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would  be  compensated.  General  Ou  was  present  and  put  the
blame  on  the  soldiers.  Sub-prefect  Siao  did  so  likewise,  as  also
all  the  witnesses  of  this  bloody  brutality  committed  against
men  who  were  justly  defending  their  lives  and  who,  faithful  to
instructions  given  them,  offered  no  resistance  to  the  soldiers.
Siao  Lao-yi  is  greatly  to  blame,  and  merits  punishment.
As  for  reproaching  the  Christians  with  having  firearms,  that
is  ridiculous  in  a  country  in  which,  to  the  knowledge  and  before
the  very  eyes  of  the  Mandarins,  all  the  inhabitants  carry  arms
to  defend  themselves  against  the  pirates,  who,  thanks  to  the
inactivity  of  those  in  power,  abound  there—brigandage  and
assassination  are  continual.
Peace  reigns  there  now,  since  the  Mandarins  expelled  the
pirates  of  Peyen  and  sent  away  under  good  escort  the  Protestant
master  Ko  Siao-tsen.  But  I  received  a  telegram  this  morning,
November  16,  stating  that  he  returns  this  very  day  at  the  head
of  a  large  number  of  robbers.  What  will  happen,  and  what
can  we  do  ?

The  other  side  of  the  relations  between  Roman  Catholic  and
Protestant  missionaries  is  seen  in  the  following  communication
sent  to  the  Shanghai  Mercury  by  a  Protestant  missionary  in
Szechwan.

Sui-fu,  via  Chungking  Szechwan
{From  our  Correspondent)
November  28,  1906.
DEATH
It  is  with  sorrow  that  I  have  to  record  the  passing  away  of  one
of  the  Roman  Catholic  Fathers  who  has  laboured  in  this  land
for  over  thirty  years,  twenty  of  which  he  has  spent  in  this  city.
Père  Beraud  has  had  a  very  busy  time  of  it  here,  for  besides
looking  after  the  members’  spiritual  welfare,  he  has  built  two
large  churches,  one  within  and  one  without  the  city,  both  of
which  will  remain  as  his  monument  for  years  to  come.  He
passed  away  on  November  11,  from  an  apoplectic  stroke,  and
was  buried  in  the  Priests’  Cemetery  at  Ho-ti-k’eo,  some  twenty
miles  from  here.  Père  Beraud  is  especially  remembered  for  his
great  kindness  to  your  correspondent  during  the  terrible  time
of  the  1895  riots,  when  night  after  night  he  crept  round  about
midnight  to  see  how  we'were  faring,  and  to  sympathise  with  us
in  the  difficulties  of  our  situation.  Such  acts  speak  louder  than
words,  and  can  never  be  forgotten.