MASSACRE OF CHINESE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 325, 12 June 1911, Page 5

MASSACRE OF CHINESE.

MEXICANS GET OUT OF HAND. HORRIBLE ATROCITIES. CHINA DEMANDS APOLOGY AND INDEMNITY. A WARSHIP TO ENFORCE THEM. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 11, 5.5 p.m. Mexico City, June 10. Reports from El Paso state that an order was issued for ithe deportation of 300 Chinamen from Mexico. It is believed they attempted to gain an entrance to the United States. The ruffian clement broke loose and started a massacre of the Chinese. The incoming rebels aided them. Heads were rolled into the streets, and the bodies tied to horses' tails. Twenty-five were murdered at the Chinese bank. The intervention of the fpreigncrs in the town stayed the slaughter. The Chinese Government is demanding an indemnity of 12,000,000-pesos in consequence of the slaughter of 300 Chinese subjects at Terron. China also demands an apology. A Chinese warship is en route for Mexican: waters. The Federals abandoned Terron without giving notice.

FOURTEEN DEATHS. Received 12, 12.20 a.m. Mexico City, June 11. Fourteen men have been killed in the riots, which were the outcome of a miners' strike at Matehnala.