wus letter I told you thata Military Officer had arrived here from Yiinnan, with Viceroy Teén Vu-y' to raise acquired various large sums of m different times during the past with the avowed object of it war own against the hated English in Burma, in the same way as he commenced operations against the French in Upper Tongking. Hundreds of taels will be offered as x reward for every English devil's head that can he got hold of, even though it be dug out of " grave. The missionaries and traders in Upper B ely 0 find them: tracked and hunted like beasts of prey, and some of them may b= decoyed into quiet nooks to preach the Gospel to Teén's lieutenants, then waylaid for their heads. All this requires money, and Tséa believes he can raise here, The Gs are get! of auch tricks, They do 1 scribing money to pay a but they object to giving th of that money to H.E. the Viceroy of They know what rams already subscribed as capital for mining companies, and they know that not a single company has yet been able to acquire the right of mining according to modern Western methods, in him. affair, All foreigners are not easily beguiled however; and a plan has bee on foot for beguiling citizens of the U: States. Some of these U.S. citizens are never tired of telling the Chinese that they do not want any colonies, and thus de-he greatest confidence of the Chin-u and have and Annam, whilst th absorbed Bur-not do therefore to apply to the English or French, lest they should clinch the bargain by annexing Yunnan.
Two Young Americans hare thus been selected as the right kind of people to dex!
ith—people who it is believed have the command of lots of money, or who have amount for such Inudable purposes as friends ready to furnish China with
mining, ete. Brother Jonathan, Beware There is danger luri vicinity of the Envoy most Extra You may dispose of your reputati as your money in that locality, and live to rue the day yon ventured to the Envoy a friendly start. I know that he will tell you that he has subscribers for more than " million dollars of capital, and only requires a few tens of thousands to set the mill a-going
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