Attempted Encroachment by the Officials: An Amazing Order from Tuchun From Gretchen Fitkin, Ichang, July 20.
A directly revolutionary document coming to the foreign firms in Achang through the hands of the Jocal Commissioner of Foreign 'Affairs' has startled the foreign residents here by its boldness. Coming at the end of two successful lootings within six months of one another, its significance seems intensified. It is small wonder that the representatives of foreign firms have immediately answered the Commissioner telling him—directly and in the firmest way that the stipulations of the document—will not be met.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.