A German syndicate has asked to be allowed to develop the mines in Chiichu, Shantung, but the Waiwupa has absolutely refused to grant it permission to do so.
THE DEMAND FOR A PARLIAMENT, An Amoy dispatch reports that a large number of prominent members of the gentry, literati and wealthy mér-chants of Amoy held " meeting on the 9th instant to select from amongst their number representatives to proceed to Peking to petition th Central Government for the early granting of a Parliament to the country.
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