Chinese Insult Foreigners

A dispatch from Foo Chow, China, says that the whole Ku Cheng commission of inquiry into the Hwasangf massacre is disg-usted with Chinese official duplicity. All the members feel that unless they are more strongly supported than now they had better return to Foo Chow. The British consul, R. V. Mansfield. has been grossly nsulted. The Chinese officials are openly fuvious tovvards Christians for g-iving to the foreign consuls the ñames of the inurderers. The prefect, it is reported. threateDS vengeance upon the departure of the commission. The total destruction of the Christians' work is probable. Prorapter, stronger action is needed. Hong Kong-: Obstruction of the inqniry by foreipn consuls into the KuCheng massacre on Aug. 1 is still being kept up by Chinese officials. Forty i men suspeeted of complicity in the I riots have been liberated by the local authorities without the consent of the consuls. Mr. Mansfield, the Uritish consul at Ku-Cheng. )iis been insulted by Chinese soldiers. Sang-hai: Failing the eutire ; pliance of the central government with ' ■ the British chunands. it is understood : that a Heet of 14 liritish warships vvill make a demonstration before Nankin. i The British demand is that within 14 days au edict inust be issued deg-arding the viceroy of Sze-Chuen or otherwise the Brittsh admiral commanding ivill act. Berlín: Germán men-of-war in far east waters have been ordered to Swatow and Chee Foo to protect foreigners at those places. A Pekín dispatch says that an American oommission, consisting of the United States consul at Tien Tsin, I the naval officer and the interpreter of ! the the United States legation, is about to start overland for the scène of the oulrages at Chenjy Tu to investipate.