Chefoo, July 7.
On Thursday a very serious occurrence took place in the har-hour. A Russian ship, said to be the str. Magnet entered the inner harbour and went alongside the Russian str, Stavropol, which has been detained here for more than year on account of debts unpaid and harbour dues that are owing. Presumably the vessel is under the protection of the Chinese authorities, but, notwithstanding this, the Magnet placed aboard the detained ship 150 armed men, who are stated to have beaten and arrested a number of the crew of the Stavropol before making off, which she did some time later.
Just where the Magnet has gone is not known. There were at least three or four Chinese men-of-war anchored in the harbour at the time of the occurrence, but apparently nothing was done to prevent this unjustifiable attack on the crew of the Stavropol. the effect of preventing the avow-desire of the majority from being over-ruled.. Correspondence the local newspaper, which is going strong, despite the removal of a big advertisement, replaced immediately by another from a British firm, reveals how interested the community is in the question.
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