The day after this famous battleship Though Governor Yuan, Li, Taotai_ of struck a unknown rock about tite miles and a hall south of Howki lighthouse, I Chefoo, prefect Tan of this place, and a few other officials seem earnest in their went on board and lexrued from her commander, Capt. Geo. F. F. Wilde, that endeavours to preserve the peace, yet in though the ship had been in the fog alnest other cases the hostility of the f ople may ever since rounding the Shantung Probe laid directly to the attitude of their rulers. The prefect of Laichou, in which mentary, yet being under urgent orders to prefecture Tsingtao is situated, has in-proceed, she had kept on her course. structed his subordinate district magi: Once while off Weihaivei did the ship by catching a momentary limps: of trates to number at once the Christians in their respective districts, and then compel the light there, obtain a knowledge of her true position. When the ship was judged to be near the straits at the entrance to are also to take security from all such that them to abjure the faith Bobo They the Gulf, soundings were taken continually they will never again enter the church, and both sides of the ship manned with the Christians obey they are to be protect-mien listening for the fog gan on How! ed and regarded aS good citizens. Li they or the echo of the shi syren from do not, they may bear the consequences. the shore. No sound heard, and Account is also to be taken of all churches, finally about 130 p.m, 28th Jan houses and personal effects, the same to he the ship dropped anchor. After waiting confiscated for the use of the government. about two hours, the fog suddenly lifted, A PROCLAMATION, and then for the first time were two guns heard from Howki. Immediately ahead of which district lies the city of Laichoufu) The district magistinte of Vision (in the ship dangerous swirls were seen, and the ship was put on a course where the rom whose proclamation' this is drawn, chart called for deep water, but she mide prefixes the above with a favourable aconly about one hundred revolutions of the count of the Boxer movement, saying propeller before striking sideways ona that the Christians had acled in such hidden reef. At the spot where she struck, {an overbearing manner, that it was imsoundings on one side of the ship showed possible for trouble not to arise, Wishing at the sam. tit to make it easier thirteen fathoms, on the other only three and a-half, The wreck of the Sultan for them to recant, he says that the Chri and Tokio Mara and Ixter the stranding of stings were originally "my simple-mind the Oregon, shins that either Hoynki should people," who have been deceived and led provided with a syren, or that another astray by the the foreigners, hut that by light with a good big gan should be pat on {repentance and change of conduct, they North-east corner of Ch'ang Dan Tao, New will beearns good citizens and so "dix-soundings should also be made ands pate hatred and diminish wrath." The special chart prepared of the en-ire straits proclamation closes by warning the common people against again disturbing such region.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.