As reports of cases of thieves and kidnappers using @ fluid the odour! of which when inhaled overpowers persons have appeared in the local press, and as several district pre-feats of Kiangsu have sent reporte of pereans having been robbed or kidnapped through the sudden and unacooumtable loss of conscious. ness, the Governor of this province has ordered all the district officials to issue proclamation warning the people to be always on their guard when they are chatting or facing strangers. Mr, Shen, the prefect, has posted a notice to thie! effect, accordingly.
Reports from Military Detectives.
The first book of reports from military detectives has been compile ed and issued by the General Staff in Peking, to the various yamens and offices for confidential perusal. The bulk of its contents is made up of plote and designs entertained by a certain Power against this country, the most important amongst which is the proposal of establish a large printing and publishing house at Peking, with the object of in-fluoricing and converting public opinion by means of books, magazines and papers. In connexion with thie pr, General Wang Keng and Mr. Liang Shi-yi have been ask ed to obtain from the Government a sum of $100,000 as its share in the capital.
Another plot of importance is to effect a union between the South Manchurian and the Peking-Mukden railways, and to obtain as many other railway concessions as possible, a secret map of these project ed lines having been discovered by the detectives. On~ report discloser the intention of that Power to reopen the question of forming Sino-Japanese Bank for the purpose of realizing the fond hope of scoring an economical triumph; the consent
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