Ax interesting example of Chinese Biucow coreapodeat ie give alistic exaggeration, writes our
your issue of September 23. The paragraph reporte trouble in Shanchonfa (Shiuchow) which is said to be dae to new taxes and to have resulted in several people being killed, It must to an incident which happened on ber 17, the only occasion last mouth when the gates of the city were cee The facts are these. On that 8 party of twenty people, well armed, entered the city and the police stopped them and requested them to give up their arms. This they were willing to do,'on condition that they mere given an escort home. They said they had come from Wangyen district, hhnnting deer, and bad simply come in to sell their venison, accompanied by men selling mushrooms, Hot words oneried and " fight began, bat it did not get the length of guns being fired and certainly no one was killed, The party were finally induced to go to the yamen, where, after leaving their names, addresses, and occupations, they were owed to gq about their business. The affair happened at night, and the gates morning, bat as far as we can Hapa the were rather late in being opened next
affair had no connexion with taxation, and no offices were demolished,
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