8th July.
To Attend the German Autumn the accused Viceroy. This memorial of Chang Chih-tung is viewed with alarm Viceroy Chen Fu's friends as En Shou is a bitter enemy of Chou Fu, the latter having haughtily snubbed En Shou wi at Tsingkiang last May, putting, it stated, quite a number of unnecessary i dignities upon the ex-Governor already chagrined at losing his post. It is certain therefore that En Shou probe matters to the bottom if appointed to assist in investigating his enemy's regime in Nanking, nor consent to the usual whitewashing work resorted to when one high oficial is ordered to investigate a brother official's actions, Viceroy Chang Chih-tung, who, it is well-known, is not a friend of Chen Fu, thus kills two birds with one stone. He gratifies his spite by laying the onus of denunciation on En Shou, while he on the other hand gains the approval of Prince Chi by gotting the father-in-law of the latter's son into prominence again, Since writing the above @ dispatch has arrived stating that En Shan has been appointed to assist Chang Chih-tung in making the necessary enquiries at. Nanking into the conduct of Acting Viooroy Chen Fu.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.