The Archive · 1908

Another Clash of Arms

An Amoy dispatch reporte that there was a free fight on the 18th instant at place called Shihmo between gendarmes and regular troops. The town is now terrorized by the latter, in consol quence of which all the shops of the town have closed their doors and business is at a standstill. Admiral Hong, whose headquarters are at Amoy, has sent " high officer to the scone of disturbance to investigate matters. conditions in China, called upon his Honour Tsai, Taotai of this Port, on Monday at' the Bareau of Foreign Affairs, Babbling Well Road. We understand that the envoy has been very well received by his Chinese corelgioninta since in arrival in Shang-

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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