Robbers there have been. and robbers there will be. But it haz bee. left for a Republic to show that robbers can be worse in these days than in those of an alien dynasty. And yet the immediate prevalence of crime must not be entirely charged to the new order of things. The conditions in this] country for several months have been those of semi-famine. And famine accentuates the evil. It makes worse what is already bad. A few days ago a robber was examined in the yamen. "Why, do you rob," asked the official, "when for robbing you must die " ' "Die?" said the prisoner on his knees, "I die anyway! If I don't, I die of hunger. If I rob, 1 die outside the West Gate. It's all the same!"
Canton, July 4.—The reception given to-day by the American community in celebration of In-|_ dependence Day was largely attended.—Reuter.
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