China.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 1 August 1891, Page 2

China.

News from China shows that the rioting at Foochow was very serious, and for a time it seemed as if the warships would have to intervene for the protection of life and property. The crews of the British merchantmen were armed in readiness to repel any attack on the shipping. I he rioting spreads westwards. At Wanchein, on the Yang-tse-kiang, the people took shelter in some old forts, and at the date of the mail leaving, the male inhabitants were preparing to resist fin attack. Several leaders of secret societies have been captured by the authorities and beheaded. Large rewards are oftered for others. At Wanchow a few weeks ago a desperate band of pirates landed and were speedily swelled to a force of 500 cut throats, who marched through the country committing all sorts of atrocities. They seized a monastery and beheaded four of the monks, because they refused them permission to cook food. The chief object of the desperadoes is the capture of influential people for the sake of ransom. One method of enforoing their demands is by occasionally sending anatomical specimens of captives to their relatives. The looting and burning of missions in China continue. A Ron of a leading Chinese diplomatist in Europe ia alleged to be the author of the riots.