'The WentGog magistrate went prouiptly to the scene of the disturbance, accompanied by a Weihsi'maguate, Wang Pei (ZEjifi), whose labours in the interest of Engured from' his conduct in the past- Tt ace and good understanding may be was he who, two years ago, was responsible locally for' the attack on a house then rented within the Weihai city walls, for the imprisonment and punishment (cor-Ter the persecution of his whole family, and areal) of the agent who rented the house, whom it pleased to revile H.B.M/s Consul, decause"he, the Consul, had the toment; to say he would hold Mr. Wang responsible for any damage done. It is to be hoped that the authorities concerned will properly investigate the matter, using some other medium than the interpreter concenied or that of his colleague. The administration of even-handed justice now will do something to convince the people of the much doubted good faith of the British in their engagements, and perhaps prevent many petty annoyances in the future.
GENERAL, With the exception of a couple of all: too priefershowers "at a' week's "interval, "the weather continues, beautiful. The harvest prospects are dismal enough. Grain is more plentiful than when I last. wrote, but prices rule as high as ever. The "passports" referreil to then do not seem to bein great demand; for our. local mandarin has just issued a proclamation at the instigation of the Asien, saying that the Taotai wants to mow why these grain passports are not taken up.- Local merchants seem to have their own probably good reasons for letting them alone.
Some little time-ago a cub-protect (fil] §Fl)) was transferred here from Téngehoufu in order to keep the people under control, it was said. However he makes little noise, probably judging that the less attention he attracts the better. He is a Manchu named Chieh Ching, and is of mach higher rank than the magistrates here, and at Wenténg.
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