Some of the Christians are homeless and in want; others of them under varied threats and severe heating have recanted publicly in the Ancestral Hall of the clan.
The chihsien has been evshiered and a new one appointed; things have quieted down since, The Wesleyan Chapel and homes of two members in Tsaitien have been attacked, and the furniture and stock-in-trade of tone man smashed, A request for help to the small military official was replied to by: "Toould assist, but Lhave no wish th pose as the protector of the foreigner or his Church."
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