them off. so they tied to unship the boat's rudder, but one of the missionaries firing his Winchestor rifl the attackers mide off. not. withstan.ling that they were armed with daggers, kuives, and clubs. The missionaries had no further adventures and arrived safely at Chung- king, but as they could not stay there owing to anticipated rioting, many of them are on the way down to. Shanghai, and oue party of about forty persons in six house boats arrived at Ichang last Monday, while the Chèngtu party of some thirty pe.sous were expected at Chungking, coming dowu under escort, while the Chungking missinaries to the number of about thirty were also leaving, these with others not enumerated making some 145 missionaries in all who had been working in Szechuen.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
[July 18, 1895,
On Thursday night, however, the house of I may say that if the year continues to pro- gress as it has commenced, we shall certainly Mr. Warner-another American missionary- was entered. This house was situated outside have no cause to be dissatisfied with the It was en ered by about a result, whatever may be the precise dividend the West Gate
it will produce. The list of the fleet ap- dozin men armed with knives, who commanded the servants to retire aud keep quiet. The rob- pended to the report shows a diminution of bers took only a few articles and left. They one vessel, that of the Kowshing. The other were unaccompanied by either crowd or mob. two vessels which no longer form a part of the Soma time on Friday, the ladies' house next fleet, the Tai Wo and the Kung Wo, belong to door to that of Mr. Warner's was broken into, 1895. The Tui Wo ought not to have been lost but nothing serions resulted, the rioters being if proper care had been taken. The commander On Friday on that occasion happened to be ill, and the vessel evidently afraid of the officials.
was in charge of the chief officer, who is no afternoon, while Mr. Fiuch's servant was remov ing a few articls, the people on the street longer in our service. The loss of this vessel
cost us some inconvenience at the time in keep observed him, and knowing he was attached to
he mission thought the missionaries were pre-ing up our regular routine of service upon the paring to escape A large number of people river Yangtsze. but the general agents promptly Mr. Beaman had a thrilling experience. He immediately collected and entered the house by fitted up the Tuku to take her place, and she is was at Kiating when the riot broke out. On the front door, and said they wanted to look doing very well there now. The new vessel Monday, 3rd of June, placards were put up around. Having obtained admittance they com- building on the Clyde will replace both the Tai stating that a child was missing and that a menced to lay their hands on various articles, Wo and the Kung Wo. She is a much larger size, and we have every expectation that she foreigner had arrived with-many guns, the pro-and smash the windows and destroy the flowers. clamation inviting the people to rise up and A servant was at once dispatched to the yamen, will prove well adapted to the service to which The vessel that we propose to put her. enquire into these matters, and calling upon the and the magistrate Queh immediately arrived, people to meet on Wednesday. When Mr. Hart supported by the fu and the military magistrate, we have authorised to be built at Aber- found he could not get the people off his pre- The magistrates at once stopped the riot and deen will also be in many respects better. mises a collected mob being the precursor the shien personally chastised and arrested adapted to our trade than the Kowshing, which In fact, every man found she will replace, and also carry a larger cargo. of a riot-he decided to withdraw, and all the some of the rioters missionaries took to their boats. The mob then in the house and touching articles was imme. Now for the loss of the steamer Kowshing we destroyed
About expect compensation by the Chinese Govern the property of the different diately arrested and put in chains. misions and wore not long about it. The forty or fifty of the mob were put in chains, ment. It may be thought that as the Japanese missionaries were befriended by some of the Whilst the arrests were proceeding the crowd destroyed her, the Japanese ought to pay for That is not the view taken of the matter, natives, who hid them till they could safely hooted th magistrates, but the ringleaders ber.
soon dispersed. The and, in making our claim, we are acting under get away, Mr. Boamin, when waiting below secured, the inob was
Mr. Finch's the advice and direction of the Foreign Office in Suifa to supply some of the missionaries with shien immediately sealed money, was boarded in the mid le of the house with his own seal and left several of his London; and I may say that we have received night by a gang of men who were armed with offic rs to watch aul protect the premises, every attention and kindness from Lord Kim- spears and knives
They threatened to spear having previously taken an inventory of every-barley, who has personally devoted a good deal of hito, sɔ he jumped overboard, where he remained thing contained in the building. On Tuesday attention to the study of the case, which certainly raisos some novel features in international law. under the boat as 1ng as ho could, but they the following week the magistrate issued a pro- pulled him out, took him on shore, and' while clamation that as the foreigners had gone and But, as you all know, both the Foreign Office and move slowly, and some of the gaug pillaged his boat the rest sur-left their property he must protect it and he the Chinese Government rounded him and threatened to kill him if he asked the people to help him to thus do his although we fully expect to obtain payment in attempted to speak, at the same time they plied duty. Such was the beginuing and the end of due course, the amount due to us has not yet him with a number of questions about the other the riot at Saifu and so far as the missionaries been paid. The Japanese authorities also ar rested our steamer Tik Sang on account of foreigners. laving taken a hundred taels and know their property thers is in as good a con- everything they could lay hands on, the gaugdition as when they left it, they not hearing having on board a quantity of cartridges, and
of further attacks.
they carried her off to Japan, and submitted the left.-N. C. Daily News.
any
cas to a Japanese Court of some doubtful legality, because it is understood that at the present moment British subjects still enjoyed the privilege in Japan of being tried by their own Consular officers, and this is to rem in the case until the clauses of the new However, it was treaty come into operatio shown conclusively before this Court that neither the Company nor the officers of the vessel had the slightest knowledge of any contraband article being on board. The shipment of these car. tridges had been made ostensibly in the name of
From the following, which appears in the Mercury, it would seem that all the officials were not namindful of their duty :-To complete our description of the rioting we are enabled to-day to detail the attack at Swifn, an attack, as will be seen by our account, which was summarily and adequately checked by the Chinese official in charge. For the following information we are indebted to Dr. C. H. Finch, of the American Baptist Missionary Union, who arrived from Suifu this morning.
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The missionaries at Saifu heard on Sunday, Jane 2nd, that their brethren at Ch ngtu hal bon attacked by the mob and their premises destroyed. On June 3rd, the streets of Suifu were placarded to the effect that the following day the missionaries were to b attacked and their residences destroyed. The first placards were very poorly written, and contained four characters, meaning, The foreigners are to be destroyed. On 13th day of the 5th moou
Wednesday, June 5th. The Roman Catholic priest were the first to see the placards and they at ouc) communicated with the yamen, with the request that the yamen magistrate should suppress the publication of placards and take precautions.
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The Hsien magistrate, Q ich by name, at once doabled his forces of Chinese runners, and had all the placards they could find pulled down. On Tuesday, early in the morning, the French priests-found more placards, and they again re- ported the matter to the yamen. The hoad ma. gistrate at one reprimanded his officials for allow- ing further placeds to be posted and at once took up the matter himself. He ordered his men to pitrol the city and arrest any suspicious cha racters.
Thy were staying at a summer-house about five miles from the city, having removed their valuables thence, when the town was again posted. In consequenc: they got together their valuables and boarded two house-boats, intending to lay on the river below the city until the trouble was They got iuformation on the Friday, over. however, from the magistrate that they were watched by robbers, and in consequence they 1 ft for Shanghai. Whilst at Chungking they hoard from a native teacher that the people had threat- sued to take the life of the shien, Queh, who had Protected the missionaries.
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.
The fourteenth ordinary general meeting of the above Company was held at the offices of the Company, 29, Corahill, E.C., on 13th June, for the purpose of receiving the report of th direc tors, and transacting ordinary business of the Company. Mr. J. MacAndrew presided.
The Secretary (Mr. A. Cheyne) having read the notice convening the meeting,
the
German firm in Shanghai under a false de- claration, bu the probability is that the act was the act of Chinese servants acting in collusion with the native anthorities, and the result of the trial before this Court was that the steamer was eventually released and returned to Shanghai. a the report the directors have noticed the hecessity
increase to for making an eat. This was strongly urged upou us by the general agents in China and in point have not
able of fact they
been
to to of vessels meet the got th supply
their local business de- requisitions that mands As I have alr ady said, the war has hot made much chaure in our trade, but it is
The Chairman said: -I presume, as usual, you will allow me to take the report as read. It is expected that when peace is finally settled and an agreeable duty for me to congratulato you the political arrangements consequent thereon upou the satisfactory results of the working of have been definitely arranged, there will be a the past year, and upon the increased dividend considerable revival of trade in China, and that which tho returns have enabled the directors to the local companies there will benefit by it ac pay you Wo have been very fortunate in hav-cordingly. The stipulations of the Treaty with ing no loss during 1891, with one exceptiou, for which we expect to obtain compensation; and the war that has been carried on in China during the latter part of that year has really made com paratively little difference to our trade. Where thero has beau a diminution in the freights and rates upon oua line, it has been made up by increased returus upon another, and the total result has been exceedingly fa- vourable.
On Tuesday evening, under cover of darkness. the sien fu and military magistrates patrolled the streets at the head of their forces and visited
The absence of any loss in our all the opium dens, closing the places early and arresting suspicious looking individuals. The fleet is. I think, dae very much to the care gates, both of the city and streets, were closed with which the steamers bave been navigated. early. On Wednes lay, the result of this vigilance and reflects considerable credit upon our staff of and action was evident. There was no demon-commanders, officers, and engineers. This year stration by the rioters as proclaimed. More placards were, however, posted postponing the attack till examination time, the prolific period of all riots.
has, no doubt, been an exceptional one in the earnings of the steamers; and in the shipping trade, as you are all aware, we must exot to experience fluctuations. As regards 1995
Japan provide that certain now ports are to be opened, not only to the Japauose, but to foreign trade in general. We come in under the favoured dation clause there, and there is no doubt this may in time-although the Chinese are very slow to move-lead to a considerable development of the internal trade of the country, Well, we must be prepared to follow that trade wherever it goes to or shows signs of developing. This is a matter which is engaging the attention of the directors at the present time, and they willTM be prepared to do whatever appears necessary in providing means of communication. Of course we cannot make extensive additions to the fleet without additions to the funds at our disposal, and it is very probable that money may have to be raised for that purpose. At present the demands upon us are not sufficiently large to make that
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