Peking, Aug. 1.
The local Press reports that the capture of Amoy by the Foochow gunboats Yingjui and Haiyung on the afternoon of July 30 entailed no resistance and that there was little firing.
A British Consular report, however, from Amoy to the Legation says that firing in the har-hour was promiscuous, and that the Consul's motor-Veat crossing the harbour from Kulangsu to Amoy was fired upon and_ that the British Concession was overrun by a Chinese military rabble.
The Legation therefore authorizes the visit of British gunboats to Amoy, while this morning Mr. Teichmann, Chinese Secretary of Legation, called at this Waichiaopu warning the officials that if the gunboats found conditions bad they would take drastic action.
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