The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-02
POLICY OF CHINA FOR
 CHINESE CAUSE OF UNREST
UNMISTAKABLE SUPPORT OF IT AND AGGRESS-
 I'VE MANIFESTATIONS.

Account of Recent Attack on and Mas
 sacre of Missionaries at NanchRng--
 Serious Blame Attaches to the
 French CathOlics--Chinese Friendly
 to Missionaries Object to Priests Ex-
 ercising Civil Functions--American
 Property Safe-Dissention Through
 out Empire but No Indication of
 General Uprising.
 London, March 1.--The Times corre- spondent at Shanghai telegraphs as fol- lows:
 While there is no apparent disposi- tion to encourage acts of hostility, yet the general unrest throughout the country is due to the governments un- mistakalole support of the policy of China for the Chinese, the most ag- gresSive manifestations of which are endorsed, if not directed by officials. As shown by recent memorials, the reg ulations of the Waiwupu (Chinese for eign board) and the board of commerce, the Dordre is to keep the foreigner at arms length, an attitude reflected in every provincial yemen"
 Shanghai, March 1.-The following account of the recent attack on foreign missionaries at Nanchang has been re- eeiveG;
 Fifteen Methodists, fifteen English Protestants and fourteen French Cath ollie missionaries were in the city last Thursday night, when the French Catholics had a quarrel with an official over suit for the possession of prop erty. Great excitement prevailed on Friday. A mass meeting was held on Saturday, and was followed on Sunday by riot. during which the property of the Catholics was burned. "The Protestants took refuge in the adjoining house of MT. Kingman. The house was burned, and six priests and two members of the Kingman family wera killed.p
 The Chinese governor attempted tc check the riot and rescue the mission aries The men of the Methodist mis- sion, aided by Chinese soldiers, took their school girls to Chinese homes ir the city and brought Miss Hoyt and Miss Kahn from a hospital All took refuge in mid-riyer in launch which was furnished by Chinese officers. The launch waited until Chinese soldiers brought the remaining missionaries al daylight on Monday. The launch reach ed Kiukiang on Tuesday. The wounded Kingman girl died on the way. Chi. nese could have blocked the passage o1 the launch during the twelve hours 1 journey down the river but they were friendly Rev. A. F. Quirmbach, of the Methodist China Island missions, re. mained at Nanchang to care for prop erty. He is under the protection of the governor and is probably safe.
 Lewis Spencer, superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal mission at Chung King, wired Consul General Rodgers al Shanghai on Sunday warning him oi the disaster, and also wired the facts to Bishop Bashford on Monday. Cap. tain Fletcher, commanding the Ameri. can Ships, had the location of every American missiinary in the YangtsC valley.
 After consultation on Monday, Cap tain Fletcher ordered the gunboat E Cano from Nanchang to meet the fugi. tives at Kiukiang, or Poyang Lake They were met at Kiukiang
 The cause of the riot was local. seri. ous blame attaches to the French Cath, olics.
 Chinese friendly to the missionaries object to priests exercising civil func ktions.
 There is much dissension throughout China, but there is no indication of { general uprising against foreigners.