From Our Own Correspondent, Peking, Aug. 25.
The National Council was unable to consider the question of impeachment of the Government at the meeting on Saturday as there) was not a quorum present. yours was a bitter opponent of these people.
News has come since that President Yuan has telegraphed that the culprit is to be caught at all costs, and this hae cleared the air, ae the Chinese feared the affair would be shelved.
Later news tells of the arrest of about twenty young students, who had bombs about them; the bombs were unloaded and have been taken from them, but it looks as if they will be let loose after a scolding, a8 they are looked upon as rather more like naughty school boys than reformers.
All our city gates have been opened after many had been closed some five months, and this will help to reassure the populace.
U Taotai, the commander of the troops that' came from Lanchow about a month ago, demands 5.000 from the city before he will dert. This is now being collected we hope soon to see the back of his set of thieves.
Robberies have been very frequent of Into, a few days ago a cloth shop was cleared out of goods to the amount of about Tls. 300.
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