The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-13
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China Will also Demand Apology for
Insult to. Flag, Aid for Destitute
Families of Victims, thst Guilty be
Punished and Guarantees Of Flu.
ture Protection.
A dispatch from Mexico City says
an indemnify of s6,000,000 will be
demanded Of Mexico by the Chinese
Government for the slaughter Of Chi
nese subjects in Torreon. The de-
mand will he backed up by a cruiser,
which is already on it's way to Mexi-
can west coast ports.
Three investigators returned from
Torreon and placed in the hands OF
Shung Hal Sun, charge d'affairs of
the Chinese legation at Mexico City,
a detailed report of the carnage. This
report shows 3O3 Chinese were kill
ed, many OIL them in most inhuman
manner, and that, besides bank and
a club house, eighty-nine places of
business were sacked
In addition to the indemnity, an
apology for insult to the Chinese flag
will be demanded; also that aid be
extended to- destitute families Of the
victims, that the guilty be punished,
and that the constitutional guaran-
tees Of protection to Chinese lives
and property be made egective.
OF the &6,OO0,00O indemnity, ST.
100000 is for property damage and
the remainder for the loss Of lives.
Commenting upon the matter Mr..
Shung declared that the Chinese
were killed in a savage manner.
''I am friendly, as is my nation, to
the Mexican people and to the revo-
lutionary cause" said he, 81 will first
present my case to the Mexican Gov
ernment for consideration, which If
favorable, will settle tho matter ami
cably If it is not acceptable, the de-
tailed reports of the killings will be
given to the world.
"a cruiser has been sent by the
Chinese Government to the Mexican
ports to protest against the treatment
of Chinese throughout the Mexican
republic"
"The report made by Investigators
goes back to the enti-foreign excite
ment starting on September 16, Mex
ico's centennial anniversary, when at
q public meeting at Torreon the kill
ing of the Spaniards first and the
Chin. Q was advocated by a speaker.
It continued in part:
"On May 10,1911, it was known in
Torreon that the revolutionary forces
would attack the city. A meeting oil
the Chinese Merchants and Laborers'
Society was held and 1t was agreed
that should the rebels enter the city
all the Chinese would close their
places of business and board up then
windows, that no resistance should
be made.
ION May IL the rebels began sack
ing the houses Of the market garden
ers, robbing them Of f:their money and
killing some Of them.
ION May IA the rebels began the
attack on the city. Early the follow
ing morning the Federal forces .eYac-
uated the city of Torreon. AS soon
as this was discovered the mob rose
and rushed about the town, shout
ing Death to Chinese and exciting
the discrderly masses to- pillage.
News of the evacuation reached the
rebel forces and they at once entered
the town without any opposition.
'HMany of the rebels Joined the mob
in sacking the Chinese stores"
After describing the sacking of a
restaurant and store, the report con-
tinues: "It was at thi S time that
three Cinnamon were tied to horses
and dragged along the streets to the
plaza, where two of them were killed
and the third, who was a boy, was
saved by an American lady who put
her arms around him and deled the
mob.
after this they proceeded to Yee
Hop Mans general store, which they
looted and from which they dragged
thirteen Chinese out in the streets
and killed them with machetes and
knives. The Shanghai Company and
the Wha Yka Bans, were in the same
building. Several families OF Chi
nese lived in the upper floors, and the
whole Of them, twenty-five n number
We're killed.
'The Chinese Clu was next attack
ed and fifteen or sixteen men killed
there A large number Of Chinese
stores throughout the city were sack
ed and their owners killed.
This state OF affairs continued un-
til a committee of the principle busi,
ness men, headed by the American
consul, waited on the rebel command
er and demanded that such outrages
be stopped.
''In all that slaughter there was d
most extraordinary display Of barbar-
ism and savagery. Some of the un-
happy Chinese. were shot first and
stabbed afterwards; in other words
they were first stabbed and then shot;
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