17781 IRS?
(Re: 10 JUL 39)
675
Dear Sir,
Lilong,
2nd June, 1899.
Many thanks for your kind letter of the 31st May and the trouble to send my last letter to Hong Kong.
Today I got a letter from my friend Mr. Mans, Rhenish Missionary of Thongha. He writes that he has seen you the other day. His returning to Thongha had a good effect on the population of that region.
The rich Puntis of the large Village Pan Tin feared that they would be punished by a visit of your Indian Force because they had taken part in the Thai-poo riot.
The literate of Fan Tin had a meeting with the headmen of the six large Market places in their neighbourhood. A Hakka Orator of the market Thonglak, two miles away from Pan Tin, where some of our Christians live, took a prominent part in instigating the people first to kill the Christians & then to see what can be done to drive the Indians away.
Most of the collected Elders of the various Villagers were very reluctantly promising some help, but after all they came to an agreement, that they would send 500 men from each Market place, when the Indian troops should really come to Pan Tin.
Meanwhile the stupid people of that Village were going on to make many intrenchments between their Village & Lilong. All the women & Children fled to other Villages, upon the invitation, many rowdies came from everywhere to help the men of Pan Tin.
The Hakkas of the various Villages between here and Schan Chun who are willing to come under the British Government & who are already looked at as Britishers
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17781 IRS?
(Re: 10 JUL 39)
675
Dear Sir,
Lilong,
2nd. June, 1899.
Many thanks for your kind letter of the 31st,
May and the trouble to send my last letter to Hong Kong.
Today I got a letter from my friend Mr.Mans. Rhenish Missiona-
ry of Thongha. He writes that. he has seen you the other day. His returning to Thongha had a good effect on the population
of that region. The rich Puntis of the large Village Pan Tin feared that they would be punished by a visit of your Indian Force because they had taken part in the Thai-poo riot. The
literate of Fan Tin had a meeting with the headmen of the
six large Market places in their neighbourhood.A Kakka Ora-
duate of the market Thonglak, two miles away from Pan Tin,
where some of our Christians live,took a prominent part in instigating the people first to kill the Christians & then to
see what can be done to drive the Indians away.
Most of the collected Elders of the various
Villagers were very reluctantly promising some help, but after
all they came to an agreement, that they would send 500 men
from each Market place, when the Indian troops should really
come to Pan Tin. Meanwhile the stupid people of that Village
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were going on to make a many intrenchments between their Village & Lilong. All the women & Children fled to other Vil- lages, upon the invitation, a many rowdies came from every-
where to help the men of Pan Tin. The Hakkas of the various
Villages between here and Schan Chun who are willing to come
under the British Government & who are already looked at as
Britishers
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