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rifles  and  went  about  unarmed.  All  the  shooting  was  done  by
Romanists,  who  accidentally  shot  one  of  their  own  men.  Many
of  the  Roman  Catholics  assembled  under  arms  are  well-known
robbers.
The  following  is  a  diary  showing  the  principal  events  that
occurred  in  connection  with  the  Roman  Catholic  attack  at
Haimen.

Friday,  November  g.
Hundreds  of  armed  men,  under  the  command  of  the  native
Roman  Catholic  priest  Nyun,  suddenly  appeared  in  the  streets
of  Haimen.  They  looted  the  houses  and  shops  of  Protestants.
The  owners  fled  to  the  Protestant  compound.  The  Protestants
asked  for  an  escort  to  Tai-chow  city,  but  the  Military  Mandarin
said  they  would  protect  them  in  Haimen.  The  son  of  a  Protestant
inquirer  was  shot  through  the  thigh.  The  Protestant  preacher
sent  an  open  note  by  a  messenger  to  the  foreign  missionaries
here.  It  is  as  follows  :  “  Eight  hundred  Roman  Catholic  soldiers
armed  with  rifles  and  swords  have  just  pillaged  the  houses  and
shops  of  Christians  (names  given)  and  are  building  the  wall-The
  Military  Mandarin  is  powerless  to  restrain  them.  I  do
not  know  about  killed  and  wounded.  We  hope  you  will  rescue
us  quickly.”
Upon  the  arrival  of  this  messenger,  at  5  p.m.  on  Friday,  a
telegram  was  sent  to  C.I.M.,  Shanghai,  and  to  British  Consul,
Ningpo,  as  follows  :  “  Hundreds  armed  Romanists  attacked
Haimen  Protestants.  Killed,  wounded,  unknown.  Houses  pd'
laged.  Tidal  wall  occupied.”  Foreign  missionaries  visited
Prefect,  and  found  that  he  already  knew  the  situation,  and  that
the  District  Magistrate  and  two  Deputies  from  the  Prefect
were  preparing  to  start  for  Haimen.  It  was  learned  that  the
Major-General  (Chen-tai)  at  Haimen  had  previously  warned
the  city  Magistrate  of  a  Roman  Catholic  plot  to  attack  the
Protestants  on  the  following  day—Saturday.  Evidently,  there'
fore,  the  attack  began  a  day  sooner  than  the  Major-Genera
expected.  The  Protestant  city  pastor  left  for  Haimen  #
company  with  the  returning  messenger.

Saturday,  10  th
The  Protestant  pastor  arrived  at  Ko-ts,  three  miles  fro#
Haimen,  and  was  furnished  with  an  escort  of  eight  soldiers
guard  him  to  Haimen.  The  escort  deserted  him  before  u e
reached  Haimen,  but  the  chair-bearers  carried  him  safely  ##
the  Protestant  compound.