The Rebellion in China
♦ : (per press association.) Hong Kono. December 3. The rebels are not Mongols, but are members of Chinese secret societies. The Government allege that the atrocities at Taku wore committed by a band of some 1500 marauders, who were prompted hy the desire of plunder, and declare that the accounts of the outrage have been greatly exaggerated. December 4. It is rumoured that the rebels have murdered a Mongolian prince, and that more villages have been sacked by the rebels. The British Minister in Pekin has been informed that an outbreak has taken place near Jehol, beyond the Great Wall. The converts are believed to have been murdered, but the fate of the Europeans is uncertain. Bhcssels, December 3. Private telegrams received in the city state that priests connected with Taku missions wore not massacred, but escaped to the mountains.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 68, 5 December 1891, Page 2
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