THE MASSACRE IN CHINA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5337, 15 August 1895, Page 3

THE MASSACRE IN CHINA.

[Special to Pbbss Association.] | LONDON, August 14. I The Times' special at Tientsin says the Chinese Government is helpless, owing to the confusion which reigns all over the Empire. The officials are incapable of decisive action or/ of exercising effective authority. Serious results are probable unless the Powers take precautions. ! _ England and America will form a joint commission of inquiry into the Kucheng massacre. SHANGHAI, August H. The British and American Consuls at Foochow have started for Kucheng, escorted by a hundred braves. The Viceroy refused to permit a foreign escort LETTER FROM A MISSIONARY. MELBOURNE, August 14. A letter received from a lady missionary in China dated June 24, reports that the missionaries -in the retrotest pait3 were flying at that date. Missions had been destroyed, chiefly American and Roman Catholic. Five misbion premises at Chong Sing had been burned. One of the Su Fin missionaries, escaping by himself, had all hia goods on a boat which the Chinese attacked and took everything. The missionary jumped into the river and hung on to the sides of the boat while the Chinese tried to kill him by poking him with spears whenever he appeared above the water. Eventually he escaped, but it is feared that he will lobo his reason. SYDNEY, August 15. At a meeting of Chinese, resolutions were adopted expressing utter abhorrence of the Kucheng massacre. It was decided to send letters of condolence to the friends of those killed, and hoping that the missionary societies would not be deterred in their work of propagating Christianity in China. The Rev Shing Baid that the better class of Chinese would most strongly disapprove of and detest the massacre. He was sure that if the mandarins had power the outbreak would have been suppressed.