Tt would seem that there is something the matter, in the opinion of the Chinese Tariff Commissioners, Sheng and Lu, with reference to the recent signing of the Tariff Treaty by Mr. Sharretts, the United States Tariff Commissioner, as may be seen from the gist of a telegram published in the "Sinwenpao," sent the latter part of last work by the' former to. the Chinese Minister Wu, at Washington:—The American Tarif! Commissioner, Mr. Sharretts, clandestinely signed the Tariff Treaty without formally" notifying us, and then suddenly left for his own country. We therefore request your Excellency to enquire from the United States Government whom they intended t" appoint to sign in our presence our Tariff Treaty with that Government in the event of our receiving Imperial instructions to sign said document.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.