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Missionaries Exonerated in China Riot Dispute
The text argues Sir Rutherford Alcock and Consul Medhurst pursued peace, exonerating Yang-Chow Formosa and Ngan-King missionaries. It states the Chinese government, not missionaries, caused the riot and subsequent retaliation, and endorses British action to protect peaceful intercourse with China.
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Rutherford Alcock
Medhurst
China
Sir Rutherford Alcock
Yang-Chow
Formosa
Ngan- King
Iill
Sir Rutherford
Lord Clarendon
Duke of Somerset
Empire