Peking, June 22.
It is officially announced that the Japanese Consul at Changsha has approached the Chinese Commanders there with reference to the looting by troops of the Wuling Maru, the murder of the N.K.K. submanager and the firing on the Japanese gunboat, Fushimi, demanding:—(1) That the corpse of the murdered Japanese shall be handed over and protection assured to the persons receiving the body (2) That investigations shall be made into the circumstances of the murder; (2) That, safety of passage shall be granted to all boats on the river without molestation by the soldiers; (4) That the circumstances of the firing onthe Fushimi shall be. investigated and assurances given that there wull be no repetition of the occurrence: and (5) That guarantees shall given for the safety of the lives and property of Japanese.
The Consul adds that he proposes to ask General Tan Yen-kai to give such guarantees and also to demand compensation for the loss of life and property and the punishment of the guilty soldiers.—Reuter.
Special attention is called to the articles by Myr, Rodney Gilbert, on the situations in Peking and Hunan, appearing on pp. 808 and 810 of this issue
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