The appointment of Mr. Henry R. Wil-Hiams, Jun, to be Vice-Consul for the United States at Canton, has aroused the indignation of the German firms at that port, Mr, Williams being a merchant and manager of the only American firm (Flood, Kirch & Ca) in Canton. The Germans have: protested to Mr. Consul Bedloe, and threaten, if he does not withdraw the appointment of Mr, Williams, to carry the protest fo Washington. The Germans formerly employed nothing but, merchant consuls in China, and they know the evils attending the system better, probably, than rmyost people,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.