Pendelum Swings in Favour of Foreigners Following Ghastly Outrages of the Summer: Even the Student its Friendly From OuR Gwx Contssroxvent Chengtu, Sept. 10.
A very desirable ni! has followed the storm of June, when this city and the surrounding "districts were agitated over the tragic turn that anti-foreign propaganda had taken, The death of Mrs, Sib-ley undoubtedly awakened that large fand influential group of citizens found in every Chinese community, from their indifference to those disciplined movements that had been growing in intensity. A mote friendly attitude shown by " the students themselves was also an) inication that they realized the dangers of indiscriminate agitation, Whatever the cause, during. the 'Summer, the people' everywhere have been very friendly.—For-Jcigners have travelled to and. from the diferent summer resorts, and found the country quiet, and peaceful, 'The robber bands' that have been the terror of travellers for years are now either non-existent, or have been enrolled into the many armies that are stationed n every strategic centre.
The three most popular resorts fare Kuanhsien, Mount Omei, and Pehlodin, The Min River, whose sources are found in the innumerble gullies along the Thibetan border, finishes its boisterous course among the mountains at Kuan-hsien, where, centuries.ago, by Chinese ingenuity, its waters were so divided, that by means of canal itches, and smaller rivers, one of the most fertile and most densely populated plains, possibly of the world, is not only abundantly righted but yearly enriched by the fresh soil deposited.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.