It is well known that the Chinese: officials do not view the ingress of Japanese Buddhism into China with any degree of allowance. No doubt they-can foresee that these will introduce one more'clement of possible discord, and the rulers: of China are not without suspicion that they are surrounded by elements powerful enough now to cause a flare up at ary time. Though ti priests have made their ad apparently, without getting the consent of the officials, have opened a monastery, ora kind of centre for work, neat apparently, no official notice taken of this aggression at the time, but one of the way which: does not appear most aggressive of the p: i
to those who are only par ed with the facts, made hi to the authorities, and the result is that the Viceroy has instructed the Japanese Consul to soe, not only that the second most objectionable dapsrtare of this priest is countermanded, but that steps be at once taken to close the newly-openproaching-hall near the East Gate, What will happen docs not yet appear, but the Viceroy is not a man to be disregarded in most things, An Unfortunate Episode.
Robberies have, as usual, been perpetrated Ixtely, but recently' the robbers appear to have become very hold. Ab any rate, in ths western suburbs, the ridest part of Canton, many shops have been entered and much properly has been stolen. Tha consequencs is that special efforts have been made tv a of the robbers, roofs any rate, make it more dvfficu't for' the thieves to find an entrance. A few nights since a soldier thought that he would dea little man hunting on his ow ae ouuty 9 arming himself with an old-fas! blunderbuss, crouched on the roof and awaited results. Ho had not been in his position of vantage long when he saw a moving shadow on a neighbouring roof, and, without waiting to ascertain to wi belonged, jumped at once to the conc!u-sion tio there was a thief near raised his blunderbuss and pulled the trigger. The result was a howl, and a thud, and the body of a mu rolled over and down the roof. What was the soldier's hetror to find that he had shot one f his own comrades 1
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