New-York tribune., 1911-11-21
REPORTED MASSACRES
CONFIRMED IN PEK|NG
Foreigners in Sian-Fu, as Well
as Manchus, Believed TO
Have Been Killed.
FIGHT RENEWED AT HANK0W
Revolutionists Are Repulsed, but
Two Rebel Cruisers and One
Torpedo Boat Harass I'm
perialists in Rear.

Pekng. Nov 2l.-Chinese officials con
firm the report that massacre Of for
eigners, as well as Manchus has oc-
CURED at Sian-Fu The legations be-
lieve the report will prove true.
There were forty foreigners in Sian
Flu. and many missionaries in the
smaller Shen-Si towns. Up to the pres
ent only Chinese reports have been re-
ceived regarding the massacre. There
has been no telegraphic or postal COM
munication with Sian-F'u for more than
three weeks.
The Swedish missionaries. Messrs.
Sandberg and Erickson. here from Tien-
Tsin, said that a telegram had been re-
ceived from Sian-Fu before their depart
ure from Southern Shen-Si. announcing
the murder Of Mrs Beckman, a school
mistress. and five foreign children
Many Chinese girls in Miss Bookings
dale's school, who We're mistaken for
Manchus because of their big feet, We're
also reported murdered. A German,
Philip Manners. who is in the Chinese
Mcssrs. Sandberg and Erickson say
that a magistrate in their town offered
them S4OO each 10 leave the province.
Shen-Si is probably the most anti-for-
eign province in China proper, not hav-
ing received a lesson at the hands Of
the foreign troops in 1900.
Highwaymen in Ho-Nan attacked and
robbed a party Of fugitive missionaries
injuring one Of them. Nowhere else, ap-
parently. have foreigners been attacked,
the rebels everywhere giving them pro-
lection. but il is feared that lawlessness
must increase. The Peking government
is powerless beyond Ho-Nan and Chill.
The legations have taken no action as
yet but they have the reported killing
Of foreigners under consideration. With
out strong invading force, however,
nothing can be accomplished beyond the
reach of the Yang-Tse gunboats. Most
Of the legations advised their people in
the interior to escape three weeks ago.
Many disobeyed. believing they We're in
no danger. Some of the women and
children were sent to the coast.
Mrs Beckman probably was the wife
Of Il. Beckman. of the scandinavian
China Alliance mission, at Sian-Fu.
Miss j. Beckingsdale belonged to the
English Baptist mission.
Philip Manners was a German. con-
nected with the Chinese postal service.
Among other members of the Scandi-
navian China Alliance mission at Sian
Fu are the Rev. c. J. Anderson and wife
V. Renius. the Rev. o. Bengtsson and
wife f. Paulson, c. j. Jensen and wife,
Miss d. LindvalI and Miss G. Anderson.
The Rev. V. L. NOrdlund and wife and
Mrs. Oh. Henriksen also are members
of the mission, but in the last record of
the institution published this year are
reported as being absent from the sta
tion.
Connected with the mission is a semi
nary. The last reports showed the SEM
inary to have thirty-one students. The
Rev. Mr. Bengtsson is principal Of the
seminary. and has as assistants Mr..
Jensen and two Chinese.
At Sian-Fu which is a city Of nearly
a million inhabitants, the English Bap-
lists have two stations, with six men
and seven women missionaries. Also
there is i'm the city the Society Of the
Brethren, an English organization, with
two men and three women missionaries.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton is the only American institution
which has workers in the local field of
Sian-Fu.