Peking, July 17. The United States Secretary of -The cinema and beer parlour, games between these old rivals, 9.30 yesterday evening and were Tun Been Pantoun Coxmoversy, representing the Setclement. In natty arrived at Chienmen Siation ithe Navy, Mr. Edwin Denby, and about which there has been such an agitation, continues, but on the handbills there is no mention of the beer parlour. Whether this is politic one cannot say, for the proprietors cannot but be aware of the sustained agitation against their selling beer. The community is not any more in favour of it than when I lose wrote, while the American section of the population have sent a protest to their Minister at Peking. A copy of what they posted was given to the. American Consul. As far as can be gathered, there is not a single non-British firm in Chefoo that regards the opening of the beer parlour with favour, while a number of British subjects consider that H.B.M. Consul, in granting the permit, made a' very grave mistake and one which it would be well even at this hour to rectify.
The beer parlour is not wanted and even those who are inclined to agree to its being continued are not enthusiastically keen on it. It has been stated that the landlord who rented the ground on which the cinema has been built had no idea that the two British subjects intended to sell beer. This he did not learn till later. The International Committee are said to have protested strongly to H.B.M. Consul. It is regrettable in this matter that apparently the wish of the great majority. of Chefoo's population should be thwarted, although the Americans -are strongly of the opinion that their representations at Peking will have but this year there has not been single contest. When H.M.S. Hawkins came up to Chefoo some weeks ago, a cricket match was played between an eleven of officers from the cruiser and a team representing Chefoo. The local eleven did excellently and, in spite of having had no_ practice and no matches, played so well against the visitors that the game was drawn, the honours going, however, to the home side. Tomorrow's match should be well worth seeing, for the Settlement are placing a strong team in the} field, while the eleven that will} oppose them has proved itself one of the strongest in the history of the school. The boys are remarkably good, both at batting and bowling, while their fielding leaves nothing to be desired.
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