Some difference of opinion seems to exist between his Honoar M. T. Liang and the British and American Consuls-General at Shanghai over the establishment of certain commercial and educational houses outside the limit of the International Settlement, in the Paoshan district. The argument of the Customs Tsotai is that, as foreigners have no right to do business in the interior of China, the establishment of the houses in question by British and American citizens ix outside Treaty stipulations His Honour acourdingly requests the British and American Consuls-General at your port to close the houses and shift them to the foreign concessions. But the request has been rejected by the representatives of the two countries. The U. 8. Consul-General argues that as foreign missionaries are permitted by China to reside and built missions in the interior under Treaty, and as the "choel in question is established by some American aries fr the benefit of the Chinese, cannot be tre ted in the sine foreign commercial houses.
Consul-General cvutends that as foreign merchants were permitted by the former Viceroy of the Liangkiang, H.E. Liu K''nn-yi, to rent lands and build houses for living purposes in the imme late vicinity of the foreign concessions hai and as the title-deeds for the land rented by the said British re duly stamped by the Chinese he cannot now instruct British merchants to shift their busi-ess to the foreign concessions.
Viceroy Tuan Fang has telegraphed to the Waiwupu a fall statement of the affair, and, in order to avoid similar occurrences in future, he has ordered Taotai M. T. Liang to station (Chinese constables at those parts which are not policed at present. Viceroy Tuan Fang demands that the British and American subjects concerned shall remove their bouses into the foreign concessions without further arguments.
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