A Chfangsba, capital of Hunan province, dispatch states that a short time ago there was a public declaration on the part of the majority of the gentry, notables, and wealthy merchants Hunan province, that they would exploit and develop the mineral resources of their native provinces at their own expense and prohibit the entrance of foreign capital into any enterprise in that region. This, a Poking dispatch to the Governor of Hunan. states, has oon promptly opposed by the Minister of a certain Foreign Power in the capital, who - had been informed of the matter, and he has sent a protest to the Waiwupu requesting that Board to notify the gentry and notables of Hunan that the " Open Door" must be observed in that'province as in any other portion of. the Emperor of China's domains. Upon receipt of the above information, it is stated that the gentry, etc., of Hunan We hear the boom of guns by day, we see the flash by nights Wo almost feel, and well we may, that we are in the fight.
'The junks come in, the junks go out, all carrying contraband'
To that poor fortress in distress besieged bth August.
Shou Peng-fei and twenty-four others (names given) of the Hsiuts'ai (Bachelors of Arts, or Licontiates) degree, who passed into the First Division at the recent Palace "Examinations, are given the rank of district ist rates (chih-held a secret session, finally resulting in another public declaration that they still adhered to their determination "as the measure isnot against International Law, the policy of the 'Open Door' affecting only that country which adopted it and not being by any means a compulsory measure." by. young Japan. hsien) and Li Huai and thirty-two others
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