RIOTING AT FOOCHOW

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2971, 30 July 1891, Page 2

RIOTING AT FOOCHOW

l_iiv ki.kitkh; Tiai:<;iui , ii.~<:<pi'\ i:i.;nr.] SVDNI'.V. .July TJ. NlCU'x from China siiuvv; thai the i-iiifiiiy at Foochow was very serious, mill for ii lime it seemed :is if Hi" wiirsliij>s would havo to intervene for the protection of hfi! iiiid properly. Tlkcrews of 111" Hrili.-ili merchantmen W(.r>j armed ia readiness to repel any Jtltiick upon tin: shipping. Tin , lifting spread westward at, \anch''iii, and iii Yang-ts'.;-l;iaug 111<■ people tot>k shellor in some nW Sorts, and ul the date; of iiiiiil ie.iving the ami.; inhabitants were preparing to resist an attack. Several li:;id:-r.i of s;'cn't societies havu lji'i-n c.ipliinjtl by ill': authorities and hehealed, and large rewards are oll'ered for others. At AVanehow it, few weeks ago n desperate Land of pirates limled, and were speedily swelled to u force of iivo hundred cut-throats, who marchud through the country committing all sorts of attroe.itie.s. They seized a monastery and beheaded four monks, becM,use they refused thorn permission lo oook food. The chief object of the desperadoes is tliu capture of inllueiitiul people for the sake of the ransom. One method of forcing 1 heir demands is by occasionally sending anatomical specimens of captives to their relatives. Ilo.\<iico.\(;, July -7. Looting and burning of missions in China continues. Home of the leading Chinese diplomatists in Europe, it is alleged, aro the authors of the riots.