In fact the "appropriating claws" are very much in evidence just now. The Japanese are calmly making s bund and That they were, by a simple announcement made ut the cost of a dollar, transferred to French control and liable to taxation, struck the unprejudiced observer as being, to say the least, delightfully cool and unconventional, Not so the residents, far no indignation meetings have been held demanding that war be immediately declared against France, and the French Consulate levelled to the ground. The British Consul seems to the thing philosophically; the residents, beyond mild expression of surprise, have done xs yet nothing 10 vindicate their rights, As the land and property in question are probably worth million taels these rights are worthy of some {vindication, Lientsin presents at the present time
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