Curfew: Arbitrary Seizure of Bank. 1 aes. Our Own. Connesroxosn.
Chefoo, Oct. 9.
The liveliest people in Chefoo at the present moment are the soldiers, Martial law is causing them to work overtime and they are making a real business of it.
The regulations are becoming more strict as time goes on snd mo little inconvenience being experienced. Take for me stance the rule governing the har-our. Coolies, or in fact anyone from a ship, ate forbidden to land after 6 pin. As a result of this the local shipping companies are being forced, at times, to delay their vessels overnight owing to its being impossible Yor them to complete loading or discharging in time to allow their coolies to get back to the jetty before 6 p.m the case of a vessel proceeding Tientsin this may involve the ess of one day's time and possibly, other things more serious than that. The British lines have taken up the matter through the proper channels with a view to some special arrangement being made as an indefinite continuance of this state of affairs may seriously affect their interests.
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