OCR Text |
Show Catholics In China prepared for At H tack by Boxers. H Poking. Tho troublo In tho provinco of Honan has sub- H sided, tho provisional govornor O having sent troops to tho sccno I of tho disturbance. 'Tho government I nctcd promptly as in the caso of all ft tho recent outbreaks, but It Is difficult dif-ficult to foresco where an uprising Is likoly to occur. In parts of tho Interior Inte-rior where thero are Catholic missions i strong Boxer organizations have been i maintained slnco 1900, and tho Catholics Cath-olics in the villages havo lived almost In a stato of siege, their houses being R fortified nnd tho Inhabitants armed and constantly prepared to resist at- . HI tack. S 1 1 |