Destruction of Roman Catholic Church at Lichuan: Priests and Nuns Escape Ichang, July 98.
The district of Shihnan, to the south-west of this place, has been in a very disturbed state for several years. It will be remembered that it was from that district' the "divine soldiers' appeared, who met with such ruthless treatment about a year ago when they tried to take the city of Wanhsien. The Roman Catholic Mission here has received reliable news from the district of Lichuan, which is a "hsien" in the Shihnan prefecture, that the shen ping, or "divine soldiers," have risen again there, and that they have been attacking all and sundry, both Clristian and heathen, who will not join in with the movement, killing those who refuse to become members of their body. They attacked and destroyed the Roman Catholic Church in Lichuan, and killed some of the Christians. The fathers and nuns of the convent have had to leave, and ave believed to be on the way to Wanhsien seeking for safety there. Also it is reported that a postal courier has been murdered.
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