Peking, February 9.
The Waiwops has commpnjcated to Maru attempted to land os few the Chinese const, mone Macao, will be confiscated acbouling w Article TIL of the Chrino-Japanees Commercial Treaty: There has been no protest so far from the Japanese Government.
Hangchow, Febrwary 11
A conflict has broken out in the prefecture of Taicioufu in the South of the Province of Chékisng between the natives and the Catholic Mission, in the course of which " Chinese commercial school is said to have been destroyed. The gentry and the offichls of Tai-chonta have asked the Goversor to settle the dispute and to restore order. According to s Chinese statement, the incident was caused by an attempt of the Catholic Mission to secure an influence over the school, which has since been destroyed.
Peking, February 12.
The Chinese Gayernment, yielding to the protests of the foreign Powers, hes withdraws for the time being the new mining law, which would have vendered it impossible for foreigners take part in developing the mineral wealth ah the heres The main obagainst ie obligation of the prospector the Powers was directed
to leave the working of a mineral deposit, found by him, either to the owner of the Istd or to the Government, or itr case they did not alai to turn over one half of the mineral output to the Government, besides paying it one tenth of the net profits.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.