THE RIOTS IN CHINA.
HUNDREDS OF HOUSES BURNED. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright Hong Kong. May 25. Mobs at Yiyong burned hundreds of houses. The oincials fled from the town and left it to the mercy of the rioters. Several villages were destroyed. MASSACRE OF FOREIGNERS PLANNED. MISSIONARIES' NARROW ESCAPE. Received May 20, 10.35 p.lll. Pekin, May 20. • The Rev. R. Veryard, belonging to the China Inland Mission at Umngsha, in a vivid narrative forwarded to friends, gives particulars of the missionaries' narrow escape on the 14th April. The rioters, according to the statements 01 the wife of a Chinese official, intended to kill the Governor, but as they were unable to directly accomplish this, they decided to kill the foreigners to ensure the Governor's death, which, they imagined, would be the punishment demanded by the Powers.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 40, 27 May 1910, Page 5
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136THE RIOTS IN CHINA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 40, 27 May 1910, Page 5
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