The foreign community this morning was shocked to learn that Mrs. A. R. J, Hearne, the wife of the Engineer-in-Chief of the southern section of the tientsin-Pukow Rail-to the Nanking Unive titien condition as the result of a brutal assault by a Chinese, believed to be a soldier, It appears that Mrs. Hearne was asleep in her bed-room in the Engineer-in-Chief's residence at Puchen, a few miles from Pukow, when she was awakened at two o'clock this morning by. the stealthy entrance of a Chinese soldier who attacked her with his bayonet, Mr, Hearne was asleep on a yerandgh when he was awakened by Mrs, Hearne's cries for help, He found, however, the French wine dows of the room locked and had considerable difficulty in reaching his wife, Meanwhile, the assailant escaped in the darkness and confusion.
Te was found that Mrs, Hearne had been severely wounded and was immediately carried across the river to the Nanking University Hospital.
This morning the British Consul-General, Mr, Meyrick Hewlett, called at the Foreign Office and, it is understood, made strong represen tions regarding this outrage.—Reuter.
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