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Show AMERICANS WAR mam Member of American Expedition in China Killed by Natives Twenty Miles South of Lanchow. Another Member of Party Rescued by Fellow Countrymen, and Now Chinese Officials Are Protesting Protest-ing Because They Took the Law in TheirOwn Hands. Peking. Hazrah All, surveyor iu the India service, and Mr. Sowerby, Interpreter, both attached to the meteorological met-eorological expedition under Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Clark, an American officer, were attacked June 21 by natives twenty miles south of Lanchow. Hazrah Ali was pursued three miles and killed. Sowerby was rescued by Lieutenant Clark, Mr. Douglas of the India service, ser-vice, Messrs. Grant and Colonel Colt-man, Colt-man, interpreter; Mr. Delto, a draughtsman, and an Indian. Sir N. Jordan, British minister, asked the Chinese foreign office to protect the members of the expedition and to investigate the attack, and oni June 27 the report of the viceroy of' Kan Su was received. The viceroy, who was removed from office June 23, because of his inability to promote reforms, protests against the members mem-bers of the expedition taking the law into their own hands to rescue their comrades. This protest has been submitted sub-mitted to the British minister. |