The Chinese view of the disturbance on Friday in the: Mixed. Ootict is represented the following letter from:'s One who was, present.": <The original letter isin Chinese. 2 4 has always the Regulation of Mixed Court for boon a part of the [ternational female primi als tobe'confinod in the Mixed Cou prison. Mr. Twyman, the Bri Vice-Consul, has, however, repeatedly wanted to solid these females to the foreign gaol and_ou this account, it has been a Subject of repeated opposition.on the part of Mr... Kuan, the magistrate. of the Mixed Court. The latter has also petitioned. the Shanghai Taotai to back up this opposition. This is on recon, "On the morning of the 8th: instant, Mr. Kuan, magistrate, Me. Ching, assis magistrate, aut Mr. Twymau. the British assessor, wore trying cases brought by the: police, among which was one in which a certain Mrs. Li Wang-shih was: charg i Kidnapping children. According to he evidence, this woman claimed to be the wife of an oficial. and that she, accompanied by four others had arrived in Shanghai from Szechuan; that she had with' her' five little girls which she had purchased in Szechuan as personal attonilants; bul wrongly' charged her with having kidnapped. In view. of the wrongful acensation Mrs, Li Wang-shilf asked that hor accusers be pulished. [t was found, in' the course of the trial that the defendant had arrived in Shanghai in the steamer Poyang on route to her home in Kuangtang; and that the mggago brought by her amourred to over one hundred pieces. As for the dhilidron, the defendant Aeclarod thit sti had documents proving bonfi ido sales to her 6f'thom, ute, ° As this evidence appeared to refute the charge of the children having: been kidnapped, the magistrate consulted with the assessor the: ailvisability of remanding the dren to' the "Door and keeping: the defendants unier the custody, of, the-Mixed Court interim. The British Assessor, however, determine to have the defendants confined jonger roman (Municipal) " Gaol replied that us ho had not hi mont ensued their side hieing, willing to give way, the magistrate, accordingly orde his: runners to follow the rog I" otilered the police Upon
spectors all all thd'constablés present, use force in getting away the defendants. An the melee that-ensited two. runners the Court, Chang'Ta' and Chow Vu-ching, and several onlookers were hurt,.-and when the: magistrate called out tothe police to stop strikifig; one of the inspectors want so for.as oven to. threaten him with a club... <"About thig time there was a largo of people: ontsidethe gates who, hoaring of the disturbance, tried to rush ug @ clot against the police on Bart. of: the mob, the -magistrate ordered the gates to be temporarily closed in order, to prevent outsiders from coming in. Following. on. this the: police forcibly took-away the defendants, male and female., Nothing can render worse insult to the dignity. of an independent country. than such "treatment of its officials.
Finally the two ruanera who were thuit by the Police have been examined by a special officer sent by the Shanghai Taotai and also by'Dr: Ransom, the latter granting a certificate ds tothe condition and nature of injuries received by the ranners in question."
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