A Gunton letter states that the local authorities of that city lade a raid on the 1.t instant on a house in the western part of the city, where they earthed over one hundred Mauser" rifles and) some twenty thousand cartridges. It is stated that, tempted by the rewards offered, eer n traitors of the revolutionary party reported the matter to the authorities, resulting in the capture of the arms ammunition in question. that there must he at Canton city, The Ketteler Monun Pel which was built by the Chinese Go blent in commemoration of the lute Ger-nian Minister murdered in 1900 by Tun Fuehsiang's soldiers, cost Tls. 190,000 li tod; but it remains to be seen what sort of a bill the officials superintending the work intend to charge the Imperial exchequer. If precedent be followed it is expected that the Government will be charged at least a million taels.
Prince Tsai Chen, chief Chinese Commissioner to Osaka it is stated in a private letter from Peking, will take with him presents for the Mikado amounting to the value of 000, Tt is not stated whether the nts are intended to be from Prince Chen himself or conjointly from the Empress Dowager and Emperor.
18th March.
Demanding the Return of the Eastern Arsenal. arch states Viceroy Yuan approaching the French authorities stationed at Tientsin ith reference to the return by them of the Eastern Arsenal to. the Chinese authorities. It is believed that the negotiations on the Chinese side will be con-dueted by Tang Shai-yi, Tientsin Customs Taotai, and Admiral Yeh Tsu-kuei, commanding the Peiyang squadron.
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