The local /sien is about to change posts with the Chifchou, which strangely enough is regarded asa double promotion. The Chinese cavalry colonel and the captain of a gunboat also change places, and perhaps for a similar reason. The colonel, of course, knows nothing of ships and is generally seasick except when his vessel fies at anchor. Another and more important change is freely discussed in the ton-shops, namely, the removal of the Viceroy 3 king. By some this is said to be certain, others feel that Chang Chih-tung has started so many new ventures that it would be impossible to remove him.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.