. Eaemy Soldiers' Revenge:
Trial of Murderers of Missionaries From Our Own Corresponilent, Mignchow, Sze., Mar. 11.
{tM Lungehuan' on Janiary 23 video men's hospital of the Friends' Foreign. Mission was looted. The canso was that a groat enemy of the 1st Division, a Colonel Dai of the st, was there mortally wounded. His enemies in revenge Tooted all the wounded soldiers, and also stole about $100 worth of Is from the hospital stores, ides an even Inrger_ amount from the house of the nurses. This in Into nows; but lends probability tothe report that the ©. Bf. 8.
steen looted. just, recently.
BBoepital st Mienchow his also "report is from Chinese sour and we hope it is not true, but it well known that Chinese reports have a way of turning out. only "too reliable, especially if it is bad nows. This is not said in a pesvimistio mood: soldiers have generally kept clear of hospital veering to realize, their indcbte mess to them, and it isa rogretstable indication that things scorn to be gotting worse instead of On the other hand there is probably another reason why trouble should arise at Mienchow. hat. city is the place from which all the proceedings in connexion with the trial of the murderers of "the. two missionaries, Messrs Watt. and Whiteside have emanate "od, TI. M, Consul: General has "been very thorough in his determination to sift the Ahrough, and the missioner at "Mienchow have given him sfintial help. This is well known to the wrongdoers, who are mom: sera of large society in which *woldiors and brigands, and even sity magistrates, all sem mixed vp together. One man hax been removed from effies on account of determination to find out nothing: and that not on the initiation of higher Government authority. The Consul-Conoral has avery dolieato and anxious of work in secking to got and at the same time avoid ' stirring up bad feeling. Thoro is a sort of imperium in nperin which makos it desirable -that robber chiefs should Placated in their ewn_partienlar spheres of influcnen, Tt is often smuch safer to got the permission Sof such m gentleman to travel gather than bother the local mandarin, 'There is a greater dogras of quietness about at the present time than we have had for some anonths.. 'This docs nob mean that Aife is always untroubled. For inistaneo, a schoolboy wan escorting wick' companion" to, his ume the other day. The sick one wns Tiding a hunger (chairs cannot be got), when they fall in with "wame soldiers. The soldiers con-r¥inented the conveyance in the interests of the public welfare "The planks of the city bridge are removed every night to keep away night: bandits
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