am specially interested in every word about the Banque Industriclle. Almost every week am approached by coolies who have paper in this bank and they are anxious for and greatly need every copper of it. It seems to me that whatever becomes of other creditors the French Government ought at all hazards to make provision for paying every cent of this coolie money. Much has been said about "who won the war," but it is quite reasonable to feel that without the work of this class of Chinese, there would have at least been a shadow of danger that the results might have been different. (But after all, is it not beginning to look as if Germany won the war? Anyway, she is doing about as she pleases in the world, it would seem! now). But I wish to ask in your} columns seriously: there no way that the French Government can take up and pay off all coolies} who hold paper against this broken bank?" I have done clerical business that in an office would have, been worth hundreds of dollars on behalf of these Chinese coolies and have charged them nothing for it.
Tue " Shinshunpao"? states that the Germans deported from Shanghai during the war who have now returned to China have requested their Consul-General to apply for their arms, confiscated by the Chinese before their departure. When the ex-enemies were re-patrioted all sporting guns, pistols, ete. were removed to the yamen of the Military Governer. Instructions were recently received from Peking directing the Chinese to restore the arms to their original owners at any time between November 1 and December 31 last, and on Sunday at Lunghua a large number of sporting rifles and ammunition were handed over by the military. Pistols are to be kept pending further instructions from the Central Government.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.