has been conveyed to us here from a yamen in Chengtu. At the time of the riots in Szechuan the prime mover in them at the beginning was one Chou, a ranking Taotai, younger brother of the notorious Chou 'Han of Hunan placards' fame. As a punishment for his share in the Szechuan riots Chou was degraded from office, and the understanding was that he would so remain. Now, however, we learn he has been given the command of five hundred Bannermen at Chengtu, the scene of his exploits against the foreigners, "What does it signify?" the friendly Chinese are asking among themselves and of us, There is also a recrudescence of the well-poisoning rumours and the people's minds are agitated.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.