mysterious disappearance of a foreigner mentioned by us on Sitnrday y elucidated. that a European detective in Hong-serap of paper yester ar, purporting to have been written by the iwising man, telling of his whereabouts. The chit was written in lead pencil and, it is rumoured, contained " most prosing request for Tescue from persons who he had druszed him in the of Bubbling Well Read, Upon en: terday Inspector Armstrong of the det depart-ut, who hal seen the writt= refused to sive our representative i nis is a case in which information should be given the public, if only to ce tradict the various rumours which ace in circulation eoneernins the missing man, ad we cannot account for this unusual reticence on the part of the police. Te is thus impossi discover whetlfer the police intend ta steps towards rescue, if euch be
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