To the Editor of the Drax Stz,—Your renders aware that placards have Chinhae and this place, the peopl to massacre the foreign residents this and, while it is have been taken by the native authori to suppress such disturbing influences, the fact still remains that there exists in this locality a spirit of hatred of which the gunboat detailed for its protection. In times of ordinary tranquility the vessel might make short cruises among the neighboring islands—where it has been demonstrated this sum-it i i—and by this means the health of officers and crew be kept up to the mark, No one yun-boat would be called upon to remain more than two or three months at upon the di characters who have endeavored to stir up the populace to @ massacre, as showing that Foreign Governments "were on the alert, and were ready to take immediate notice of such incendiary proclamations.
It is poor consolation for people to know that their death by massacre would be the cause of strong measures being taken, when the catastrophe might easily be averted by timely exhibition of protection.
The wisdom of shutting the stable door ly \d_the policy of leaving small communities at the ports unprotected will surely lead to some lamentable bloodshed that might have been avoided.
It may be interesting to know that there in great excitement in Chusan occasioned by the prospect of war with Japan, and reports reach here that the suburban population of Tinghae are moving within the walls of the city. And here earthworks are being constructed outside.of city walls active preparations going attack that may be mad at Chinhse fonttng a large sun of the prospect of the forti-
money if undertaken on Foreign principles, has' induced the authorities to abandon the idea of undertaking such work, and that the tender of a native contractor is likely to be accepted, which will adorn that natural citadel with some 4000 or 5000 taels worth of valueless masonry.
Yours truly, Anovs, Ningpo, Sept. 11th, 1874.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.