The 20th of October last was a red letter day in the annals of the nowly-organised Tientsin _gondarm In obedience to instructions from H. E Chao, Vi t of the newly created Board of Public Safety (Chingpu), all the in gendarmes cut off their quot red in neat' wiiforms,. with award at side, long malacea, cano in hand, and caps similar to those worn by Japa-nose soldiers on the head, the Tientsin gendarmes really look "fit." On the cap of each, above the peak, is @ gilt Chinese character "Ching," denoting "Alarm," or randy to deal with alarms, In Mr. Lin Ch'i-hua's address at the Cantonese. Hospital on. Sunday afternoon (mentioned. in these "Notes" yesterday) this gentleman, as far as we understood him (he naturally. spoke in his native, Cantonese, di spoke very modera ly that he hoped that his fellow country; would stand. firm in' protesting again any unjust.clauses in the proposed new treaty with the United States. Looking, however, at the reports yesterday more ing in the Native Press (which we tindorstated have no Cantonese reporters) Mr. Lin Chu-hua was made to say that ho hoped that. his, fellow. nationals would stand firm snd continue the boycott, which, it would seem does. not convey the speaker's idea in the matter at all.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.