Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-20
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PEKING SAYS CHINESE WERE
NEVER MORE FRIENDLY.

PEk1NG, February 20.-Foreigners here
are receiving kilograms from relatives in
dcating that there Is a feeling Of alarm
abroad over the possibility Of an outbreak
of Chinese hostility No disquiet whatever
is felt at Peking
All the foreign ministers agree that the
Chinese here. both officials and people were
never more friendly toward foreigners per
sonally, although following an independent
line politically. There is no anti-foreign
movement IN north China likely to lead to
hostflities The troubles at Canton and
Shanghai are not felt here
1t is reported from Honan that members
of the Big Knife Society have killed num-
Der of Chinese Catholics as the result Of a
local quarrel.
Anti-Foreign Feeling Reported
VICTORIA, b. c., February 20-The
steamer Athenian, from the orient, brings
advlces Of the increase Of anti-foreign feel
ing In China, to which some officials are
giving encouragement. Shanghai papers call
attention to the anti-foreign action of Vice
roy Chou Flu, following the recent riots re-
garding the mixed court at Shanghai, he hav-
Ing decided .to build jail for the custody
of prisoners held at the mixed court at a
cost of three-quarters of a million dollars.
is absolutely no need for such an establish
ment, the new municipal Jail serving the
purpose, and classes the action as simply
due to ill-feeling and Ill temper, translating
into action the anti-foreign feeling
In south China the anti-foregn feeling is
even more marked Arrivals from Hong
kong and Canton say visits to the native
cities now involve risking the travellers
hfe. The situation in Canton and vicinity
is intensified because of popular discomfort
anent the new Chinese taxation law which
has resulted In the assassination, January
2l OF the governor general OF Kwantung
That the anti foreign feeling is wide
spread Is evtnced by risings against the
French priests in Yunan, far to the west
ciety Is planning aIltiforeign risings The
viceroy OF Yunaun In reporting the attacks
on the French missions, says the priests at
Likiang Flu have shot and killed several
Chinese.
RICHMOND Va, February 20.-A cable
gram has just been received by the secre-
tary of the foreign mission board Of the
Southern Baptist convention here. from DR.
r. J. Bryan, missionary of that board In
Shanghai China. 1t reads as follows:
Shanghai, February 20, 1905. willing
(Signed BRYAN"
The secretary of the board has also re-
ceived letter from the Department of State
in Washington in which the Secretary says
nothing Is known there which would justify
the immediate and general withdrawal of
missionaries from the interior.
1t also adds: This government is dis
posed to afford every protection in It's power
to Its citizens in China" The letters which
come from the missionaries show that there
is a state of unrest but they do not seem
to be alarmed about conditions. One per-
son in wffcing from Yanchow, says. "The
great anti-Anglo feeling will probably show
itself for while, though we have not felt
much of it in Yanchow." Another, in writ
ing from Canton, says: Things are in a
somewhat disturbed state politically, and
robbery is very common, but we have been
kept in peace"