When is near the native city wall as their property. Not only so, but they are employing Chinese coolies dressed as soldiers to do the work of tearing down the ruined houses and levelling the ground preparatory to rebuilding.
A DARING FRENCH MEASURE, The latest and most daring effort at annexation was made a day or two ago by the French. An express was circulated printed in the French language at the office of the Jocal paper, announcing that all the land up to aad including a large section of Taku Real way now a French concession, and that all residents were requested to register at the French Consulate. As this was the first and only announcement of wy change having been made, the residents in Taku Road were taken by surprise. The land in question is occupied mostly by the com: pounds of English and American Missionary Societies and is freehold, having been bought by the owners from the Chinese, and ratified by Chinese authorities,
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