Notwithstanding all that has appeared recently in your columns about the Boxer rising in Szechuan, 1 venture to add u fow items about this rretecture, which has thus far escaped mention. Some months we gave Warning to the ative officials as to midnight practising and antiforeign demonstration, but our efforts were evidently regarded as well-meant yet Unnecessary until the rude awakening came some weeks ago, when one after another our out-stations, together with those of the Roman Catholics, in this neighbourhood were destroyed, and murder and pillage became the order of the day, causing terror throughout the whole Profecture. No less than live of our country stations, and a larger number still of those belonging to the Catholics, have been attacked by the Boxers, and hundred of Christians are now homeless and destitute, many of their houses having been completely destroyed. Few Christians have been killed, fortunately, in this Beighbourhood, but many wealthy people, and those who had enemies among the Boxers, have been accused of belonging to the Church, and barbarously murdered. While the movement begins with a watchword of "Exterminate everything foreign," it soon develops into indiscriminate slaughter and general' license. An unfortunate aspect of the subject is that in every place, either from fear or sympathy, the people of the town refused to oppose the Boxers, but went and welcomed them with incense and crackers, and often giving up all such weapons as had been prepared for defence- Many of them soon had cause to regret that, and as it becomes evident that all classes are liable to suffer, there is more anxiety to withstand the enemy. Volunteers are raised throughout our whole district, business is practically at a standstill, and the carriage of mails has been much interfered with. Some cities and towns are almost emptied of inhabitants, who have fied for refuge to other places. The local officials seem powerless against the movement. and Boxer drillings are taking place all around us. The Iate: t outbreak was only 13 miles from this city, and a force rent out has returned without doing ans-thing, as the headman of the town is supposed to be a leader of the rowdies, and he prohibited any fighting: A little while ago when things seemed very desperate, a few hundred soldiers arrived' from the capital, and in several skirmishes it was reported that some hundred of the rebels were killed, but the rest were seat-
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