. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. ^ was sure to follow the establish-ment of the Clmrch, which iiicnit thuiirer to them. The emperor waswarned, and seeing at once the peril menacing his power, should thesewily foreigners succeed, he issued a mandate forbidding any more prose-lyting for converts to a faith at variance with his own ancient their zeal to carry on their work of converting the Japanese, the priestsdisregarded the royal order, and in consequence were seized and se
. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. ^ was sure to follow the establish-ment of the Clmrch, which iiicnit thuiirer to them. The emperor waswarned, and seeing at once the peril menacing his power, should thesewily foreigners succeed, he issued a mandate forbidding any more prose-lyting for converts to a faith at variance with his own ancient their zeal to carry on their work of converting the Japanese, the priestsdisregarded the royal order, and in consequence were seized and sent backto Manila. Fra Bautista was not to be deterred from liis pious purpose, and hereturned to Japan with a body of twenty Franciscans, to resume the work. OLD STONE BRIDGE NEAR MANILA. of conversion. The emperor was now thoroughly indignant, and he or-dered the arrest of the foreigners. With a few Japanese who had beenconverted, twenty-six in all were condemned to death. Before their execu-tion, in the hope of deterring others from following in their footsteps, theears and noses of the victims -wei-e cut off, and they were marched throughthe neighbouring towns as a warninti to all others. On the breast of eachhung a board describing the reason of their treatment. They were put todeath by spears. Great excitement stirred the colony, and many other priests, more zeal-ous than wise, undertook to take up the holy work of the vmfortunateFranciscans, all of whom perislied as inmiercifiilly as Bautista and his
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