Among those wh" have recently reached Shanghai, forced to leave their po-ts in the interior, is the Rey, A. R. Crawford, of the Irish Presbyterian Mission, Kirin, Mi: churia, He told a representative of the "North-China Daily News" yesterday of the manner in which he and his friends left Kirin, They had none of the hairbreadth escapes which have been toll so fre-te seems that about the end of June antiently lately, but the story is interesting. foreign placards began to make their appearance in Kirin, isoed presumably Boxers, though of these last it was sai that the city held very few. The city was very quiet, however, the people peaceable, and there seemed no need at that time to leave. The last day of the month brought a belated telegram from Newchwany, announcing the outbreak of hostilities between the Powers and China,
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