RIOTS AND OUTRAGES IN CHINA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8632, 30 July 1891, Page 5

RIOTS AND OUTRAGES IN CHINA.

Presi Association.—Electric Telegraph. —Copyright, '. ■ . , . Sydney, July 29. News from China shows that the .riot- ? ing at Foochow was very serious, and * for a time it seemed as if the warships would have to intervene for the protection of life and property. The crews of the British merchantmen were armed in readiness to repel any attack on the shipping. The rioting spread westward. ' At Wanchein, ion the Yang-tse-Kiang, the people took shelter iri some old forts,' and at the date of the mail leaving the :;-"S male inhabitants were preparing to re- ' >•;; sist the attack. Several of the leaders of secret societies have been captured by the authorities and beheaded. Large rewards are offered for others. ' - At Wan Chow, a few weeks ago, a desperate band of pirates landed, and were speedily swelled, to a force ox five j hundred cut-throat«, who marched j through the country committing * all ' sorts of atrocities. ; They , seized a monastery, and beheaded four of the monks, because they refused them permission to cook food. The chief object /' of the desperadoes is the capture of influential people for the sake of ransom. One method of forcing their demands ' is by occasionally sending anatomical' > [ specimens of the captives to their reli>- *. tives. • '■ :; Hongkong. July 27. Looting and burning of the missions in China continues. A son of a leading Chinese diplomatist in Europe is alleged to be the author of the riots. , .