To the Editor of the Nortu-Cuixa Day News.
Siz,—I trust you or some. of your readers may be able to inform me any reliance is to be placed in a now current in some circles regard g the Customs Servi oper fently on no very rebab! long, that all Franch, employee in the "Casto shortly be dismissed, owing to tered dislike which the Chinese isa mere canard; but, having al am inclined to think th 4 yer tolerable knowledge of the fickleness of the Asiatic'character, I should not be prised if, even for such an absurd rensvn, sucha step were taken. It i a positive fact that the result of the last war betwedit France and Germany had a great effect on the policy of both China and Japan with regard; to their relations between French read and German, subjects.
In_ both. countries many Frenchmen were dismissed from the Government service, while, on the other hands great numbers of Germans was more especial in which country even at present nchmen are employed in any capa Yours very truly, 28th June.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.