A member of our staff who lives in one of the smaller hotels, yester-Jday came across a very good example of the manner in which this strike is being managed. On hia} floor there is an ancient coolie, pro ably well over 77 years old, a typical specimen of the lower classes of old China, totally ignorant, bnt thoroughly imbued with the ides that in every hour of the day, with. out consideration for himself, he must obey implicitly every order of those be regards as born to be tis superiors. At that he is a wonderful servant, most highly thought of by jail the foreigners he tends. 'The fold man was found packing up his! few rags and his one ceremonial' suit, and the dialogue that ensued is probably more expressive in the pidgin.
"What thing, coolie? You no go")
"Master, mississee, my no want-chee go. Every man stop, My! Jean stop. Every man go, my must "How fashion coolie? Mask: other man, you can stop this side.'
"No can, mississee. Suppose my. stop, man' catchee big piecee gun. Bio! My finish."
"Master looks ce you coolie. Ma ter have got more better gun. Ma: more better any Chi-
"No can. no have got} all_time this So there is the poor old man, loyally anxious to carry on with! his work, yet thoroughly intimidated with 'a throat which he behoves his pathetic ignorance can and will be carried out, but which the man who made it knows full well he could not carry out. And this case is typical of thousands.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.