From Our Own Correspondent, Paris, Oct. 27, Tt does not seem at first Chinese manuscripts ought to be an occasion of personal violence, however vehemently sinologues may differ about them on paper; bat they were the "motif" of a charge of assault which has jast come before one of the Parie some years ago by the French Geographical Society and others to Chinese Turkestan, Here M. Prlliot teand his way to the celebrated grotto previously ited by Dr. Stein, and obtained from it great quantities of MSS., now deposited in the National Library here. While the leading aatborities accepted the doccments as gen others denounced them as forgeries. One of the severest critics was M Farjenel, a professor st the College of Social Science and the author of two jor three books on China. He went so far as to compare M. elliot to Dr. Cook and Mme. Hombert. This kind of thing weet on for a year, bat the two its did not meet antu, one fatd evening, they happened to attend the same banquet. M. Polliot, who is a mere youth of thirty-four, coald not stomach the presence of when the [cast was or.
Farjonel's face, Being " middle-aged and uowarlike person, M. Farjanel summoned his adversary instead of challenging bim ® dool, bat th resalt was less favourable to him to M. Pelliot. The latter, pleaded guilty, was necessarily convicted, bat the Court fined bim only five francs, though awarding M. Farjecel the nominal damages be had claimed. Sach sentence amounted to saying that the sseault_ was jastiGed by the provocation received,
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