No news of the Taichow riots seems as yet to have reached you. Hereabouts we can only obtain vague reports, some say three Roman Catholic places have been destroyed, others say eleven; it is said also that three native Christians have been killed and a catechist's eyes destroyed. Three French gunboats are said to be stationed outside Haimen, which by the way, is only a few hours from the recently discovered Sanmé and the natives report that a polite offer has been made by the French to undertake the control of the natives of Taichow if the local officials do not find themselves speedily so. I give you all this for wh Probably niore definite news has already reached you from Ningpo or some other source.
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