Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 9, 1891

Mr. Denby to Mr. Blaine.

Legation of the United States,
Peking, August 21, 1891. (Received October 10.)

No. 1374.]

Sir: I have to report to you that news has reached Peking that an antiforeign riot has taken place in Manchuria. A medical missionary by the name of Grieg, an English subject, was lately taken from his bed by a party of men at midnight, near Kirin, and was beaten and kicked, and finally hung up by the arms for several hours. He suffered greatly and frequently swooned. The pretense for this violence was the old one that he had mutilated children for medical purposes. Great excitement prevails in Manchuria, and other riots may ensue.

I have, etc.,

Charles Denby.