HINESE ATROCITIES.
London, .August 10. * It has been officially announced that stringent orders have been issued bv the Chinese Coven ment to prevent further outrages and 1500 soldiers have been despatched to protect the missionaries in Kueheng and punish the murderers. Reports from Washington state that Rear-Admiral C. C. Carpenter, of the American warship Baltimore, the flagship on ■ the Asiastic station, has ordered the gunboat Petrel with a thousand' marines from United gStates warships stationed on the station with gatling guns, to proceed to Ping Zang to protect the'missionaries and European residents in Shanghai. A message from the British people declared Lord Salisbury’s demands utterly inadequate and delay dangerous. The missionary societies are combining to wait as a deputation on the Premier, demanding that prompt action be taken to prevent a repetition of the massacres in China. Shanghai, August 11. One of the murderers confesses to cutting off. the head and thumbs of Mrs Stewart, who in her fury fought until she was literally hacked to pieces.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1759, 14 August 1895, Page 2
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167HINESE ATROCITIES. Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1759, 14 August 1895, Page 2
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