The Roman Catholic Monastery, destroy-by fire in the riot of 1891, is also springing up apace on the old site, and will be a Being imported in large quantities fur its eud solid stone building; that material
erection Pere Braun's College, situated inw tle valley on the opposite site of the river, is also finished and ocoupied by himself and students, Que cannot help thinking that in the present temper of the Chinese it would have been wise to have built the Convent on that side out of the way of a city mob; ut least it would not have been so much en evidence and would have been just as useful, while the Cullege on the city side would not have been so likely to have been molested. When possible to avoid collision by little prudenes it shou d attempted, If considered objectionable wherever it may be by the Chinese, and attacked by lawless mobs, then the position of the missionaries would be the stronger for having dune what they could to ays it, Defence, not defiance, might fairly be expected from these good people, whose tusk Chou Han has undoubtedly trebled by his notorious production, and, indeed, the task of anyone who has stomach for the business. To the Jay mind it seems that the missionaries are somewhat under-estimating
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