By a system of signals, which another mystery of the' Chinese ive, those Who had already pa ed returned, and a few minutes later we all set out together to "stop" the bandits. We went only. five li to the top of a pass which I had visited before and there waited in ambush, We spent the who! night on that mountain top (anc bitterly cold it, was) without seeing any sign of the expected enemy, and Tater we learned that they had erossed over the range by another pa and made their way into gsi province, But so placed were we in the neck of the pass that I am prepared to say, had any force of lo 200 attempted to invade the Kuatun district that night, they would have left many 4 sorrowing widow in the far off places from which they had come; and, knowing, as I did, the way these young mountaineers. brought: down wild game, I would wager that their wives and children are ay safe from bandit attacks as any that dwell within walled cities Personally I felt rather dis appointed, for E had a long score to settle with these misguided citizens of Fukien, They had driven na on' of Tungehong, they had fusiladed us in our trip up the Min, they had: sent us ignominiously. packing" back to Yenping from the "gorge, and again had held us up at the "Duck's Ege" rapids, and this was the first time that 1 had found myself among natives who had the nerve to ro out and "ido them in," even though prearranging matters s0 that every advantage lay with themselves. However, perhaps it was better a0.
But itis to be hoped that those who are #0 keen on the abolition of extraterritoriality may gain some appreciation of the actual situation before they pass legislation to deprive white men and women la China of the protection of thei own governments, Ma, Lenox: "I'm a lawyer. Your friend, Harey, I suppose you'd call him a capitalist." Millie: "Oh, Honey, no wonder T felt drawn to you. I just love capital—it's so soft and. restful.'—"The Best People."
Ir is reported that the Chinese Customs Admipistration proposes to send a score of members of the Chinese staff to Europe, Amer Japan to study Customs those countries. Those who have been in the service for seven yeara will be qualified to go. extremely interesting order has been forwarded to the Hongkong Government, It is, that in the future the official spelling of the Colony's name is to be Hong Kong and not Hongkong. KowJoon is to main Kowloon, though it is somes times spelt Kow-loon by people at Home, For many years past peopl Britain have referred to Hong Kong as two distinct words, in the same way as Peking is usually spelt Pekin, It will be interesting to see what effect, if any, this will have upon Far Eastern' residents and newspapers. Will they stick to the old form or adopt the new? It is rather tores ing how names do change:
or instance, Shanghai was at and time, years ago, known Shanghae whilst Cape Town, me South Africa, is spelled by local re-dents Capetown, but by everybody' else Cape-Town.
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