Peking, Mar. 5.
The "Far Eastern Times" publishes reliable correspondence from Tsingtao which reveals chaotic conditions there.
According to the paper the Chief of Police, Cheng Li, is proving quite incapable of performing his duties and is very ready to incorporate former bandits in the police, The leading Chinese merchants openly accuse him of corruption. The present Governor admits Cheng Li's incapacity but is stated to be unable to make him amenable to orders.
The correspondent states that the railways, rolling stock and permanent way are going to rack and ruin through sheer carelessness. and incompetency. All public utilities, the railway, posts and telegraphs, waterworks, electricity, wharfs, sanitation and police, are mismanaged.
Before long things will be absolutely intolerable, the Times'' declares, and a serious commercial and financial deadlock must come.
—Reuter.
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