The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 29, 1900, Image 6
Europe Must Decide
Fate of loner City.
Commanders in Pekin Con?
clude to Spare Sacred
Quarter.
London, Aug 27, 4 a. m.-The
latest news from Pekio indicares that
the situation there is unchanged. The
imperial city i? still invested, but bas
no: yet been occupied. The allies,
.wheo the last message left, were still
refraining from aggressive action,
needing instructions from their govern
meets.
An attack from 30,000 B)x?rs wa3
' anticipated ; and to meet this, the
?hole American force and the British
artillery, according to a dispatch to The
Morning Post frota Pekin dated Aug
'18, were moved to the outer city wali.
The Boxers were reported coming from
the south
Geo Dorward, in his report of the
engagement outside Tien Tsin Aug 19,
when the Americans. British and Japa?
nese signally defeated a large force of
Boxer?, killing over 300, says, io a
dispatch dated Aug "?0 : "Tbc lines
of communication near Tien Tain are
now free from daoger. The enemy
bad been treating the villagers badly
Several decapitated bodies were found
aear their camp
"The villagers aro now flocking to
Tien Tsin at the rate of about, a thou
Band a day As there is not moro thao
a month's food supply, there is every
prospect of a famine shortly."
This declaration that a racine is?
imminent in consequence cf the ioade
auacy of provisions for the horde3 of
refugees at Tien T? in ad:s a now
element of peri! to the situation.
Shanghai advices say that the report
nf the capture cf Emperor ?waag Su
by the Japanese was err;: a ec ns. It
was a case of mistaken identity.
The Pekin correspondent cf The
. Daily Telegraph wiring Aug 19, reas
serts that the empress dowager Soi
westward and adds :
"She oas a bodyguard of 1,500, &r.?
as the rucuntai?ou? character of tbe
country would prevent artillery follow?
ing, it is believed that she wiri no: bc
pursued."
This correspondent reports every
thing quiet ca tho da?e cf his dispa'ch,
but a telegram to tbs same paper from
Tien Tsin dated Aug 24. asserts" that a
thousand Russians, Germans and Japa
nese bad pushed forward from Pekin
with the intention, it was assumed, of
pursuing the fleeing empress dowager.
At a conference of ministers and gen?
erals held at Take Friday it was de
cided, according to Tbs Daily Tele
graph,"to refer the fate of the Forbidden
City to Europe.
Tien Tsin dispatches to Berlin dated
Aug 23. say : "The Japanese troops
are in possession cf the wall aroucd
thc innermost p2rt of the Forbidden
City bu: have not yet made their way
to the imperial palace owing to lack of
government instructions
Lieut. Gen. Linevitch, commander or
the First Siberian army corp3, cabling
to St. Petersburg under date of Aug
16, says :
"There a?-e no longer any Boxers in
Pekin. They were driven out today by
the French and Hussians, whose flags
are hoisted over the imperial city
The empress dowager, the emperor, the
heir apparent and the whole court, have
fled to the province of Shen Si.r
Li Hung Chang, accordiog to a
Shanghai dispatch, dated yesterday,
bas once more postponed bis departure
fer the north.
The Japanese have landed more blue
jatket3 at Amoy, where order is main?
tained in f pite of the great excitement.
The Shanghai correspondent of The
Times, wiring Au*. 24. says :
"Li Hung Chaog has received a mes
sage from Pekin that the Japanese
alone will occupy the imperial palace
The Japanese government has renewed
its assurance that it will protect the
persons of the empress dow22er abd the
emperor.
"Mr. Morgan of the China iniand
osissioo. who has arrived here from Si
Ngaa Fo, reports that 37 foreign mis?
sionaries and 30 converts ca7e been
massacred at Tat Yuen bu.
"The Japanese government bas noti?
fied Earl Li tba: negotiations will bc
impossible until plenipotentiaries ac
ceptabie to the pokers are appointed
Japan suggests the viceroys of Nan
Km and Wu Chang and Earl Li if
these are appointed and China espress.es
a willingness ?J make full indemnity.
Japan is ready to assi>: :D the utmost.'"
The Politische Correspondecz of
Vienna, often employed as the mouth
pieoe of the Russian foreign cSce, as
Berts emphatically tba: Russia h%s not
declared war against China and decs
not contemplate taking such a step
alone. The Cologne Gazette, in an
article which is said to forecast Ger?
many's attitude regarding compensa?
tion, claims that the necessary judftu
zticj can bo secared by increasing the
maritime cusioms, the powers assum
ing complete control of China's fioancs,
including the financial administration
of the provinces
ALLIES MARCHED THROUGH
PALACE
Paris, Aug 25 -Gen Frey, com?
manding the F<enc& force* a. Pekio.
t?l#>granhs from there ur d ;r-date of
Aug 20:
"Toe allies have driven the Boxers
from all the points they occupied. The
allies are camped outside tbe imperial
palace, which was occupied by some
soldiers of the regular Chinese army.
The generals decided to march the in?
ternational foroes through the palace
doors, which were afterwards closed.
RUSSIA ORDERS MEAT.
Chicago, Aug. 26 -Armour & Co.,
I have received an order from the Rus?
sian government for 6 000,000 pounds
of "beef on the hoof' to feed the sol?
diers of the czar ia China. This is the
largest order of the kind to the history
of the Chicago meat trade. Opticos
? are said to have been taken upon every
j available ship io the carrying trade on
! tbe Pacific, lt will take 5,000 fatten?
ed e;irr'e to fill the order. The cattle
wtli tu; from San Francisco via
Hawaii ana Japan.
REPLIES FROM THE POWERS
Washington, Aug 26 -It was
stated tonighi that several ' strag?
gling replies" bad been received by
the United States to thc notes ad?
dressed to our ambassadors and min
isters abroad on the Chinese question
for their guidance in obtaining the
views of the governments to which
they are accredited on the settlement
of the Chinese problem. Officials
decline absolutely to indicate the
nature of the representations made
by our representatives to the foreign
governments, or to say whether the
replies thereto are satisfactory or
not
Acting Secretary of State A dee
was at the White House for a short
time tonight in conference with the
president He announced later tht
I there were no dispatches from our
j representatives io China to make
public and no prospect cf any to?
night.
ARMED CHINESE APPEAR IN
VICINITY OF PEKIN
Pekin, Aug. 19 via Taku, Aug 24.
-Armed Chinese are reported to
the southwest and westward A
well entrenched force bas b->e;i loeat
ed by tho Bengal Lancers in a village
four miles to trie southwest. It is
j believed that the best Chinese leaders
are in command.
Detachments of the allied forces
j were cut today reconnoitering and
j looting
! The Imperial City and tae Forbid
den City are under close guard by
the international authorities
This morning a thanksgiving ser
vice was attended by the members of
the British and American legations,
the missionaries and the marines
RUSSIA IS PUSHING HER AD
VANTAGES.
St Petersburg, Aug 2G.-Gen Gro
dekoff. commander or the Amur gov
eroment, reports under date of Aug
24 that Kam Ni and Reha Tehan
have been occupied by the Russians.
The Chiuese sent an emissary to Gen
Rennenkampf proposing a suspen
sion of operations, but the Russian
replied that he was unable to cease
hostilities.
The Chinese Situation Viewed
Prom Standpoint of Diplo?
macy.
London, Aug 28, o 50 a m -The
allies. resuming aggressive operations,
h ?ve taken the district west of Pekin
This statement, based on Chinese
authority, ts cabled from Shanghai.
From the same place comes the further
statement chat Li Hung Chang bas
wired the empress dowager at Hsian Fu
requesting the arrest of Prince Tuan
aod the disarmament of the Boxers, in
order to give bim an opening for
negotiations with the powers.
"Evidence bas been received bere,"
says the Shanghai correspondent of
The Standard, "going ;to show that
Gen l'uog Lu was tho real au'bor of
'be ar'i foreign outbreak-the empress
dowager, Prince Tuan and the others
all having been persuaded by him to
take art extreme attitude, while he
s oo? a-ide and awaited develop?
ments."
The American refugee missionaries
io Amov, according to the Hong Koo*
! correspondent of Tho Daily Mail, are
j anxious to return tc the interior ; but
j tie L'nited iStateii oon>ui ins forbidden
? them to do so and urges them *.o go to
j the Philippines or to return ro
I Am2rica.
j Saangbai advices to The Datlv News
j say that coa-ular opinion there looks
j upon Japanese action tn the laoding of
j troops at Arney, despite the protests of
. the consuls, aa similar to that of
j Russia at Nt'tv Ch wang, the wholc
j iodinating a tendency to the partition
j of thc em pire.
i "Russian journals a?ree," sa^s the
j Moscow correspondent of The Staad
; ard. "tbat it is impossible to dpa: v.iiz
Cnioi io tbe f-pirtt of revenge, as
j suggested by Emperor William They
j beiievo that methods less drsstic cac
j Detter accomniisb thc ends of Russia in
! M ancnutia Thc question would be
! satisfactorily S? tried to Russian minds
by the seizure of the northern pro?
visoes"
CASTOR ?A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
! Chinese Speculations.
I War Not Declared by Russia.
-
I Washington, Aug 26.-Russia.
\ Germany and Japan have not de
\ ciared war upon China, either sepa
j rately or in concert. This statement
j is made upou authority of the highest
character
What those nations may do within
the next 48 hours or within the next
fortnight, is a question which no cue
in Washington is prepared to an
j swer
j A brief dispatch from Chefoo cou
I veying a rumor current there tbat
j Russia, Germany and Japan had
i joined in a declaration of war upon
; China aroused some interested com
j ment among Washington officials and
j among diplomatic representatives of
foreign governments resident here
In neither official nor diplomatic cir
cles, however, was the rumor taken
seriously No information of such
action has reached either the depart
ment of state or the iegatious of the
governments primarily interested
That fact alone is accepted in officiai
circles as a sufficient refutation of
the rumor
Officials of the war and navy de?
partments were at their desks early
today, but up to the hour of closing
for the day not a word had been
received from Minister Conger. Gen
Chaffee or Admiral Remey Since
the dispatch from Consul Fowler was
received late last Thursday night the
department of state has received no
advices from any source in China,
except a brief cablegram from 31 in
ister Conger inquiring how he sbouid
route messages The text of the
dispatch, which it was explained was
j very brief and purely administrative
: io character wa6 not made pubiic
? Tho war department has received co
J dispatch from Gen. Chaff:?, knowe to
[ have come directly from hue. for aeon*
j a week. Cablegrams signed ..Gh*ffeer
; have been received, bur a* th^y cou
j taine? enly lists of casualties, ir. ts as
I saced the? were sent bv some suhordi
?nato enc?: m *jreo ??-.^-.*."; S nama
; From ??o o din;.vi sr.urce has the cenar*
i men* ! carne-*, of che departure of 40
! Americans tram rt ?ID for I ten ?. .*;a, ,
; as reported io a rpeeial dispatch to -?
London newspaper under date of Au_r
?19 * * ^ ;
j In the absence cf oficial information
j from China or from United S'ate? cf j
? tigere there, interest todaj centros in |
the diplomatie phase of tho existing
trouble. The rumor of a declaration
of war by Russia is explained may bavs
j grown cut of ib3 operations of thc
j troops of the czar in the protection of
I the southe aster n frontier of his emiire,
' or i: may have arisen from the reported
! statement cf the Russian commaodci of
! the Russian forces io Pekin? that his j
j government was at war with China and j
j therefore hs ma^t prohibit commumca-j
tien with she Chinese. Neither the
j operations of Kassia on her frontier nor
? the prohibition by a Russian genera! of
commuoicatios with the Chinese would
! constitute, it is said, a declaration of
J war by Russis. No g?nerai by a mere j
! dictum could declare war Even his i
{statement that his government had de j
j ciared war would not make it so.
The understanding among Washing- j
j ton officials of Russia's action is that j
j thc empire ?as declared too (bree .
provinces on its southeastern frontier in
a 6tate of siege This is altogether
different from a declaration of war. It
corresponds to a declaration of martial
iaw by Great Britain and to a snspeo
sion of the right of babeas corpus by
the United States. It is a supercesHon
of civil by military authority It is
pointed out further that Russia has
two objects in her present operations
tn China-the rescue and protection ot
the foreigo ?egatiooers and tho protec
tion of her menaced frontier. The
avowed object cf the other powers is
simply the rescue and protection of the
legationers and other foreign subjects
Ia carrying oat her second object, j
Russia has seized New Chwacg. Tbi> :
was done to obtaio a base cf operatises I
j from which the frontier could easily j
1 be reached, precisely as Taku wa? j
seiz?? as a baso of operations by the i
aillos in their operation? against Pesia. !
Whether, in the event cf a declara !
j tion of war by ene or more of rho j
j powers in China, an invitatio?) would j
j be extended to the Uoited States to
j retire from China, as intimated in the
j dispatches from Chefoo, is open io
i doubt, and it is decidedly problematic
; cai, it is said, whether the invitation
j would bs accepted, even if it were
j tendered
QUIETEN* AKRON.
Akron, O , Aug 26 -Sunday pass?
ed peacefully in Akron, and unless
something unforeseen turns up, the
original plan ol dispensing with the
services of the military cn Monday
morning will be lived up to.
Fuuerai services were held this
afternoon over the remains ci little
Rhoda Davidson, who died Friday
from a wound received in Wednes
day night's riot She was held i*;
her mothet's anns, the carriage in
which thc parents were driving
having been wedged in by thc mob
in front ot the city bi liding M.s
Davidson insists mat she saw an
officer fire th*- fatal shot The
funeral services were held from the
Davidson home and were attended
by a large crowd, which filled the
house and ?awn and overflowed into
the street There was a great deal
of feeling expressed, but there was
no excitement or iniiamed utterances
of any kind.
Washington Letter.
McKinley's Hold-on Policy in
China.
Washington, Aug. 27 -if Mr. Mc
Kinley has co understanding with the
powers operating in China, his actions
are difficult to explain. Although
advised by some of the longest headed
men in his party, including the U. S
minister to China, to take advantage of
the opportunity to withdraw our troops
from China, now that the American
citizens who were in peril are safe, and
leave those nations which are hungry
for Chinese territory to se'tie the ^quab
ble among themselves, be bas declined
to do so. Several days ago, wheo it
wa* announced that all the troops now
on thc way to China would be sent
to Manila, it was thought that he in?
tended to follow that advice ; but with
io forty eight boura it bas been om
cially announced that the troops in
China would be kept there, and since
then, the significant announcement was
made that the troops which would go
to Manila would not go to take the
place of volunteers to be 6ent home,
but to reinforce them, and that no
troops are to be sent home until further
notice. If that doeso't indioate an in?
tention on the part of Mr McKinley to
play a further haad in the Chinese
game, what does it indicate ?
Now that it has been authentically
announced that ex Senator Gorman,
now at Saratoga, will return to Mary?
land about the mindle of September
and take an acttvc part, in thc campaign
? until election day, those republican--.
I wbo have c-ceo active!? circulating
? stones of n?> lukewarmness towaras
j Bryan and Stevenson mus: feel that
j they are very clumsy liar.*. It has
j ni:ver brm doubted in Washington
I that Mr German would do his fal!
; duty towards tao narry ?nat. as- boncr
I ed bim if? thc past and tba: :. !jk?:v t:;
.' honor htm in the furtire,
j Evidence con tit nea to multiply shew
I i:-? thar Ii linnie will be roc; <i in-ibo
. democratic column this yea-. After
I expressing hi- opinion rc tha? e?rec?,
; Mr W. 5. Broad, of Chicago, said :
? . There are a number cf reasocs for
bloving tb--, bu: i ?tn eo?ivibccd thai
opposition to :mr??ri~>iisri; %ciii have a
i
I greater influence in thc undoing of thc
! republicans thar, any of the other
j issues. There is a big German vote in
illinois, especially io Chicago, aec thc
Gcrma-'S, almost to a man, are opposed
to thc imperialistic policy of the present
administration. There is also a very
bitter factional fight among Illinois re
publicans, and although it doeso'":
come much to the surface, the feeling
is so strong that il will bc impossible
for them to make a progressive and
harmonious campaign in the state
Opposition to -he trusts wiii a??o lose
th? republican ticket a good many votes,
and w::h the labor troubles in Chicago
and ail the suffering that has resulted
from them, the republican orator--, will
find it d fficult to convince the working?
men there that thc couatr? is blessed
with an over-abundance of prosperity ';
Th3t the democratic leaders are
thoroughly posted on what the repub j
iicau8 are doing and are meeting
every republican move, is made ap-1
parent by the following remarks of
one of them : "Against the pros
perity statistics which are being
manufactured by tbe census bureau,
we will place some hard facts which
indicate that many classes of men |
who have to depend on their labor
for a living are not prosperous Take
for instance the anthracite coal j
miners The coal trust bas cut
dows the number of work days so ?
that miners are expected to live on j
three days work a week This means !
that they can barely exist. In New !
England some of the cotton milis are
shut down and others are running on j
half time. T?ie silk mills of New
Jersey are running on short time,
and one cf the big silk manufacturing
companies has, within the last week,
gone into bankruptcy. We are look
ing for the 'scare' which the republi
cans have intimated they will give
the country, that attention ma}' be
cailed to the money question. It
may come at any time, and the smali
volume of trading in Wall atreet
indicates a iear there that a money
c'^u ?ze may be impending When
; the west begins, the moving of its
i crops and calls upon the east for
i money to do it with, and if ccinci
dentally, a Russian or any other
European loan should be placed,
. making drafts upon our gold puppiy,
; a very little artificial encouragement
! would produce ?he 'scarce' which I
I think the reoubneans contemolate.*'*
PopQiar Shirt Waist Idea,
! Every v.ay thc shirt waist idea is
! growing tn popularity. Because of thc
j extreme hot weather of ?be past week,
; the membership cf the shirt waist or
coatiesa brigade hu> increased at least
25 per cent.
A young man-and soo;e older mer:
- tn .. ua's- costume
j is ny ti;) means an ut;u-ua! occurrence,
j Now converts to tr:;; tad are bring made
j every day. h ?9 predicted that, if the
j brigade continue- to increase io tn m
I ber ship, when thc eea.-oo opeos tu sf
i summer coats will bc a thing of the
1 past -Gr ten vi Ile N ws
Good bamiDocks cheap-oetter ones for a
little more-at H. G. Oeteeo & Co's.
?Famous Mason and Dixon's
Line.
The legislature of Marylaod bas
appropriated a som of mooey for the
j resurvey cf Maxon and Dixon's Hoe
! and the restoration of tbe landmarks,
j many of which have been removed
i contrary to scripture This work will
I be done by the state geological commis?
sion io connection with a commission
appointed and paid by the state govern?
ment of Pennsylvania and by the
United States geologicai survey.
The original running of Mason and
Dixon's liae was done according to the
terms of the final agreement between
the Calverts and the Peons, concluded
io 1760 after protracted negotiations
There was a conflicc in the grants of
Maryland and Pennsylvania The
Pea 03 had friends at court and Calvert
was finally coerced into conceding
everything Peno demanded, and th?3
concession cost him the richest portion
of his domaio. The line between
Marylaod and Pennsylvania was begun
in 1760 by a commission appointed for
that purpose The proprietors of the
two colonies became impatient at their
slow progress and agreed to engage
Charles Masou aod James Dixon to
complete the work. Both Peon and
Calvert were in Londoo at the tims,
and they there eogagad these two men,
whose names have become so famous io
connection with this historic line, for
so many 3 ears the dividtog line
i between the free states and the sia^e of
j the union.
The two surveyors arrived in Phila
delphia Nov. 15tb, 1764, and began
their survey eariy the following spriog
Through the forests they cut a "vista"
i ei^ht feet wide and sec up a stone ai
I thc end of each mile. Every fifth
! stone was larger than the other.- and
; had on ibo north side the arms of
j Thomas and Richard Penn and on the |
* south face the arms of Frederics Lord j
j Baltimore. O ie cf th:->e is preserved j
! in Baltimore by th? Maryland iR-.tcri |
i cal soctetv, a:;vi "jme vet stand in their
crigmwi ?.'.?ces and are cared i.~r c-y toe :
j?Uvborit?1 . bc intermediate ?*. c ' - !
j ere s mailer and bav? tee !e::er "P" on !
! the north and *'M" 02 the south face, i
The removal of ms-ny of the histori? j
i i and marks h;-* "eft the lou nd arv line ?
' between Maryland and i^nnryivanu in !
; doubt tn places, and it ii to remedy j
: this, as wei: as to perpetuate the !
hl-toric line, tba:: the legislature ha? ;
i provided for tr-is resurvey.
i Boers Ar9 Still Fighting, j
i i
j
j London, Aug 23.-The following
I dispatch was sect today by Lord Rob
j crts :
"Belfast, Sunday, Aug 26 -Eogag
j ed thc enemy the greater part of the
j day orer a perimenter of nearly 30
' miles. Littleton's division and two
! brigades of cavalry, ail under Buller.
I operated southwest of Dalmanurha
j French, with two brigades of cavalry.
; moved northwest, or Belfast, driving
j the enemy to Lekenvly, 00 the Belfast
! Lydeoborg road. As soon as French
j reached Lekeoviy, Pole-Carew advarc
j ed from Belfast in support and the
i enemy, in considerable strength,
I opposed Bailers Poie-Carew advance
I He brought three long range and many
j other guns and many pompons (quick
j firing guns) into action. The firing,
j until dark, was hot; and persistent,
j Buller hopes bis casualties wiil not
exceed 40 Pole-Carew bas not yet
reported The Boers are makiog a
determined stand. They have a large
number of guns, the country is well
suited for their taciios and is less favor
able to cavalry than any we have
hitherto worked over "
IF LOVE BE ONE.
Tae skie-? are black, tbe winds are bold,
Tb? road i3 rough aod long ;
But wbar are clouds and stony ways
Y?"fcen besrts are foll of song ?
And two tbere be wbo wei's life's path
Unheeding winds or weather,
And miadicg but your merry sprite
v.Vho bicds their hearts together.
All PF?53 are smooth, ai! days are bright,
Wnb biro for guide and sua :
And three -ire always company
if Lava be oae !
Tbe read is saaooth, the wind is soft,
Tbe ?ky is clear o'erhead ;
But what are pleasant ways aed days
To '.hos? whose hearts are dead ?
Ano wt?' is ..eng that Sile the e*rs
But oap. no farther gc ?
And what ia light trie.: pyes cao se?
But souls can cerer kaow ?
Ab. two :herc be that v.sib lila's path
As though they walked ;.Ione ;
For two are 1 ever company
if Lr.ve be gone !
-Harper's Magazine.
-?STEW
-H OISTE Y
NEW C??'B ?iuNEY in pound sectloos, j
15c prr section ; 7 sections $1.
EXTKAUTEI) BONEY (or strained asl
soroe prefer .?> ca 1 ;t) of ibis sca?ou s ro??ke |
now rwady Vessels sent to roy reeideace wil? ;
be filled ai 2'-^. uer quart.
Maj 8 N. ?. OSTEEN. ?
China's Aoti-Poreign Feeling.
Dr George B Smyth, president of
the Anglo Chinese college aft Foe
Chow, gives an explanation of the
causes of anti foreign feeling in China
to the readers of The North
American Review for August Ic
the mass of literature about Chinese
affairs, it is refreshing to read a die
passiooate statement of the facte
which show the Chinese side cf con?
troversy which piaced a single nation
in opposition to the whole world,
and in giving 6uch a statement DJ
Smyth shows cieariy that the
western nations are largely to blame
for the antagonism which now con?
fronts them in the Celestial empire.
Formerly it was not so, and cen?
turies before the Manchu conquest of
1644 Europeans including Christian
missionaries, were gladly received ic
China by emperors and people*.
Marco Polo was cordially received
and held office in the empire, and at
that time there was an archbishop at
Pekin and Christian religious cere?
monies were tolerated there.
The Portuguese traders who west
to China in the 16th century were
gladly received, but were followed
by adventurers whose acts of
"murder, rapine and constant appeals
to force" taught the Chinese to be?
lieve that Europeans were little bet?
ter than pirates and murderers The
Dutch and English advenurers had a
share in blackening the name of Eu?
rope in the east, and the Spaniards,
who took possession of the Philip?
pines m 1543, murdered the Chinese
colonists in those islands when they
became so numerous as to threaten
the sovereignty of Spain in the
archipelago.
This bad impression made by ad?
venturers from the western world
was taken advantage of by the Man?
chu conquerors They were oniy
about one fortieth of the uative Chi?
nese, and feared thc interference of
foreign power?, who might erjggcei
to the natives that they were toe
numerous and too strong to sumibttc
alien domination by the Manchus.
To prevent such a resuit the Manche
sovereigns closed the ports cf China
to the world aud encouraged the idea
that all outsiders were barbarians
Tbose port8 were only opened by
war, nnd every step in the inter?
course of other nations with China
has been takeu by force in the face ol
opposition by the authorities. By
the outrages committed by Europeans
\ ?3 late as two years ago, when
villages were burned by the Ger?
mans and defenseless natives were
shot down by the French the feeling
was intensined In 18S4 a French
?eet entered the Min river, anchored
ten miles below Foo Chow to fright?
en the Pekin government into paying
an indemnity for alleged complicity
in he!Ding the people of Tocquin ic
their fight against the seizure of their
country by France, and when Pekin
refused, the French admiral cpeDed
fire on the Chinese fleet, destroying
lt and killing 3,000 Chinamen
The corpses of those Chinamen,
victims of the French barbarity.,
floated on the tide toward the city,
and for day6 it was hardly possible te
cross the river without seeing 6ome
of these ghastly remiuders of foreign
brutality
Add to these causes of popular,
fury the fact that the native China?
men, when they become Christians,
are not tried by Chinese courts, but
can appeal to consular courts, and it
appears that there is natural ground
for the present anti foreign uprising
These feelings are not only fanned
to a flame by the Manchu govern?
ment, but are increased by the influ?
ence of the local mandarins, wbc
know that under a foreign adminis?
tration their profits through cfBcia?
peculations and squeezes of the peo?
ple would be stopped.
Thus it appears that the anti for?
eign conflict is an irrepressible one.
based on age long bitterness which
will make it hard to govern the
country under foreign rule
Lieut Cordua Executed. /
London, Aug 25 -A special dis?
patch from Pretoria dated Aug 24
given full details of the execution oe
Friday of Lieut Cordua of the Trans?
vaal artillery, convicted by a oeurtmar
cial of breaking his parole in plotting
to abduct Lard Roberts and kili British
efneers Cordua walked fearlessly to
the garden behind tba jail. At bis own
request he was not bound and sat in s.
chair with folded arm*. He reid Caps
B.robard, commanding th? fincg
party, that be was ready and 10 buMets
struck bim. The body was buried near
th* spot where tho iieatenaut fell
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