THE KUCHING MASSACRE.
[UNITED PBEBB ABBOOI\TION 1 London; August 10. It Las been officially announced that stringent, orders have been ieaunrKtf tho Cliineae Government to prevent further outrages, and 1500 soldiers have been dispatched to protect missionaries in Xuching and punish the muiderers. Rear-Admiral 0. C. Carpenter, of the American warship Baltimore, flagship on the Asiatio station, has ordered the gunboat Petrel, with a thousand marines picked from U.S. warships stationed in Chinese waters, armed with Gatling gnns, to proceed to Ping Yang to protect missionaries. European residnnts in Shanghai declare that Lord Salisbury's demands are utterly inadequate, and that delay is dangerous. London, August 11. Mission societies combine and wait as a deputation on the Premier, demanding that prompt aotlon be taken to prevent a repetition of the inasaaores in China.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 196, 12 August 1895, Page 2
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132THE KUCHING MASSACRE. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 196, 12 August 1895, Page 2
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