Now a new order arise th, called the "Tsun King," whose duty it is to go the rounds and "warn" all and sundry that the old order has passed away.
For police protection, according to the new order of things, Canton has been divided into three sections, and over the Eastern part 600 men are said to be employed. These men are armed with modern revolvers, a truncheon, slim, but heavy enough perhaps to knock down a Chinese, a wh tle, that may be used when they need assistance, Thus they are well equipped to protect themselves as well as to attack others. Their uniform is a medley formed of Chinese, Japanese, and European ideas. They are paid at the rate of $8 and $10 per mensem. The money to defray expenses is raised by the Viceroy, who acted on his own initiative The shopkeepers are said to accept now tax with great reluctance, but, as in regard to alf the other mew demands made on their purse, "they don't say anything at present."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.