of an-exceedingly "daring and insolent-nature has been-the event of the week. A cash shop and: petty bank abutting on-the Taku Road on the: Municipal Extension was: on Friday last-surrounded at dusk. by two. dozen ruffians, armed with cutlasses.and-pistols: two: or three of them-entered: the:" shop, bowled over the.attendaats, and under the threat of death persuaded the cashier to deliver up all -the Mexicans.and. copper" money in the. establishment. Thei whole within three minutes:: the party dec: amped thing-was done in a most business-like way: with the spoil.ere an alarm could be raised or. even; before the neighbours knew. that, thing uncommon had occurred.. There is no suspicion that it: was. in. any. way. a putvup job: - petty:.bankers in China: often.spin tangled webs to. escape, from. their. obliges tions; robbery under arms and.afire ap the windward side of the street: being the:¢om-. monest devices; in this case -however there is no, word.of; collusion: It seems to have. been a bond side but old-fashioned: Tientsin thieving, and the. pity.of it is that, under the existing conditions of the Municipal extension, the crime will: probably go unpunished and the whole escapade evolve as a praise to them that do ill. The Taotai's proclamation handing over the extra-Concession: tothe British authority implies, if it does not state, that the transaction will not be completed until. the Regulations to be enforced are formally approved by the British and 'Chinese officials. These Regulations are now being printed for submission to the British Minister. The' thieves have either by accident or design set upon a time when there is some doubt as to police and jurisdiction. The British have not yet assumed control and the Chinese may deny responsibility. This is to be regretted, for impunity in affairs of this sort does infinite harm, to say nothing. about. possible loss. of prestige. to foreign municipal government, The incident moreover accentuates
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