According to Mrs, Matthews, the trouble was precipitated through a ruse which had been prepared by the agitators and directed against the nuns in the Spanish Mission. 'These nuns' duty in part was to save infants from death by exposure lor starvation. The agitators secur-fed the bodies of about 25 dead infants and attributed their death to tke Catholic missionaries boiling them. The corpses were exhibited in prominent places and lecturers elated how they came to their! ldcath—their version of it, The mob, of course, became excited and in a short while were in sufficient mass {to attack the nuns and priests, Fortunately, however, they were taken to protected compounds and ater escorted to ships in the har-our, When the refugee ships arrived in Amoy, it was found that the! bodies of two babies were "planted", the foreshore to try and get the! mob to attack the nuns there, but! the action of the Consular Body forestalled this. At Amoy several students came aboard the boat, but} were finally put ashore, After despoiling the Catholic 'Mission premises, the soldiers then turned their attention to several other mission premises, including, tive Anglo-Chinese Girls' School, the Church Mission Society' Hospital (Women's Division) and the Methodist Episcopal. compound. It seemed as if in most eases the soldiers and mob attacked the! investigation of the situation und is Filipino girl arrived here this, mor-women and children rather than the constant communication with! the Navy Department, the Foreign Office and the General Staff.
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