The same paper states that Viceroy 24th January.: Yuan Shik-kai has ordered to be stopped Mob Riot in Poshan, Shantung the contributions of the China Merchants'
Province.
N. Ca., -and Chinese Telegraph Ad-A Chinan, capital of Shantung. dis-ministration, towards the Nanyang Col-patch reports that an official who had been lege, which annually conjointly amount to deputed by Governor Chou Fu of that Tls. 100,000 from the two. province in October last to start a glass-Warlike Intentions. ware factory in Poshan was recently mob-A Tientsin dispatch reports the arrival bed by the inhabitants and suffered there from Peking on the 8th inst., of serious bodily injuries, while his tempora Rich Liang, a Manchu official who has the ary offices were almost wrecked. The dis-name of being a protege of ex-Prince trict magistrate of that place, who tried Tuan and a prominent member of the retg protect the Governor's deputy, was actionary party. It appears that this also badly handled by the mob, who also official went to Tientsin for the purpose sma-hed the magistrate's sedan-chair and of "hurrying up" Viceroy Yuan Shik xo dangerously wounded a yamen runner Kai's scheme of raising and organising that the latter died soon afterwards. The largo corps of foreign-modelled Manchu Governor's deputy and his personal fol-and Chinese troops at short notice, and he lowers and staff eventually succeeded is said to have been dozely closeted with after some further danger, in escaping the Viceroy for many hours: two success from Po-han district and reporting matsive days. It is hoped by the reactionters to the Governor. In the meantime aries to have 100,000 well-armed men the whole hsien, or district of Poshan, is within three months, or by March next. in semi-rebellion and the people are all ready to <lay their own local officials and Railways in Kuangsi. even their local centry who tried on the It is stated that the Ministry of Foreign above occasion to protect the Gorernor's Affairs in Peking received lately a tele-deputy and his men from mob violence. gram from Governor Wang Chih-chun of As the magistrate has only a guard of Ruangsi, to the effect that ho has been twenty to thirty indifferently armed persistently applied to by the French and his colleagues and sub-Consul in his vicinity with reference to ate officials have been overawed by certain railway agreement made be-the mob and dare do nothing. As soon tween a certain French syndicate and the ax Governor Chou Fu heard of the out-Kuangsi_ provincial authorities," which, rage he immediately ordered a battalion however, owing to his (Governor Wang) of troops to get ready for Pochan and take being away from Kueilin (the provincial up quarters in the city pending the settle-capital) he had no means of searching ment of the question. A word of ex-the records of the gubernatorial yamen planation is needed to elucidate the to verify the matter. Governor Wang reason of the riot noted above. Pozhan then telegraphed to Canton asking the is a place renowned in China for the Viceroy there whether ho knew anything manufacture and finish of its glass-ware, of the affair. The Viceroy's reply was articles of imitation white jade, coloured that the contract for constructing a rail-glazed tiles, ete.
These goods are an- wa in Kuangsi province had already long, unally almost entirely bought up by agents of Peking firms <o that people who wish capital for them. Hence the name of to buy such goods have to apply to the
Ching-liao, or glazed ware made in Peago been transferred to a Belgian syndicate and hence the French hare nothing to do with the work in question. _In view of this, therefore, Governor Wang requested the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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