Particulars of the murder of Mr. Fleming of.the China Inland: Mission, Kueiyang, in Kueichou province, and a native evangelist have just come to hand. That a deliberate and brutal assault, con-lived at by the officials, was made upon them there can be no doubt whatever. Murders of foreigners by frenzied mobs we are, if I may say 80, used to, but it is something new to us to hear of such a cold-blooded and successful attempt us this, and it augurs very little for the safety of those who may be travelling in this disturbed district.
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