Tha British and French Consuls doing their best la a very difficalt situation, Their fellow-countrymen are gradually being withdrawn from Kaeichow, Yionan and a part of Szechuan. The Batang missionaries are rej fate, after a great battle between the troops of the city and a maltitade of tribesmen and rabble, At Ningynenfa when the hordes were defeated the leaders were put to death by crucifixion. This, in 1911, is simply horrible and, shoald arouse a fierce protest, If Chinese officials of the old regime can do this, what cannot they do?
Tt was definitely stated by the Chinese that the Ssechoan Viceroy, Chao Ebr-feng escaped to Tonkiog, by the French railway a fortnight ago. If so, he is a marvellously clever man,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.