I telegraphed you this morning the reported anti-foreign troubles at Kienning; that the C.M.S. church and mission house in the city had been burnt down and that the missionaries had escaped to Ningwha on their way down to Foochow. The news wants confirmation, but I judge from the sources through which I obtained it that there is no doubt about its being correct, There is no word, 60 far, of the Hospital having been attacked, and as this is three miles away from the city it may possibly escape the malice of the mob, As lately as three' weeks ago there were
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