for school purposes was put into very practical effect at a village 160 li west of here in the jurisdiction of Chingchoufu.
The villagers led by their constable mad" a raid upon the unoffending gods and unceremoniously dragged them from their musty abode and proceeded to convert the ancient place of worship into a humdrum school, Either the gods or their admirers protested against this high-bunded conduct to th" local magistrate, who took a short cut and notified the Governor: He in turn hearing that certain of the offenders wore Christian converts, who were reported t" have fled to their foreign pastors' for refection, wired the Tsungli Yamen.
jis august body demanded the culprits at the hands of H B.M. Consul, Chefoo.
The Consul wired his nationals through the writer who happens to reside conently near the telegraph office. I forwarded the message by a special courier to its destination, The British subjects em cerned sent back thole reply, stating that they had seen the prefect who had been overlooked in the general exchange of courtesies, who expressed surprise that he bad been ignored by the local magistrate aforesaid. He dispatched a deputy to the effendi village and soon learned the converts rud Tocated. the blame. where it facts which quite exonerated the Christian belonged. This was duly wired by the
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