Extracts from the newspapers of stealing money from the cool of stabbing them with their bayonets. and of shooting them with rifles, All of which Not a shot. has been fired and, apart from som: abrasion of the cuticle, not a coolie injured.
The posters are much worse than the articles published in the newspapers. The native town has been plastered with them and the least objectionable read:—"Strike Down the British Imperiatists." On Sunday, the lith, the poster campaign pend to the ex-Concession, until an irate foreigner, who fourd soldiers. sticking posters on the doors of the British Consulate itself, seized the paste-bucket and poured its contents. over the soldier bill-sticker. After that the Chinese officials were notified that no more posters wore to be put up in the ex-Conceasion and such posters as were already up, were torn down by a party of saflors sent ashore for the purpose.
On the same day, the Hsih Tang, Pa issued orders for a monster meeting to be attended, The meeting was duly held, fat the revolutionary enthusiasm has died out of the masses and few coolies attended. The subsequent procession was almost entirely made soldiers and small. boys. Apart from the fact that they do not wish to strike, the coolies have not forgotten the fate of those who were recently executed for their connection with the Hsih Tang Pu, before it was reorganized, For the past two days, rumours have been afloat that the coolies intend to flout the authority of the Hsih Tang Pa and return to work. The Hsih Tang Pu has made an effort to collect funds to pay the coolies strike pay. In this morning's Chinese paper a list of organizations who have been "ordered" to subscribe is given, the amount to be raised being $6,000. Amongst the proposed subscribers it appears that the Opium Suppression Bureau i the wealthiest, Amongst others appear the following: Opium Suppression Bureau, $600; Foreign Wine Tax Bureau, $150: Kerosene Special Tax Bureau, $50; Kiukiang Customs Superintendent, $100; Kiukiang S.A.D., $20; Compradore J. M. & Ca,, $100; Compra-dare B. and S. $100. From the above list it is' deduced that the finances of the Kuikiang Special Administrative District are not flourishing.
Gzx. Chang Fa-kuei, the military jeer at present in control of Can~ 1as telegraphed to Gen. Chiang, Kai-shek promising his allegiance if the latter. resumes his post as Commander-in-Chief of the Nationalist Armies,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.