MEXICAN AFFAIRS.
SLAUGHTER OF CHINAMEN
CHINA DEMANDS INDEMNITY
(Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.)
MEXICO CITY, June l(b Reports from Elpaso states that an order has been issued for the deportation of 300 Chinamen from Mexjieo. It is believed that they attempted to gain an entrance into the United States. The Chinese Government is demanding an indemnity of 12,000,000 pesos (about £2,400,000) in consequence of th 9 slaughter of 300 Chinese subjects at Terron. China slso demands an apology. A Chinese warship is en route for Mexican waters. The Federals abandoned Terron without giving notice.' The ruffian element having broke loose, they started to massacre the Chinese coming into the place. The rebels aided them. The heads of the Chinamen were rolled down the streets, and their bodies were tied to horses' tails. Twenty-five were murdered at a Chinese Bank. The intervention of a foreigner stayed further slaughter.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAG19110612.2.28.6
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10230, 12 June 1911, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
147MEXICAN AFFAIRS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10230, 12 June 1911, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Age. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in