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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY
14. 1895..
THE INDIGNATION MEETING
·AT AMOY
A MERTING of the Sanitary Board will be held to-morrow at 4.15 pm.
THE Japan Cement Co. has declared a dividend of 8th per cent, per annum for the fact bull-your, and the Japan Life Insurance Co, a dividend of 6th per cent, per annum.
On Friday, the 16th inat, the anniversary of the 27th birthday of the Son of Heaven (heaven help him t) will be observed here at the Kowloon Customs office which, as will be send an advertisement'ta by another part of this issue, will be closed for the day,
AT Shanghal recently intense heat his been experienced, ika thermometer going up to rot
We publish in another column minutes of a public meeting held at Amoy, In connection with the Kuchong massacre. We congratulate Mr. Ciss and those acting with him on the clearness of their views and on the manner in which they
on the gik fast, and ros) in the akude on Bib. have given expression to them. We regret that the Consul, Mr. Gardner, was invited or allowed to take part in the Several Europeans, and quite a number of meeting not because of any objec- ponies as well, are reported to have succumbed tion to Mr. GARDNER himself or of any to beat apoplexy during this memorable hot doubt as to his feelings in the matter,pall.
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THE KUCHENG MASSACRE,
INDIGNATION MEETING AT 'AHOY.
What is described by our Cerrespsadent ar the largest and most unanimous meeting ever convened ie Amoy" was held la the Masonic Hall at that port on the oth instant, to consider certain revolutiens connected with the recent massacre of British"missionaries in the neigh.. bourbood of Foochow. The following is a report of the proceedings :-
Mr. Ort proposed, and Mr. Casa seconded, that Mr. C. T. Gardrer, C.M.G., Britlak Consul, take the chair.' Carried nem, con.
The Chairman stated that the meeting had
would have preferred walng fal'er Information been convened contrary to his advice, as he before king action, but the fact that nearly every European and American man in Amay was present, showed that the community was determined to take, Immediate action. Under these circumstances the question was, what scilon would it be most desirable to take? The distressing news from Foochow following so closely on etherattacks on Christian Misalonaries
an adequate material guitrantre be demanded.” After some discussion as to the nature of the guarantee the amendment was adopted.
It was resolved that the first four clauses of the resolution should be cabled to the Foreign office, and the ith to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Mr. Gardner objected to the latter on the ground of its being an unusual course, to pursue.,
The remainder of the resolutions were carried unanimously, and on the motion of Mr. Sadler the following were elected a Committee to carry nat (be objects of the meeting, namely,-Mears, | Broadbent, Casa, Kip, Ore, Price, and Wales; Mr. Sadler's name was added by general
consent.
THE TILEGRAM.
On 7 August the following telegram was dispatched to Lord Sallbury, a copy at the same time belog cabled to H. B. M.'s Minister, Peking
"Lord Sallabary, London.Meeting Amoy community unanimously expressed abhorrence Kuchang Massacre; consider common, safety lavolved; urge strong prompt measuree; stern retribution and material guarantees obtained; also that no blood money be accepted."
The Committee decided not to send the
telegram referred to in clause 5 to Her Most Gracions Majesty the Queess
KUCHENG MASSACRE NOTES.
IMPORTANT DISPATCH TO LORD BALISBURY.
The following is copy of a letter which has been despatched to the Marquis of Salisbury by Mr. R. M. Campbell, the Chairman of the recent
Shanghai, 4th August, 1895. public meeting of Shanghai seeldents :—
My Lord Marquis,
A largely attended public meeting of the com-
upon me to convey to your Lordship the resolu....'
as to his action if he were free Two saltors, of the American ship George S. to take action. He is one of the few Homir, who were on the 6th sentenced to 7 members of the British Consular body in China for whom we have consider days' imprisonment each, were brought up at the able respect and who has shown himself Magistracy this morning and on the application
In other parts of Chlua, ladicated that the prompt to act and not afraid of responsi- of the Captain they were ordered to return to
Chinese Government had not taken adequate bility. We object to his presence at the their ship. One of them applied for a summons meeting because his official position against the Chief Officer for assault, and this measures to pretect the Europeans in China. There is in Cuba a party-numerically small, required from him certain reservations the Magistrate granted.
but infcential that is actively malevolent to and compelled the meeting to modify the .IN reference to the anti-Christian qutbreak at
as; this party is set to stir up the igarant expression of Its feelings and opinions in Tongus, near Amoy, recently mentioned in these and superstitions natives against us by vile a way it would not otherwise have done, columns, our Amoy comespondent reports that slanders, and to them are joined babitus! criminals who attack us for the sake of plander. and for the worse. The resolutions passed the damage to bouge property' amounted to
The Chairman did not believe the Central by the meeting were for transmission to Lord Sallsbury. The sufferers at Kucheng about 6000 and that one native Christian only Government was hostile to Europeans, but were principally English subjects. It is lied. The United States Consul at Amoy xperience showed that it will not incur the the direct duty of England to obtain and the local officials are now engaged to uopopolarity of taking adequate measures to satisfaction and redress. It was the direct nvestigating the sæsir under instrwellens from restrain the malevolence of certain lofsential subjects, nor to enlighten the Ignorance of the superstitious common people unless pressure Is object of the meeting to bring home to the Peklog, British Government that duty and respon-To-MORROW, the 15th of Aurust, recalls the brought upon it by the foreign Governments.munity of Shanghai, held on the çib lastant for slbility, yet the words "the British
relations with the Chinese than those al otherports taken in the circumstances of the recent lamen- Government are omitted from the third year 1830 when Yeh, the, then Viceroy of/ The community of Amey lived in rabre Intimate the purpose of considering what steps shou'd be Canton, tried to starve the foreigners, then of China; it would, therefore, perhaps be able to resolution to gratify Mr. GARDNER'S aident at Canton into submission. How many help is giving such information to people at table outrage at Kurien, (Kucheng) having done susceptibilities and save him from giving offence to his superiors, and what was old, anti-foreign outrages and masiacies have home as might result in the home Goverments me the honour to elect me Chairman, it devolves
ment to take adequate measures for the fature originally an effective expression of public occurred in China since then, and what has mung sufficient pressure on the Peking Geversion of that meeting opinion in Amoy that the British Govern. been done to prevent their conilausnce? Echo security of the subjects and citizens of Western States residing In China. In Feochow, the ment should do something, is turned into answers—" what ? " an idle statement that "somebody" ought we would remind capitalists and others that the victims were principally British subjects-a few American citizens had been wounded. In China to do something! What is everybody's SHARE LIST of the The International Cotton the Interests of all Western nailons are identical; business is nobody's business in polities as Hanufacturing Company, Zed, whose interest- the same condition of things that causes outrages elsewhere. The fourth resolution was emascalated in the same way,and for the prospectus has been published on alternate on the members of one nationality endangers It is for the British day in this Journal during the past fortnight, will the security of every white mas in the Empire. Government to decide, undoubtedly, what close to-morrow, the 15th instant, at 4 p.m. The measures it will adopt or what guarantees cxpital of the Company is to be Tis. 1,000,000 known ten portons had been killed and three SARSAFARILLA
it will require, but it is equally the right divided into 10,000 shares of Tie, 100 each. wounded, including several ladies and children. ASPBERRYADE, &c. and the duty of British subjects, on the The American Trading Company are the General This was confirmed by Mr. Saanson who gave the names of the victim's, as they bad been privately RAS
spot and fully cognisant of the facts, to Managers
telegraphed to him, viz: Rev. Mr. and Mrs. advise that Government what are, in the THz annual entertainment of the Shanghai Race Stewart and child, who were burned alive, the DAKIN, CRUICKBHANK & Co.'s WATERS ATS particular case, the fit and proper Club was given on the 6th. It took the form of Misses Stewart, Saunders (2); Gordon, New- combe, Yellap and Marshall, who were mast an amateur circus, which is reported by our
brutally murdered; Two or three "athers Captain Sales, will be despatched TO-MOR-made under the constant supervision of a duly guarantees to demand. The occupation of the two open ports of Foochow and
(believed to be Americans) were wounded, qualified English Chemist and will bear compa-Amoy, both in Fuhkien province, is the Shanghat exchanges to have been a buge suc
only effective guarantee, because such cess. It is wall for Brothers George Harmston whilst some were stil missing and supposed to Special terms to HOTELS, CLUBS, MESSES and occupation will bring home to the minds of and "Bob" Love that the Shanghai Combine be in hiding. Another child of Mr. Stewart's
the Fuhkian Viceroy and his officials, don't prepose to tour,"
thin. Cagg had alto received telegrams con"
had been held in Fanchow yesterday. had been her arts, and stated that meetings appealed to the metang and Shanghat. He common humanity to suppo the ground of resolations :-
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Mr. Orried for farther particolars of the outrage. The Chairman replied that as far as WHI
As full particulars of the massacre of one map, one child, ali English, ni eight women, and Ketlen, near Foochow, will be in your possession now It is unnecessary for me to recite them, or to do more than enclose for reference a complete printed report of the proceedings of the meet- forwarded to your Lordship on the 6th instant ing; and state that in pursuance of the resolutien the telegram, of which a copy is bereto appended." [Telegram already published.]
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well, the seizure of Canton or of the Takumile! Forts would not, although the seizure of these latter would probably operate WHEN the numerous steamers now employed as more efficiently in Peking. What Is transports by the "Japanese are set free in the needed is that as the Chinese Govern- near future, the great question in Dai Nippon will 'ment will not punish the officials and the j be how to repair them. The dockyards at province or district directly implicated, Yokosuka and Nag11ak! are fargely used for they should be punished or frightened into war-vessels. It is stated that the Nippen Yosen good behaviour by the knowledge that Kaisha will re-fit its ships at Shanghai and fore'gn Powers will take the place of Hangkong, and if en dockyards to the Far East their own government and exact penalties have good times in prospect. The Yusen Kalsha from the really gulity, and on the spot sine is expected to spend more than hall a The occupation of Amoy and Foochow million yes on repairing lim vessels, might be misrepresented In the northern provinces and explained away, but the THE enquliy torching the death of a Chindro Funklen people could make no mistake as Customs boatman, whose body was found float to the reasons and motives for it or as tong in Aberdeen Bay a few days ago, was con» the lessons to be learned from it, and they tinued to-day, and the evidence of Dr. Cantile would take those lessons to heart, Foochow who held the post mortem éxamination showed at least should be occupied, and a strong that the man must have been killed and then escort of English soldiers or sailors should attend the Commission to Kuchang, REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,
RE-ELECTION OF THE SPEAKER.
LONDON, August 13th. The Right Hop. W. Court Gally, Q.C., has been re-elected Speaker of the House of Com
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thrown into the water. The Coroner read over the preceding evidence (reported in our issue of | the gth (nst.) and expressed the opinion that that evidence and the medical testimony appeared Inconsistent, and the enquiry was therefore adjourned, till Wednesday next at to km; |.This week's Mail Supplement of the Hongkong Talagraph, which will be pablished to-morrow
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recent atrecious massacre of Engilsh women and children at Kuchong. This supplement, like our pamphlet published on Monday, should be read by avery voter in England Every European or · American resident should send home to his friends either a copy of our pimph- let or one of our Mall Supplements and also express privately his own views of the situation In the Far East-1'allustion, be it noted, which calls for drastic repressive measures. There must be no delay.
ATTACK ON FOREIGNERS IN NINGPO.
On Monday alternoon, 5th Inst. a foreign lady and gentleman went for a short sall down the Yang river and landed a short distance below Niogpo on the opposite side. They went & short distance inland and sat down in the shade of an cohous, but they had not been there for long when the lady became alarmed at the appearance of villainous-looking Chinaman who was watch them intently, so she and her companion decided to return to the bost. As they were making their way to the river side, how ever, the Chiasman began to shout, and soon collected. a crowd of field labourers who followed the retreating foreigners, abusing them and ssing the vilest languige. genteman made the lady go on in front, while be lapt a few paces behind. On this the leader of the mob, which by this time had becomes verylarge one, began to throw stones and clods of enth at the gentleman, who received several nastý knocks, but fortunately the foreigners wATH fr from the river, and the boatman, seeing whatwas going on ashore, ran the boat close in It is probable that the formal arrangement of to the bank, so the lady and gentlemen were the terms of the new China-Japan Commercial abia o get on board just in time before anything Treaty will be commenced about the end of this series had happened, and get away without lors time from the hosille neighbourhood. It moth, at Tientsin.
is the first instance for many years of an satf foreta feeling near Ningpo and the lackdent has used some uneasiness in that Settlement. Thematter has been reported to the Consular | ambeider, and that's probably the last we shali
Keujat it —Câine Gazette:
LIKUTENANT Meinecke, a staff officer of the 16th Regiment of Artillery, has been appointed Milliary Attaché to the German Legation in Tokio.
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At the commencement exercises of Dartmouth College, Hanover, M.H, the other day the | honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred upon fy' Rear-Admiral Belkoap, U.S.N.
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The resolve of British subjects in Shanghai 10 address Her Majesty's Government direct arose from the fact that outrager, of varying Intensity, have been repeated at intervals for twenty-five years past; the bellel, founded upon evidence, ibat there outrages hive been stimulated by persons of the official class who, so far from being punished for these bigh crimes, have been rewarded and honoured; the knowledge, spring. Ing out of long experience, that the measures heretofore adopted by Her Majesty's representa tives in China bave been wholly inadequats apparently, of the Ministers fearing to take the respousiblity of action; and, in almost every case, the measures adopted bave resulted in lowering the prestige of Great Britain in China į forcing the Chinese Gavernment to do justice be and the conviction that unless some method of adopted, the time is not far distant when other, 1. That this meeting express its abhorre... and perhaps more foul and abominable, mur of the revolting mistice at Kucheng, the rigs will be perpetrated upon defenceless ad terrible details of which are probably unfit desirousted Brith subjects. Most carefully for publication or discussion,
ing, I will in from exaggeration or colour 2. That it considers any monetary offers from the list of outrages comme since 1870, detalled now timely refer your Lordship to the Chinese Government in compensation in the speech of the Rev. Timury Richard, na should not be accepted; further, that the English clergyman who has spent the last thirty execution of a few innocent Chinese by yours in work for the promotion of knowledge their officials, as is customary in these among the Chlanse prople, instances, will not adequately meet the requirements of the case,
With reference to the Chengts Commitsfon, #gainst the constitution 'of which the meeting. 3-That should the British Government pass❘ protested in the most emphatic manner, I crave this matter ever in the manner they have|pertafusion to remind your Lordsbis that the hitherto dane, foreign life and property are person believed to be chiefly implicated is the ax **solutely unsafe in Chios,
4-That the severest retribution be demanded, which shall include the punishment of actual offenders, including overv Official and Liferafila the Province of Fokien and the holding by a foreign force the ports of Amoy and Foochow until amp's retribution has been exacted.
5-That telegram of condolerce ba despatched to Ber Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, head of the Church of England, the cruel death of the members of that Church, 6--That sympathetic telegram be sent to
the friends of the outraged victims, 7--That these resolutions be telegraphed. Is Lord Salisbury, Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foregn Affaire.
Viceroy of Szechuen, Liu Ping-chang, an official of the highest rank in the empire. When your Lordship Considers that men of this rank are not amenable to any court of law, and can only be punished by Imperial power, you will perceive that a Commission of
of Inquiry composed Chinese officials of mean and Insignificat rask, with ▲ joutor officer of the British Consulat service and an American missionary as Assessors or Jolat commissioners in foredoomed to fallure American members may diesent, the Chinese because, however strongly, the English and members of the Commission dare not inculpate the ex-Viceroy and the myrmidons acting under his orders; and the utmost that can be expected is a declaration that certain of the common pea- ple are gulity and will be punished; while the infamous instigators will be acquitted in order that they may daviss and carry out still more atrocious deeds of violence upon British subjecte residing in this country by virtue of sights under existing trestles between Great Britain and Chink. The Changtu Commission, as it is now con stituted, is treated with contemptuous derision by Chloase; and every Englishman of experience
deeply concerned in this matter and I venture feels and knows the Chinese viewto be justified. The honour and dignity of Her Majesty are to declare to your Lordship that unless prompt and adequate measures are isken to vindicate Rev. Mr. Sadler thought a standing Com. the power of Great Britain to protect its people mittee should be appointed to guard against such and to render absolutely certale the punishment outbreaks. Trouble was being experienced of those, whatever their rank may be, guilty of elsewhere but nothing was being done here; and · rapine and murder, the Ures of English people at any moment there might be an uprising. In China, will be more and more endangered. These things originated at headquarters, the people being stirred up by the officials, and Heroti. Great firmness la mecessary and pres- sure should be brought to bear on the home Governments.
8. That all non-British subjects present at this meeting be entrested to use their infinence in the name of our common humanity, to give force and effect to these resolutions as best they can through their national representatives.
thing were done, and promptly, repetitions of Ms. Orr seconded, adding that unless wome- this curge would probably take place all ever the southern provinces.
I have abstained from dwelling upon the especially atrocious features of the latest crime mt Kullen; but I should fail la my duty did I not acquaint your Lordship with the depth of feeling evinced by men of all naisonalities at the The Chairman said that as "British official foul murder of English women; a feeling he could not support the resolutions, as they gravated almost beyand anderance by the stood, though hetrilly agreeing with the general Impression that this monstergs crime, liks so tenor of them. He moved to amend the first many others, will go unpunished, clause by omitting the words "the terrible: The American community, acting in concert detelis of which are probably unit for publication with the British community, Selegraphed to or discussion,"
Washington ; and copy of their despatch is also appended. Mr, Leyburn seconded, and the amendment was carried.
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Mr. Gowland moved an amendment to clausa 2 as follows:-Money compensation having been found utterly inadequate, should not be accepted. Seconded by Mr. Boyd, and carried unanimously. British Government in clause 3, which was The Chairman moved to omit the words “ tha.
#greed to,
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́ [Telegram already published.] I have the bonour to be, your Lordship's most obedient servant,
R. M. CAMFBILL Chairman of the meeting of residents held 5th August, 1895. The Most Honourable the Marquis of Sallsbury, K. G., Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
The Chairman objected to the wording of " clause, though agreeing that previous modes of paulikment bad not acted as a deterrent, and The following telegram was also despatched to he agreed that souse material, guarantee should | The Times newspaper :--- be exacted from the Chinese, but held that the "Strangly urga British people and Commons nature of the guarantee should be left to the Salisbury's demands utterly inadequate. Chinese Home Governments to determine. He moved always promise protect Missions punish guilty
E an amendment "That the severest retribunever perform. lo be demanded, which shall include the Inspired officials. Imperative Foochaw Connot Belleve cuiragas generally punishment of all who have contributed actively have British escort. Changtu Commlesion met for passivaly to the lamentable event, and thất | be reformad. "Roth unseo raqulis more than one cri
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