Seizure of $40,000 Worth of Drug in German Steamer Customs officers at the China big union composed of all the cotton mill workers. As soon us the union, was on a sound basis they would establish hospitals for the sick, schools for the education of those desirous to learn, and a sav-system for the purpose of promoting thrift. chants Lower Wharf lust week seize ed 40 cases of prepared opium valued_at $40,000 on board the -Hugo-'Stinnes line str. Albert Voegler.
The drug was in cases purporting to-contain tinned fruit. Apparent Jy it was consigned to Shanghai at Hongkong.
Inox workers in the Shanghai distriey are beginning to make themselves heard protest against the masters recent decision to their hours of labour by two hours daily, mal 12-hour day; without any addition to pay.
Early Trading Days with Great Britain: Lord Macartney's "The East-India Company _in|poritory," canton ced the Life of the Foreign [20 sears in Canton, ity copies jer in the Early Day+" was the sub-being only auspices. of the Foreign ¥. WE: A. on Wedneslay The East-India Company, said the lecturer, of a foothold in Canton as early as 1685, in which year China was opened to trade by an Imperial decree. Trade progressed for a while but the restrictions placed tapen iz by the Chinese Custom loficisls hampered it greatly, a it large sums of money were extorted from the traders, as much as G. $5,000 or £1,000" being demanded from a single ship. A. tax was placed upon exporte as well as upon imports, a heavy duty being placed company to have a statt_of supercargoes in Canton from 1750-70 ud George 'One of the main obstacles to trade, Jcontinued the lecturer, was the fact that foreign dealers could trade only' with a few Chinese instead of being, permitted to trade freely with the different ports of China, and so could of establish a demand for foreign goods. In the Co-Hong was established and abolishes fin 1842. This was a small monopoly lof Chinese firms which controlled foreign trade. This was so hampering that it was decided to vend embassies to Peking and Lord ited the requests vent upon which the Emperor Chien Lung issued mandate to George IIT, couched most courteous terra but pointing Tout with specious reasoning why was not possible to grant the requests made and stating that Engid was reg: a tributary The requests mate this tim represented English policy of all fiater dae ax well, it, was interest ing to note, and although, refused Jat thas time they were later granted. JAmong the privileges asked was that sending u representative to Court, which wis suid to be "contrary to ind only an incon requests were the right to irade with Ningpo, Chusin, Tientsin and other placer, to store goods in Poking, to take Jo small island near Chusan for pur-pores of trade and a emall place near Canton, and the remission to teach the Chinese Chri the reply was made that China had never asked to be taught Christianity Jand that the missionaries in Peking had not been able to convert any fed to perform the kow-tow, but refused and the request was waived.
In the ease of the Dutch Embassy sent in 1798 the Canton officials took the attitude tha: its purpose was simply to present congratulation: upon the Emperor's even altered the of was harshly treated and forced kow-tow to all representatives of the Emperor along the way and their conciliatory attitude failed to }win any concessions for them,—The! Chinese might not have liked the English but at least they were forest to respect them,
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