There is a great deal of trouble: round about our neighbourhood, and even Ichanj has been threatened. But having the we do not fear much. At Changyang and Lich'uan, not many days distance from Tehang, the Roman Catholic chapels have been burned down. The houses of the native church members have also been attacked and destroyed. The foreign priesta and a thousand or so of natives have arrived in Tehang. At Changlo a native has been Killed. There is great excitement amongst the people here. A guard of soldiers has been stationed near the Roman Catholic premises. The perpetrators of these evils carry Yi Man-tze's flag, but it is doubted whether they are really his followers. The motto on the flag is:—Miek Yang Hein Tung? "Destroy the Foreigner and Advance the Tsing dynasty."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.