MASSACRE OF LEPERS
DRIVEN INTO A PIT SATURATED WITH KEROSENE AND SHOT, SHANGHAI, January 10. Letters from the Catholic mission at Nanning (Province Kwangsi), dated December 14th, give details of the barbarous .massacre of thirty-nine lepers by order of the provincial authorities. It appears that for some years past lepers have been living in a wood a few miles outside the city. In view of their pitiable destitution, the Catholic fathers sought permission to build a lazar house at their own expense. The authorities first gave a blank refusal, but subsequently pretended to consent. Meanwhile they caused a pit to be dug in the parade ground, and the bottom >vas filled with wood soaked in keroseire. Into this pit tha lepers were suddenly driven at the point of the bayonet, and shot and burnt in the presence of large crowds. Rewards were offered for the discov. cry of more lepers, and another has since been shot. The tutuh (governor) has issued a proclamation accusing the lepers of outrages, for which the wri ters of the letter say there was nc foundation. The authorities, the let* ter adds, are glorying in the deed.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8362, 24 February 1913, Page 8
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192MASSACRE OF LEPERS New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8362, 24 February 1913, Page 8
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