Our readers doubtless remember the circumstances connected with the wreck of the s.8. Pantuh off the Shantung Promon-! tory. We'now hear from Poking that over sisty of the high Shantung offcinls in the capital have jointly submitted a statement The Hu Pao gives a, number of contra-to the Censorate vindicating the conduct of dietary rumours regarding the ye the alleged looters in Shantung, and request events which have necessitated the immeing them to make the matter the subject of a diate departare of the Canton Viceroy for memorial tothe Thorne. This statement represents that when the Pautah was wrecked, Hainan: being contradictory, they do not deserve repetition. The Pao gives all the passengers were frightened out of more precise details from a Chinese letter their senses, and consequently became easy received, and from this it a that the nies. Fire victims to the in board. The next rpecity of the crew on old story of pay in arrear was at the bottom y. some wreckage from of the trouble." Sil Keng-sheng, the civilian the vessel floated ashore, and the people quartermaster-general, ordered the sunt-living near by who had been attracted mary execution of several of the most imthither picked them w They did not loot wrtunate soldiers, upon which the whole the vessel; but a military Jui-jen by the ly became enraged, and carved Si into name of Yui went among the villagers living four quarters. The Major and a District near the coast and endeavoured to levy Magistrate, who hastened to the spot in Vlackaail on them by threats of charging order to quell the uproar, were murdered them with looting. Upon their refusal to too, After this the soldiers spread them-yield to the extortion, he, being greatly selves over the country, which they are enraged, proceeded to' Chi-nan-fu, where now plundering at their leisure. he put his threats into execution' by lay-A Decree dated Friday recites the result ing false charges before the provincial of the Governor Chang Yao's enquiry into authorities. Upon this, soldiers were the changes of violence and tyranny in cun-sent to arrest and punish these villagers. nection with the wreckers of the Pautah. These soldiers committed every surf of The charges are not proved; the action atrocity; raping, plundering, burn of the Chefoo Taotai Sheng is justified; but and slaughtering with diabolical wanton the magistrate who weakly allowed himself ness. Even the dogs and other domes-to be cowed by the villagers into com tic animals did not escape their brutality. promise, as well as the military graduate of Many of the villagers in utter despair poor repute who was falsely charged with threw themselves into the sea, and scores causing riot and murder or suicide, are of corpses were afterwards discovered along deprived of their rank. the shore. All this unjustifiable atrocity or the first time within the memory of result of the culpable conduct of the oldest inhabitants snow has fallen in the district Magistrate of Fu-shun and the Taiwan Fu (Formosa) this winter. military Jui-jen above mentioned. The "The town and boat population of Shiu-Chefoo Taotai Sheng, and the Commandant hing (Chaok'ing, the ancient capital of of the Territorial Forees, Sun, were also to Kuangtung) have struck work and stopped be highly blamed. In view of these wrongs all business in connection with some serious suffered by their fellow provincials, the Shantung officials earnestly pray' that rent regarding which details are not yet to and.
His Majesty will graciously condescend to The appropriations for the defence of the order the Governor of Shantung to make a Manchurian frontier during 1888 are fixed thorough investigation of the affair, The at Tis, 2,000,000. conduct of Sheng Taotai on that occasion is much commented on in Peking, because he, upon to pay Tis, 600 apiece to the Yellow The eking bankers have been called being the Chief Director of the China
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