Show AMERICANS WAR WITH IHINAMEN 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 An Protesting Protest-Ing Because They Took the Law ¼ In Their Own Hands to I Peking Hazrah All surveyor In I the India service and Mr Sowerby I Interpreter both attached to the met corelogical expedition under Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Clark an American ofilcvcr wero attacked June 21 by natives twenty miles south of Lanchow Hazrah All 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 interpreter Mr Delta 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 on Juno 27 the report of the viceroy of Kan Su was received The vlcoroy who was removed from olllco June 23 because of his Inability to promote reforms protests against ho members mem-bers of the expedition taking tho law into their own hands to rescue their comrades This protest has been submitted sub-mitted to the I Brill h minister |