of deaths occurs from
starvation. The Chinese are consider.
Ing an official subscription list The
British authorities in Hongkong. aided
by public subscriptions, have been
sending aid for two months. A Jap
anese report says canniballsm is being
practieed and human flesh is publicly
offered for sale.
Regarding the proposed Canton.
Hankow railway. the Asiatlo CORES.
pondent reports that American and
Japanese experts have been compelled
to return 70 the starting points, with.
out accomplishing anything. owing
TO the inadequate protection by
Chinese officials. They were threat.
ened by rioters enroute. The United
States consul at Canton has again dis.
patched the gunboat up the river 10
afford protection. and Minister Conger
has applied to the Chinese foreign of.
nee TO Instruct local officials to pro.
tect foreigners.
Famine Brings Recruits.
Steamer Athenian which reached
port today from the Orient brought
news that the insurrectlon in Yunnan
Is causing grave alarm. Sir Robert
Hart telegraphed TO the Chinese gov.
ernment on June that he regarded
the funnan rebellion as no ordinary
rising. as some of the reform leaders
were known TO be among the insur.
gents The rebels have effected
juncture with the rebel forces of
kwangsi whereas In Yunnan the I'm.
crease In famine is swelling the rebel
ranks.
A Peklng dispatch OF June 4, says
the funnan insurgents now number
over $4,000, They are well trained
and armed with weapons Of improved
pattern. So far the government forces
have Jared badly In encounters with
the rebels. A dispatch from Canton
says an American railway expert has
been maltreated at the hands OF the
rebels. A Tien Tsin dispatch OF May
2S tells OF the occupation OF shlhPing
by the Insurgents on that date De,
tails have not been received yet of
the capture OF Linanau by the rebels.
but from refugees who came from that
place II has been learned that
church belonging 10 French mission
aries was destroyed, and the mission.
aries fed 20 Yunnanfu for safety.
Some OF the priests were captured and
murdered by the rebels while on the
way One report says that the major.
ity OF the Yunan rebels are miners
from the copper mines near Linanfu,
who rose TO oppose the offcials, but
who are independent OF the Kwangsl
rebels.
Looted by Rebels.
The French consul at Mentze wires
10 this effect. and says that the rising.
which had no connection with that In
Kwangal, Is at an end. but later tel
egrams tell of the capture OF several
towns. and OF burning. numbering and
iooting BY the rebels.
Correspondents of Shanghai papers
at Pingtu tell OF the burning Of tenn
pie there-a disaster lnyolylng the
loss OF 1850 lives. A large throng gath.
cred % Worship and burned papers
and incense by the Wholesale. This
resulted In the temple taking fire near
the stairway. cutting on the escape OF
the people. Many JUMPED from win.
dows and were killed, others were
crushed to death by the crowds. Most
OF the victims were burned beyond
recognition.
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha has pur-
chased the feet OF steamers on the
Yanglgae Of the MeBain Navigation
company for sl.BQ 900. and The 1apa'
nese line vii make this oonnocslon