Welcome news comes that the trouble regarding the Salt Revenue of Kiangsu has now been cleared up. This report is substantiated ky that of a correspondent who visited the port of Shiherhwei on Monday last. The Chinese Navy bad re ceived a sum slightly exceeding their usual pay so that they were, in effect, paid to date with interest. Only about 100 junks with their cargo of salt remained in the port, the remaining 200 having bern previously released. The gunboats in the harbour, including H. M. Woodlark (Captain Whitchorn) had received orders to return to their former moorings. It is also report-fed that the action of the Chinese nova! officers and men had been well controlled throughout the affair. The men had received no pay for some time and were entitled to a complaint. Although the salt revenue has no connexion with the payment of the Chinese Navy, the detention of the junks containing salt exerted the pressure desired upon the Peking Government. Admiral Yang, who was at Shihorhwei during the trouble, and other Chinese Admirals, have paid from their own pockets large sums of money to their men. Moreover, the Chinese Navy presents itself as an admirable contrast to the Ohinese Army in the matter of discipline and a degree of patience.
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