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Hing Ring Daily Mess, october 320, 1900__
CANTON.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
Canton, 1st October.
GOOD WORK BY THE FRENCH AND CHINESE
COMBINED.
The French gunboat Avalanche returned ou Sunday, the 30th ult., from Shon Tak, having done some pretty good work. It seems that the districts and villages in which the anti-Christian riots broke out recently, causing so much loot- ing and destruction of houses and leading to the flight of so many uative converts, are now fairly quiet. Two days ago the French Vice-Consul went with General Li of the Kwong Hip regi- ment and 500 soldiers to Shon Tak and Yung Kee. The prefect of Shon Tak received them with a guard of honour and conducted them to inspect those places where the mob had looted and destroyed. Afterwards they went into a big public hall, and held an enquiry, the Nam Hoi Magistrate also being present. This time the mandarins in co-operating with the French by order of the Viceroy have done some good work; four principal leaders of the riots have been be- headed in Satow, and a great number of other culprits have been arrested and now await their sentences.
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