Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 5, 1892

Mr. Denby to Mr. Blaine.

Legation of the United States,
Peking, April 5, 1892. (Received May 13.)

No. 1509.]

Sir: I have the honor to inform you that I have received a dispatch from Consul Seymour, wherein he states that on Sunday, March 20, at Chik Horn, in the Hoy Ping district, province of Kwautung, about 120 miles northwest of Canton, a chapel of the American Presbyterian Mission, and the house of the native preacher, a rented house, were looted by a gang of ruffians. The disturbance took place during divine service. Mr. Seymour has taken proper steps to secure redress.

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I have, etc.,

Charles Denby.