ATROCITIES IN CHINA.
[Per United Press Association.]
■ , London, Aug. 10 v It has been officially announced that stringent orders have been issued by the Chinese Government' to prevent fiirtner ; ' outrages and 15,000 soldiers were'deW patched to protect, the missionaries' in Kucheng and to punish the murderers. Reports from Washington ' state that Rear, Admiral C. ,C. Carpenter, of the American warship Baltimore, flagship on' the Asiatic station, lias ordered the gunboat Petrel with a thousand marines picked from United States warships,
{Rationed in Chinese waters, vtiih&ailing guns, to proceed to Ping Yang to protect missionaries and European residents in ' Shanghai. Messages from British people declare that Salisbury's demands are utterly inadequate and delay is dangerous. Shanghai, Aug 11. One of the murderers confesses to cutting off -the head and limbs of Mrs Stewart, who in frenzy fought until she was literally hacked to pieces.
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West Coast Times, Issue 10181, 13 August 1895, Page 2
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