The Archive · 1897

LINCHING—SHANTUNG

(pnoxt Cor OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THE LAW-SUIT

between the people of Lilient'un and the Roman Catholics has at last been settled, and this time there is some prospect of its remaining settled. By the terms of the ent, the villagers keep possession of the temple lind which was in dispute, and land is granted to the Roman Catholics on which to -build a chapel. As the villagers had used the mate-Hal brought together by the native Chris tians and built their temple with it, the Kuanhsien official has torn down the temple eq. built several years since for the village, and will pass this over to the Roman Catholics paying for any material which is lacking from his own pocket. As to the Christians who were killed last spring, it now turns out that only one man (not four or five) was Killed, and the mandarin has promised doe reparation.

There is great excitement in this city in regard to the occupation of Kisochou by

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