Teinchow, Sept, 27. hsien the south of Tsinchow and some 300 li away, alter the wheat harvest had been gathered io, ya issued proclamations that all were to get ready to sow opium. The official promptly seized the leaders and put them in ward, bat a few days later the populace came and took them out of the gool, the magistrate having to fiee to the shelter of " neighbouring shop.
He immediately sent to Tsingchow to the Taotai for troops, with the result that two troops of infantry and namber of cavalry have arrived and we hope soon the leaders will be captured in, We hear that the latter are also affected now.
A DEAR OOD BRAWL, Che, Oot, 14, shot through with n in the Presbyterian Hospital here, altboogh we ba at work yet, #0 far as known, there has been a more or lees serious affray. The men were brought in last night and their tale one would jadge that all the country people were perfectly innocent and that all the blame attached to the gentry and officials. I can only give yon what I have heard and do not vouch for the accuracy of the story, though it is probably trae io the m The trouble took place near Kazio, 1 hsien city in the Kashing Prefrctare, the first station on the railway between here and Shanghai, It is said that certain tribute rice had been reserved to be sold st cheap prices to the poor people. The magistrate pat it in the bands of the Self-government Society. Whether through misappropriation of fands or for some other reason the peopl failed to get the benefit of it. The countrymen came to the city and made row about the matter and tore down the Society's hall, They sise, at some stage in the proceedings, got hold of two of the prominent gentry ard literally bit them to death, to Karbing sent sol bring the people to terms, The resalt was a fight in which eleven of the country people were killed and ten wounded. The Prefect has gone to the scene of the disturbance. pees pivot nied The situation up the Yangtze is discussed very freely by the Ohinese who read the papers. So far everything very quiet in this coction. If there are spy revolutionaries, they have not yet shown their band.
The rice crop is probably séven~" tenths(good and the people seem
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