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APPENDIX  D

and  to  pay  $3,000  to  the  Roman  Catholics  for  rifles  taken  from
the  robbers  by  order  of  the  Tong-ling.  Houses  and  shops
belonging  to  Protestants  were  pillaged,  and  passengers  to
and  from  the  boats  were  robbed.  A  Protestant  inquirer  was
caught  and  held  for  ransom.  He  was  told  that  if  he  did  not
furnish  100  jars  of  Chinese  wine  he  would  be  killed.  He
gave  them  go  jars  and  was  allowed  to  escape.  Some  of  the
members  and  inquirers  had  narrow  escapes  from  being  shot.
The  son  of  an  inquirer  was  shot  through  the  thigh,  and  one
of  the  robbers  was  accidentally  shot  dead  by  another  Roman
Catholic.
On  Saturday  evening  the  Mandarins  sent  word  to  the  Pr°'
testants  that  they  could  not  protect  them,  but  would  send  an
armed  escort  to  take  them  to  Tai-chow  city.  A  fleet  of  h v ®
gunboats  sailed  with  them  from  Haimen.  At  a  point,  40  h
from  Haimen,  two  of  the  gunboats  returned,  leaving  three  boats
to  carry  the  refugees  the  remaining  80  li  to  Tai-chow  city.
In  company  with  two  foreign  missionaries  and  the  Mandarin
under  whose  escort  they  had  travelled,  they  went  to  visit  the
Prefect,  who  said  that  the  Protestants  had  shown  themselves
superior  to  the  Roman  Catholics,  and  had  acted  splendidly  in
the  great  trouble  caused  by  the  Roman  Catholics.  He  also  said
they  must  not  return  to  Haimen  until  the  trouble  was  over.
Testimony  of  the  Protestant  member  whose  shop  was  pillaged
by  an  armed  Roman  Catholic  band  :—  J
“  I  was  upstairs  above  the  shop  when  the  armed  band  entere
my  shop.  My  assistant  told  them  I  was  upstairs.  They  calle,
me,  and  I  asked  who  they  were.  They  said,  ‘  Come  down  and  see.
I  looked  out  and  saw  the  men  armed  with  long  pistols  and  big
knives,  and  became  alarmed.  I  shouted,  ‘  I  will  come  down  a
once,’  and  then  ran  out  at  the  back  door  and  hid  in  a  neighboul  s
house.  Here  I  remained  for  an  hour  or  so,  until  after  they  ha
pillaged  my  shop  ;  then  the  Chen-tai  passed,  and  I  went  on
and  asked  him  for  protection.  He  sent  seven  or  eight  soU] ier ^
to  escort  me  to  the  Protestant  compound.  Here  I  remain^
from  Friday  till  Sunday  morning.  The  Protestant  componn
was  surrounded  by  a  band  led  by  Li  Ti-song.  This  man  struc
the  Tong-ling  when  he  rode  up  to  disperse  the  mob,  upon  wln c
the  Tong-ling  proceeded  to  the  R.C.  compound,  where  he  'V a
detained  to  make  him  promise  $3,000  to  pay  for  rifles  wbn
had  been  taken  from  some  of  the  Roman  Catholic  robbers
his  order.  The  Roman  Catholics  also  demanded  execution  ®
an  officer  who  had  acted  under  the  Tong-ling’s  orders.  1
Tong-ling  was  eventually  rescued  by  the  Chen-tai.
“  On  Saturday,  at  5  p.m.,  the  Chen-tai  said  we  must  l ea ^ g
Haimen,  as  he  could  not  protect  us  here,  and  he  would  pr° vi