A broadsheet, roughly printed on thin paper, of which the following close translation, is being freely circulated among the thousands of students at Nanking. On the top is a picture of a Christian Catholic Church, with the motto, No distinction between male and female," and there are four other illustrations, showing foreigners engaged in performing the horrible acts detailed in the text. This text is, we admit, almost too filthy to print but we think it desirable that the foreign public should know clearly what the literature is, by which the Chinese people are being incited to the outrages that have been committed this year The Roman Catholic religion had its origin from Jesus, and is practised by all the Western countries, and taught by them to thers; it exhorts men to virtue. The founder was nailed by wi ked men on a cress, and cut to death. His disciples then scattered about the world to disseminate the doctrine. 'The Principal is called the Fah Wang Fu (His Holiness the Pope], FEL BW. Sodomy without shame is called public meeting,' or 'a benevolent society."
When they marry they use no go-between, and make no distinctions between old and young. Any man and woman who like "may come together, only must first do obeisance to the bishop, pray to Shang Ti. The bride must invariably first sleep with the spiritual Teacher, who takes the first fruits of her virginity. This custom is called 4QSRA Sheng-vie-lo-fuh (2). Two wives may not be taken, they eay, because Shang Ti created one man and one woman at first. In these countries therefore concubinage is not practised, but no unchastity in other directions is forbidden. When a wife dies another may be had. When father dies, his son may marry the mother who bore' him. When a son dies, his father may marry the son's wife; and even his own daughter. Brothers, uncles, and nieces may" intermarry promiscuously. Brothers and sisters of same parents also marry together.
Chang Show-tsai was a boat-tracker on the Hun Ho. A man named Liu informed him that by kidnapping little children and ing out their hearts and eyes he could earn Fifty Taels a set.
A foreign devil at Canton went dropping poison down the walla at night. Ever one fell ill of a strange disease, which could only be cured by foreign doctors. Untold numbers died. At last the Prefect found it out, arrested over 30 people, and put them all to death, When these [fore devils open Chapel, they begin with their female converts by adiwinistering a pill. When they have swal they are beguiled, and allow themselves to" be defiled. Then after the priest has outraged them, he recites an incantation, The placenta then ssily drawn out, and is dip ed up to take an lngeedent for thole hocussing drugs, Tientsin they used constantly to beguile and entice away young children in order to scoup out the eyusand beat When the people discovered it, they tore down their tall foreign houses, and found heaped up inside bodies of kidnapped children, boys and girls, All these facts should make us careful not to incur similar dangers, We should unite hands and hearts to keep out the evil before it is upon (At the side). His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief for the Canton Province.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.