We do not know who the " Bed Cross Knights " of Ballarat are, bat, judging from the manifesto they hare issued against our Chinese fellow colonists, they seem to be terrible persons indeed. This resounding manifesto begins, we learn, by stating that the Chinese in this Colony are at times guilty of crimes especially towards women and children, offences, of course, that are unheard of among Europeans, and proceeds:—"We, as Bed Cross Knights, until the foul murderers and Tiolalors of our young children be brought to justice, solemnly swear before Almighty God to hold the whole body, from the Emperor of Ohina, Kong Meng and Co., down to the meanest subject of Chinese nation, as the deadliest enemies, and swear this by our honorable order of Bed Cross Knights; and we further will continue to agitate and act offensive and defensive until the Chinese are expelled from our shores. This we solemnly swear as Bed Cross Knights.", This is very good for high, and if '* the Emperor of China, Song Meng and Co." do not quail when they read it, they most be very daring and foolhardy persons.-* Australasian.
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3680, 11 October 1880, Page 2
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188Untitled Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3680, 11 October 1880, Page 2
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