The outstanding feature of the week-end was the Kidnapping of nine firemen belonging to the I. C.
Kingsing, This ship is due to put out tomorrow for Weihaiwei, Chefoo and Tentsin (the C. N. S. Shuntien is also to sail to-morrow for the same! ports, with, we understand, a Russian crew), In the early hours of yesterday morning the nine Chinese firemen of the Kingsing were kid apped out of Hongkew and taken tither to Chapel or Nantao.
A protest has been made by the Consular authorities and we may be sure that General Shing Shi-lien will not tolerate so. flagrant breach of his proclamations,—Other similar acts are recorded below and Sh looks as if the leaders of the intimidation were bent on a trial of strength with General Shing. Their names are all well known and the simplest way of suppressing intimidation and, "incidentally. of bringing back the nine firemen, which is of the first importance, is to put these gentry all under lock and. key.
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