Accidents in connection with the construction of this railway have been somewhat numerous.
But, besides these, to from our ye newspaper, the Hunpao," there are many other points of fri between the foreigners employed ud the natives, The "Hanpao" stantly serving up for its rea savoury stories to the discredit of the railway men, Texays they do not understand reason, and no being possessed of reason can understand them, It calls them brutal, and always ready to strike or shoot without cause, One day it reported they had shot two ives dead, and on another occasion that x number of natives had gone to Peking to exhibit their wounds and bruises to the high authorities as_no redress could be got here. Chiefly, however, it accuses them of getting drunk and taking liberties with the wives and daughters of honest people, so that there is much bad blood in consequence.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.