Wuchang, Nov. 27.
The agreement which was drawn up last month between the British Consul and the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs relative to the Hat Kow riot of last June was signed a few days ago at the British Ca late. The clearing up of the matter was made necessary by Mr. Porter's departure from the port, where he has been acting Consul during the furlough of Mr. Goffe. The ratification, however, has been 19 means pleasing to the Wuhan Foreign Relations. Society, who consider that the Chinese end has not been gained by the agreement. Tt will be remembered that the questions of compensation for the Chinese who were killed, of the disarming of the Hankow volunteers, and of the removal of Messrs, Butterfield & Swire's offices and wharf from Chinese territory, were Toft in abeyance. The only tangible result of the agreement, is the subsstitution of <Chinese military for police to guard the boundaries of the British Concession.
Immediately after the conclusion of the negotiations, riz, on the 18th ff last month, the People's Foreign Relations Society communicated with Mr. Hu Chun, the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs in Hankow, demanding that he should refuse to sign the agreement. It was probably owing to their opposition and threats that the signing has been Put off until the last possible moment. They are trring.to get Mr. Hu dismissed,
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