One Chinese paper reports that) some 500 cases of opium are lying fon board a "certain vessel" in the Huangpu and that the opium combine has offered $50,000 if these can, te landed at once. (We are informed that 200 of these have been Innded.—Ed.)
Another report is to the effect. that the combines have been ap-Proaching the different newspapers, offering: them "carriage money" if they will desist from attacking the evil and "shut their eyes Several more shops are reported to have opened in Chinese territory, in Chapei and in the City, the names, and addresses of which are given jo the vernacular press.
The Chinese police have raided a felv houses in the City and claim to have made good hauls and several arrests.
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