From there they have made a raid across the whole plain terrorize! ing the villagers. Caravans of many peaceable fugitives have preceded them and The burning of outside buildings and of annexed churches marks their passage.
Numerous country people have seen Father De Clippele in the These lines were scarcely written when yesterday evening m courrier arrived from—Yongehengyu, 4 Christian village about 35 miles to the south of the city of Bleue, saying that a hundred or so bandits lead descended on the village, and that they had set fire to the church, the scHool and the orphanage. ' The morning before departing they filled many houses wi to which they set fire, Little remains, and with each fire they "have pillaged they, and taken away anything which was likely to be of use and which the} Jeould conveniently carry. In the village they have killed the lending catechist and have set fire to the houses of the mission workers. Th few Christians who still remain have been maltreated and have been requisitioned to serve as manialy for the bandits. Their provisions have been destroyed and the brigands eft in the village a sack containing three heads and two hands, The missionaries serving in thie district were happily absent at the time, having taken refuge at Bleu in response to the request of their Bishop and the insistent, order the civil authorities. Such hai the end of the fine buildings at Yongehengyu which have been in existence only a few years.
One of the incidents which followed this week has been the jccution of the famous Sou Vu-song He is reputed to have said, "If they do not want us in the army we will burn down all the Catholic churches and thus force the hands of the authorities, Father De Clippele is made an unwilling witness of these scenes of vandalism and according to one letter which was sent by him to the mission at Chabernoor he states that one day on attempting to cape he very nearly paid dearly for this act. He says that he is ill and that his strength is at a low feb. He feels that he cannot much Tonger endure these terrible sufferings. chow a separate district for administrative purposes. Hitherto there hus been the one administrative centre for Chekiang province at, Hangchow. I understand that Wenchow has been chosen as the new
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