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Show VENT SPITE OH THE MISSIONS Hungry Chinese Getting" Beyond Corv t'rol, Three Missions Having Been Destroyed, But No Lives Lost. Shanghnl. The rioting of natives at i Chnngshn continues. Already threo missions, all situated on tho main street near tho Rico shops, have been destroyed and fears for the safety of the other missions are entertained. It Is reported that tho governor wao Injured during the attack upon the Yalmen, but so far as known there-has there-has been no loss of life. Tho provincial provin-cial trensurer has asked tho government govern-ment to supply rice to tho natives in the hope of quieting them. Tho scar-city scar-city of rice due to its having been cornered was the chief cause of the outbreak. Recently the ill feeling has-been has-been Increased by an active foreign, propaganda In which the lives of foreigners for-eigners were threatened. Another . grievance was the fact tho British consulate was constructed by Imported Import-ed lnbor. |