, 1874-06-12
CHRISTIAN MARTYRD0M.
determination of 4 French Catholic
Mission at Analn.
Many Villages Destroyed, and
Tncir Inhabitants Slausfi-
tered.

41AkEN6 W. N\A4 tSAAA
Thcir Inhabitants slaugli-
tered.
Mgr. 6nuthior, Vicar Apostolic Of Ton1uin,
Anam, writoH as follows to Tho 1tissions Catlo-
ltqaes, usder dnte Of March &, giving tho details
OF tho masHacro Of Chinese Catholics In Tobru-
,ary Inst: =.
tho Bub-Chief Of tile canton of Qnihhu-Doi
warnod us by latter That council was being held
In tue village Of QuEnh1l-Dol, In the house Of
Lien, and TINT It was decided that tho massacre
Of tho CEristians should begin on Fob. %. AS
We approached
. THAT FATAL DAY
tho military sorccs wero Increased and kopt on
lilo watch Gay and night. We rocoiyoI several
frioully letters which placed liz nu courant Of
t e hs w. a. 'g @ pass s aa IN our turn at wo tSc %
province about the nlattor, but they
merely uns,yerod TINT wo ncod not be
alarmed tho niIair would soon blow ovor.' Tho
Christians Of Nam Doung hed already startod to
thom word MOTTO trouble themselves, but to 10
homo quietly. and oil would llo wol. Tho oyon-
Ing Of tho Same day they received this ntvtco
thoy were confined within their houseA by order
Of tle authorities, and woro III iear Of tho i,va-
sion. On Fob. 2l, tho Man Ohu aud his people
mndo q
aAcn1s1oE TO THEIR GODS
xsy srry N ap of .ar a@ a o
wham thoY throw into tho riyor. Tile Banlo day
tlley burnt down the villages Of Trln-lan,' Mo-
Virh md Bau-Tach and maBsaoroa oil tho tn-
habitnntB who fell into their ha,ldH. Those WHO
woro abo to tly were found out iu their hiding
piaces by ..
md killed the noxt day. Tho aHsasbins killed
nil Christians Of Tho paribh Of Hut Yon, and
thon burnt ther vitlago. Those who escaped
into the nciglboring woods woro rotakon and
burned alive. rho Grent Mandarin with 300 mon
at his disposal, remained Quietly in hs vil1ngo Of
6a Nam. and nevor moved hand nor loot to savo
tho Christians Of Doung, OF whom, however, d
Dion al,ow, great zeal for this work Of oxtor-
1nlnatiol."
On NIarch Z. Mgr. aauthior addressed anothor
lottcr to bis coaajueor, from which no mako the
"Tho completely Of tho court Of tho A1andarnB
In this fearful business Ia oaBi1y proved BY tho
lottors We have in our hands. III fact, they
ON0ASlZEp THE MAssACREs.
Only yesterday Colonel Ut the head Of 200
mon said to tllom =: '.Can 1t bo possible that wo
arc not allowed to Join our oountrymon in the
determination Of those monBtors, tlcBo Chris
tinnB who drink tho blood Of our wives and chill
two Christians on tho high road, paradod tho
far from being indignant, ecomrd delighted and
troatod him with honor. Ho afterwards n8ssa-
ered twenty wonaen and chill2on as sacrifice to
the
ooDDEBs OF PROSTITUTION,
who hAB a celebrated temple OIL tho roRdsldo, In
somo places tley took entiro families, father,
mother, and children, tied them up like bundles
with bamboos md throw thom into tho river.
It ia remarked TINT tho number Of bodies THUS
encumboring the river, to tho Hurprise Of every
one, exhalo no bad otior. Hero, thon, is miH-
sion Of about 10000 souls which can no longer
bo considered in existence hlany victims per-
isl,cd In tito tlames. All tho villages OF Lang,
Thanh, I1uye1., Nam poung, 1Ioi Yon, aud Dohn
placo with tho consent and conniyance Of tho
authoritics and Of tho Mantlarins."
IL. Marie. who belongs 70 the mission OF Quin-
huun, which counted 900 Christians, writes to
II. Delpeche, OF tho Foreign Missions, AZ fol-
ain tho fret days Of February, number Of
pamphlets wcro circulated against France and
tho UhristanH. Tho Auli.Chrietian pnrsy held
many mootingB, and excited oach other to mid in
tho massacre OF the faithful. In tho pamphlets
appeared paragraphs like tho following: We
MUST Kill the Christians for when thoy aro all
| dead the Europeans will ienvo lis In peaco, and
will no longer trouble tho Kingdom OF Anam.
! Az last
I THE sroRs1 DnoRE.
| The massacre commenced by that Of two
Christians, who remained two days unbured.
People went to ne dfana Mandar'ns 70 obtain
lnStlce' putan Vnlm; IN uay os ~ nasosMatua
vlliago OF over no9o @ Gntis..assa was ht!achea'
and IVY were nillod lz0 esoapea 20 a ne'eno91-
ing vage, from honeG @ 70 , omse " We nead Inc
moat a'atmtng a1 heMs. Inc nny9' 4 o. 1t sitso s
visited tho christian homob ahd Pfomplted tne
people from leaving them. somo Chrstlan
woaon 1eaflai 70 aio o1 htafva1'n, @ I'ssse" up,
on go''6 10 !:nafAos, pu' taes nosor fosu,neo s
nome agela, anu tne paean "olhon
came anu told W TINT they haa neen
henonaoo. Iwo m9n a., escnpeu ~ bMalantnl ,a. an
ACROSS WIG 1.vor; they ca1 10 ',o aa ,;H so
ne their mlstottanes. y! con!a GUY weep VIII
thon. AZ tue mon OF the yillnEo were doeapi'
talcd. bit Tug women anu coitaren were ,ss! snSea
On the 9th OF alarch Was at Mani!-son' village
on tho coast sent two mon to fetch me 60 aomt
things from tue ho'lse ot = native prteats Tne'
we're holzod and thrown into prison. o'd MI
could to obtain their re!oaso, but tue only an
aver got was this WHOM the army comes w
will 500 what wo can do. On alarch IL the,
| were Dehehueu. l now 1nily uhuoratoou Il9
danger which lnenaced mo IL tho village WHICH
! inhabited. / heard confessions night and dal