Religious.—Serious riots are reported along the entire valley of the Yang-tse-Kiang in China, and grave fears are entertained for the many American missionaries who are located along the river…… The Canadian Sunday law is being enforced in the city of Dawson, and stores and saloons are closed on that day. No business or work of any kind is allowed on Sunday…… Cardinal Rampolla, the papal secretary of State, has telegraphed the bishops of Cuba and Porto Rico to aid with all their power the new political system in the two islands, assuring the Catholics that they will not lose any of their privileges under American protection. Mgr. Martinelli and Archbishop Ireland have been instructed by the pope to influence President McKinley in the direction of protecting all Roman Catholic privileges in the territory now being conquered by the Americans…… The Vatican has telegraphed the archbishop of Manila to place himself and his clergy under the protection of the United States, in view of the threatened attack by the insurgents. This is the archbishop who so severely denounced the Americans at the beginning of the war.