Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1891 — MORE OUTRAGES IN CHINA. [ARTICLE]

MORE OUTRAGES IN CHINA.

Ilonsrs and Mission Buildings of Europeans on the Yangtse-Kiang Burned by Mobs. Grave trouble are reported from Ichang, on the Yangtso Kiang. The houses of the Europeans have bjeen burned to thegrennd by the natives; likewise the church and orphanage of tho Sisters have been destroyed. The French minister expected in Pekin now, and it is believed that hi will take severe and emphatic measures tc secure a complete indemnity. A dispatch from San Francisco says thnl tho steamer Gaelic brought news to thi effect that three foreign missionaries hoc been killed up the country from Foo Chow This, however, was not confirmed. Th3re is also a feeling agatnst foreignergrowing In Japan. The Mainichi has jnsi published a tirade against Englishmen, which foreign residents of Japan arc snrprised to find has escaped the notice of tht authorities, and not resulted in the journal’s suspension. The wholo tonn of th* article is ca'culated to create a spirit nj hostility likely to lead to a disturbance ol the public peace, Tho British consulate at lehang has been destroyed by a mob which, on Tuesday, attacked the Europeans. The French gun-? boat Aspic has left Kiu-Klang sot the scene, and her commander has peremptory orders to act energetically.