Affairs, Col, Li. Fong, has been get-_ ting through a lot of work of late. He recently made a journey to] Chikagshan with his wife to demonstrate that it was quite safe] for Hankow residents to visit that summer resort, He has pulled off settlement of the Shui case which not satisfied the Boycott Association, but has ended the long-drawn out dispute with the Japan. ese, The Shui family have received back the body of their relative who was accidentally killed by the armed' cycle; the same relatives have recccived $3,050 in full settlement of their claim; and the Boycott Association "has got the remaining $1,000 of the amount paid by the! Japanese. The reason for this last piece of squeeze by the Association seems to be that the pickets have suffered much in the interests of the Shui family.
The Commissioner has also been voiding the "Central China Post" and has discovered that it is spread.
false reports, unsettling the niinds of the people and opposing, the Go it. On Saturday he dew the attention of the local Political Council, to the references: in thin newspaper to the renewed activities of the Kuangsi faction and to the alleged disputes between Generals Chiang and Feng. The question what steps should be taken fin this matter hag been referred to the Foreign Office.
The Foreigner Agai More important still, the Commissioner hag been making an investigation into the settlements arrived at in all the important censes. that, have arisen since Han-Kow became a Treaty Port. He has compiled quite @ large book giving the history of over 40 disputes that have arisen between Chinese and' foreigners, with a statement of the facts in each case and the terms the settlement reached or the reasons why the matter was drop-Bed. These cases are chosen to. show the unfairness of the conduct the foreigners in their dealings with the Chinese, But in to-day's Chinese papers Commissioner formally:
uuncex that he hus received an {intimation from the Foreign Offic! that his office will be closed at the end of August. Since he fools that hie is not making progress with such matters as the confiscation by the Customs of a small Japanese steam ship for smuggling salt and the suppression of the boycott, he states that he has asked the Foreign Office resignation at once Shoes That Caused Death pair of shoes onused the dear' of a travelling merchant on Tuesday. A Chinese boat had arrived from up-river carrying as its principal passengers two merchants named Wang and Chu. Tt was very Jate when it came to an anchorage near the China Merchants Warf, Fut' Wang decided to go on shor?
once. He pulled on a pair of shoes in the semi-darkness and as hho started ashore Chu noticed that jo shoes were his. He swore youndly at "Wang, who retorted vigorously. Chu sprang out of the cabin and' thrust backwards a adjoining boat. As he fell, it's head came in contact with an iron bar and he was killed on the spot. - The river police arrested Chu, with the captain and crew of the boat. At the police-station Chu asked that the others might be set tree as they. were not to blame in} the matter.
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