New-York tribune., 1911-12-27

lBy the Regular Correspondent OF The Tribune
in Pekiug.l
Poking Nov 2I.-'rhe dread terror Of
al ,i-foreignism has made its appearance in
the Chinese situation. IL seems from the
best information obtainable that at least
ten foreigners have 50 far lost their lives
Possibly others will die before the dis
turbances are over although both the i'm
perialsts and the revolutionares show an
inclination to protect the foreigners. The
killing of foreigners so far has been by un-
attached rioters and lCoters, who were sum
marily punished whenever imperial or reyo'
lutionary forces got to the scene
The killing of foreigners occurred at
IIsian-Tu. in the Shen-Si province. II was
here that the Empress Dowager and her
court established a capital of China when
they fled from PcOng before the advance
Of the allied troops in 1899. Tic murders
were ruthless and unusually cruel Al
though the affair took place more than "A
month ago. no clearly connected or thor
ouglhy authentic account Of the happening
has been received in Peking,
1t appears, however. that Mrs Beck
mann, an American woman. who was IN
charge Of a school for foreign and native
children at Hsian-Fu, was murdered with
six Of her school children, all little Swedish
girls
4 German named Hennc postmaster al
Hsian-Fu. together with his assistant,
young Englishman named Philip Manners
were killed. Tho last death reported X
that OF a Norwegian teacher named Natne'
The details are not at hand, and there are
number of versions Of just what hap
pened. The legations have made represen'
tations 90 the Foreign Office, but the Ch'-
nese government IS to-day utterly povcrless
TO do anything. The disturbed area IS ah-
soIutely I'm the hands of rcvolutionists and
brigands. A few days ago an edict was
issued expressing official regret that for
eigners had been "nolested' and ordering
troops 10 the centre of the disturbances.
They cannot get to Hsian-Fu for weeks.
Spread Of Rnti-Foreignisnr,
The American and other legations IN
Peking have sent out a general call TO mis-
sionaries to leave the provinces Of Shen-si
and Shan-Si adjoining states, to the south
west Of Peking where there seems TO b" a
spread of anti-foreignsm The feeling
against foreigners i'm these regions IN 1900
was most intense, and there seems 10 he a
rocrudescenCe Of that terrible outbreak.
one report has II that the maddened ma
tlycs arc even rcviving some Of the old
Boxer ceremonies and incdntauons II
should be stated. however, that anti-lor-
cienism has shown itself nowhere else in
the empire in such virulent form The most
cucoura ging feature Of the situation is that
80, & enrpoI-
ing. protect foreign lives and property.
According Il the most reliable story ot
tho Hsiau-Fu massacre, obtained from
missionary, the affair began at the end OF
tho eighth moon. II wss then that the
revolution was started by a commander OF
imperial troops, who went over 10 the side
Of the rebels This general, Chang Feng-
hui by name. issued proclamation declar-
ing that foreigners should be protected but
announcing that the Nanchus must be eN-
terminated The Manchus, the manifesto
declared, were to he destroyed so that
neither chicken nor dog would be left And,
I'm the end. they were. with the exception Of
young women and girls.
The actual outbreak began on october
- The rebel troops entered the city and
at once set about on their campaign for
the determination of the ManChus. The
Mauchus IL appears, reside i'm separate
norton Of the town. and q stubborn resist
succ was made. They fortified their part
Of the city and did what they could 20
save their lives. hut failed completely in
their efforts During the night Of October
22-2S. according to this version, the ighting
within the city was stopped. because the
rebels did not wish 20 frighten the inhab-
itauts by the firing