Peking, Mar. 9.
The American Consul at Chunging has be instructed to make a ination of the Chi Jehuew incident, whicn recently form-the subject of an exchange of notes Uetween the American Les tion and the Waichiaopu.
Master of the vessel, Captain Haw~ ey, is, with the support of the American authorities, filing a claim for personal damages his detention by the I ities at Kuelshowfu.
Pacific Service. over the case of the ricsha coolie who died Inst week, and since yesterday afternoon Hankow has been in a ferment of excitement.
Trouble broke out yesterday after. noon, when a mass meeting was held in a garden at the end of the Sing Song Road, and a mob of agitators attempted to enter the British Con-Jeession. They were driven back by the Chinese police, but missiles were thrown, and" the situation began to look so dangerous that the Volunteers were called out.
Foiled in their attempt to enter' ithe Concession, the rs began to work up a'strike among the riesha coolies employed in the Concession. Their agents went to and fro, stopping all the ricshas they met, and by means of intimidajon and' threats they succeeded in getting a general strike organized. To-day, there are no public rieshas to be seen on the Concession. For
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