Price Ssu, since his appointment to the Governorship of the city with charge of the policing and road-making, has "not wasted any time in taking up his duties. Already he has placarded Peking with proclamations announcing that the troubles in Jehol and the south-west of the province are all settled, and warning the people to cease from retailing idle rumours or discussing Government affairs. He has also detailed a number of policemen, in plain clothes, to frequent the teashops and other places of public resort, with instructions to arrest all those who disregard his warning. Two of these worthies apparently with the idea of bringing their services to the notice of their superiors, entered a teashop, and drawing two rospectable men into conversation about government matters, forthwith arrested them and hauled them off to the police station. This incident getting rumoured abroad, all the teashops and eating houses have put notices up warning their customers against being drawn into conversation on political matters. This is done, not 30 much for the sake of their customers, as they are liable, on an arrest taking place on their premises, to be unmercifully -fleeced by-the rapacious yamen runners.
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