From our Own Correspondent.
Lungchow, April 23.
We are always glad to welcome a new addition to the foreign community in Lungchow, and so we extend a hearty welcome to Mr. Conroy, the new tidewaiter of the Lungchow Customs Mr. Conroy arrived with the party escorting the mail and knew nothing of the trouble about Lungchow, excepting that he heard rifle firing along the way, to which he paid little attention. While we are welcoming Mr. Conroy we also must bid farewell to one of the oldest foreign residents, Mr. G. De Paolo, former tidewaiter, who is being transfered: to a city in Yunnan.
To-day, Mr. George De Paolo -and Rev. G. Sension are leaving for Tonkin. Mr. Paolo is going to his new appointment and Mr. Sension on a business trip. They are making the journey by water, travelling to the Border in a small sampan. The trip will require two days owing to the unrest, but no trouble is expected from the Kuangsi soldiers, who are holding the country through which they will pass.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.