have just arrived in Yinnan Fu, having completed the whole journey from capital of Shansi in four months and a bale. Shocking news has mot me hei has been " fearful massacre of within the jurisdiction of Lun, afew days journey west of a young French priest and some scores of native converts have, Iam assured, fallen victims to the fury' of the mob, and all houses belonging to Christians between Lung-kang and Tali have been destroyed seems that for along time great infested a: native churel threats have been made to slay all Christians and destroy all their property. Matters came to a crisis about thirteen days ago—I am not sure of the date, for L have only just arrived—when a mob of two hundred por-sons attacked and murdered the Rev. Father we and seven Christians who were 1 him, The rioters then pursued their course of destruction, their numbers inas they went along—butche every convert they met, and firing all. pr five or six days? journey to Tali Fu, where the trouble happily stopped. My ivformant says that the Christians defended themselves in some places so vigorously that their assailants were forced to desist from further outray:
Yunnan Fu is in a terrible state of excitement, and Lam told that another massacre was apprehended yesterday; but the feeling was fortunately smothered by will probably take the proper me tors of the well known, The atfuir is not likely to cement the friendship of France and China.
April 14th.
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