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Show ANAIICIII IN HUM. Oiai'AiciIRi from Hankow and Hhanghal, China, state that the nntl-foreign nntl-foreign movement It at Ita height In Hie celcsthl em Ire. gerlous rioting occurred oc-curred at I cbang a short lima ago. No lives were lost, lul that was because the foreigners wcro notlllel In lima to get away. A nunilwr of sisters of charily narrowly recad matsacri. In tho central provinces, It la reported, the Chinese are determined to exl all foreigners, aud i hoards are posted on nil the nil-slou bullllugs at Wuchang, Wu-chang, telling Ihe mhslonarles to leave or lot murdired. It la said that the Chinese soldiers aro bound by seen I oaths to exterminate aliens, and that during the riots they oliey the leaders or the secret societies rather than Ihelr olllcers. It was reported a few days ago that the Catholic ftud Protestant missions at Icbang were destroyed and the I.ng-llala I.ng-llala consulate neirly so. Two llrltlih men-of-war were ordered to the scene from Shanghai. However, Indemnities Indemni-ties have been Ald In many cases. The mission at Wuhu.wlilth was distroyed last summor,recelve 1 from the rtilnise government IIO.IMI laela (a tiel la a dollar and a half.) The llrltlsli minis-lirat minis-lirat Pekln,Hlr John Walsham, said to his ffivernment on Hetitimber llh last, that a naval demonstration at certain cer-tain of the treaty ports would be Ihe only efTectlvo means of preventing recurrent outragts. On the other haul, the Chinese minister In Kurope Is Imploring Iluropean lowers to with-boll with-boll Interference lu Chinese affairs. He si) s tlut his government la honest In trying to preservo eaca and to ro-leot ro-leot aliens, and Hint If foreign powers Interfere anarchy will result In China and the existing dynaity twlng overthrown. over-thrown. Ha auooeejed In getting Itussla lo wllhdrsw from the Joint action contemplated by Hie powers, but did not succeed with the other countries. coun-tries. Theunilm and CMnn Tclegrapli, ftpaperpiiullshedlu London, said, on theSlllioflatt month, that the secret societies of China were working to foment fo-ment trouble Utween their government govern-ment and foreign powers. They contemplated con-templated rebellion III case ofsuch ftde-velo ftde-velo mml. They are being drilled In brigades and regiments ly Iluropean olllcers, while they are urglnguiitiagts on foiilgn merchants an I tnls-lonarles. Tills Is rather acompllcitedsltuatluu, lutlhualiove mentioned lair Is responsible re-sponsible for the statement. The .WM CV.(ia I'al'y .Wici says of the Chinese empire: "Our first impression of the government govern-ment of China Is that It Is an absolute dospotlsm. Tha Hrnperor Is alt powerful! there Is no iopiitar representation, jirac-tidily jirac-tidily no preis, no right of publlo meeting. meet-ing. The ullli'ltls who govern the people hold their jilts un the Hinperor's appointment, ap-pointment, an 1 they are rumovablo at enytlmalf tbo lbnieriir Isdlsutlsnod with thorn or prom ites them There are no eltxtlieomiia lu China. All apoln!-uiouts apoln!-uiouts aro from above." It would apoir from this that the Inirlal government would havu uo dininillylii suppressing rlctlng. The luiivror a iioluts the governor of a province or reniovis hlni at will. The goviruor lu his way Is also absolute, but, strange to say, ho Is held re-spontlt re-spontlt le for natu ral calamllli t. Bhould a deitruollu flwd occur In his province, it is attributed lo the uls-satlifartlou uls-satlifartlou of heaven at his bad gov |
