Ir is pointed out' that the account which we published on Saturday of the recent riot at Tanyang—which has been followed by the destruction of some seven Catholic churches in the neighbourhood—is a curiously complete illustration of the theory of these riots advanced by Mr. Drummond in his recent letter to us. It is evident that the crowd was not an ordinary disorder-
Ghristian stories and blindly bent. on destruction. The crowd was carefully organised, and proceeded in the most much pare Ki Kiang, We particulars as yet, and' can only that. it is an isolated, affair, and ieee of the general disaffection in..the yangtze valley.
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