The next day, according to the time appointed, five vessels steamed in from Chefoo. A small party of five or six landed in the Water City, " town lying about ten rods north of the main City, and like it surrounded by "high wall. They soon returned to the ships, however, without entering the city proper at all. The remainder of the fleet stood off toward the islands, making, according to the natives, number of soundings, The entire fleet left for the east again early in the afternoon. On the 5th inst., tivo more vessels, nationality unknown, stood watch over the islands all day; one remaining over night. The query with the natives is, " What does it all mean?" No one knows, but the consensus of opinion is that it bodes no good to the' integrity of—shall I say Kuang Hsii's—dominions hereabouts. "For some reason there is a strong aversion throughout this part of the province to the Teuton, the remark being frequently made: " Americans are all right, and we can get along with the English, but we do not want the Germans."
POSTAL FACILITIES, Quite a little opposition was at first manifested in the neighbouring city of Huanghsien against establishing a post-office there, Not because it was a post-office, but because Mr. Biinese, who has the establishment of new offices in Shantung in charge, is a German. They doubtless feared this was an underhanded way of getting a foothold in the city.
Branch post-otices, by the way, thanks to an energetic Commissioner of Customs, Mr. J. W. Carroll, at Chefoo, are spreading, rapidly, In addition to Téngchoufu an Weihaiwei, established last fall, we now have Huanghsieu, Laichoufu, Pingtu, and Weihsien. By the time this reaches you, Ch'ingchoufu and Chinanfu will probably be added to the list. Mails addressed to these places would doubtless be -better addressed vid Chefoo, or else have the name of the province added to the address, th June,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.