New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-10
Demands Indemnity and ApoIoov
for Torreon Massacre.
CRUISER ON WAY TO MEXICO
Defenceless orientals Butchered
by Both Federals and Rebels.
Report to Legation Saws

Mexico CITY June a-An indsmui,v .,
ih.ooo.0no gold will he demanded of Mn,;,o
ny the Chinese government for tho ,i,..
ter Of three hundred AMI the. c.,.'
subjects and the destruction of ,bo,. ,
erty in Torreon. IL was asserted 80 A..
The demand will he backed up by = cru,s-
er. which Is on the way to Mexican ror,s
Three investigators returned from Tor.
reon to-day and gave Shung Hal SIN. Of
the Chlnese legation. report which show,
that many Of the Chinese were sal, In
most inhuman manner. and that besides
bank and clubhouse eighty-nin. pl,ccs
Of business were sacked
In addition to the indemnity. an analogy.
for the insult to the Chinese flag will he
demanded: also that aid he given 10 dos.
titute families Of victims. that the p,ii,.v
be punished and the constitutional guaran.
tees OF protection To Chinese lives and
property no made effective
The massacre is laid at the door If both
sides In the revolution The report saws
the federals gave no notice they were going
TO evacuate the city. and when ruffans in
the town knew the soldiers had gone they
began an anti-Chinese demonstration. kill
Ing many. Then the rebels entered the city
and the carnage grew worse The federals
are blamed for not giving notice Of evacua-
ton and the rebels for Joining in the
massacre
The report recites tale after tale of bar
bsrous slaughter stories Of how victims
arms and legs were tied 10 horses and
their bodies torn asunder: heads cut off and
savagely rolled about the streets: bodies
cut into small bits and dead and half dead
Chinese dragged about the town at the ends
or ropes attached to horses Blood drIpplng
through the floors in the Chinese Bank was
terrible evidence Of the murder of twenty
I'VE men in the second story
An American woman saved tho life If d,
chinese boy by throwing her arms about
his neck as the Mexicans We're about n
stap nm and Mexican girl protected
nine Chinese in her home after her father
had been shot dead before her eyes when
he protested he was not harborng any
Orientals
The report SAYS this slaughter kept up
until party of business men. headed bv
the American consul demanded that the
rebel leader stop the massacre. II was
stopped and the two hundred Orentals
left were put i'm iail for safe keeping The
prison guards took all their money and
most of their clothes. the report says All
Chinese not killed We're saved from starva
ton only by the Red Cross. the American
consul and foreign banks
OF the 100000 pesos indemnity to NJ
asked. 200,ODo are for property damage
and the remainder for the loss Of lives
II am friendly. as is my nation. to the
Mexican people. and TO the revolutionary
cause" said Mr.. Shung II will first pre-
sent my case TO the Mexican government
for its decision. which. If favorable, VII
settle the case amicably II il is not ac
cepted. detailed report Of the crimes
Will be given To the world. A cruiser has
been sent by the Chinese government t
Mexican ports. carrying persons who vii
continue the investigation Of the treatmen
of Chinese throughout the republic and as
sist in pacfying the Chinese residents il
the country"