CRISIS IN CHINA
PUNISHMENT OF RIOTERS (Received June '22, 9 58 a.m. Hongkong, June 21. GENERAL Foyron, French commander severiy punished the rioters in the British concession at Tientsin. STARTLING (STATEMENT BY CHAFFEE. INDISCRIMINATE SHOOTING OF COOLIES. HARMLESS LABOURERS SLAIN. (Received June, 'l'ii 12 .. r >7 a.m. Nkw YORK, June 22. General Chaffee's report on the Chinese campaign asserts that the looting and indiscriminate shooting of coolies has caused distrust of the Allies. For one Boxer killed, 50 harmless labourers were slain, including not a few women and children.
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Waikato Argus, Volume X, Issue 977, 24 June 1901, Page 2
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