may be easily anticipated. Yes, gentlemon, I am quite satisfied that the missionaries were entirely in fault. They have only themselves to thank for being killed, and I am writing to tell wy Government so. Here is a cupy of the Consul's letter of the date of June the 6th, advising them not to go and they went. OF course, they thought they knew better than the Consul, and you see what came of it. No, of course, Lain not going te Sung-pu. The Viceroy says he cannot. protect me, and my reason tells me that Tam not called upon to throw away my life. Oh, yes; the murderers will be punished right enough, the Viceroy will see to that. He has ared button mandarin there doing it now. And the Macheng district magistrate? No, he won't be dealt with; the Viceroy aluiost jumped out of his chair when I sugested it, Tt seems he did everything in his power to protect the missionaries. The mission re-established Of course not, the country is in far too disturbed a state to admit of that, but the Viceroy has promised to ace to it Inter on. Indemnity? No. the Viceroy would not allow the word to be used in connection with this case, as eosiders the missionaries to blame; he willing of his own accord to give a sum of "Charity money," however, and Ido not what more {ean doin the matter. It will have to be concluded by correspondence, of course, and that I can manayo as wel 1 from Shanghai."
So exit Cunsul-General Bock.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.