With the withdrawal of the main Allied forces from Peking, says a native corres pondent in the Capital, the Police Censors of the "Five Cities," whose men have hitherto worn uniforms and hats with English designations defining the wearers as native police, have recently ordered the obliteration of the "obnoxious barbal hieroglyphies," and in thi nese characters for disciplined brave have now been inserted in the uniform of each " brave."—Apropos of the monument to be erected to the memory of the Baron von Ketteler, the murdered Germmn Minister, inside the Hataemén (Chung Wén-gate) the same correspondent states thnt the work on it will not be completed under four years.
THE CROUTING-PERING RAILWAY, The "Sunpan" states that the railway line between Chénting, Paoting, and Peking now under the protection of French troops will, upon the occasion of the journey of the Court on that line, be handed ever to the guardianship of Chinese troops.
With reference to the above item it may interest readers of these columns that not afew educated Chinese see in it ove more instance, out of many, of certain deep laid scheme of the Renctionaries to take session of all the strategic points and ies of communication possible in view the day of reckoning" which all reactionaries are fondly hoping to see soon. It is also one of their axioms that the Foreign Powers are willing to geant anything asked for so long as it refers to the quick return of the Court,
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