From Our Own Correspondent, Pakhoi, Oct. 13.
The dispute for power between the two local generals, Wong Chi-un and Luk Lan-tsing has not yet come to a head. In fact General Wong has not yet returned from Canton, and the citizens have not got much value for the $8,000 given him to "protect" the place.
For the first time in its history Pakhoi has been surrounded on three sides by trenches. No doubt they will remain for a long time as a reminder of the scare the people are passing through, Large number of people came down from Liemchow, and many Pakhoi people went to Hongkong and Haiphong. Others spent their nights on small boats, returning to business during the day. Shops with specially valuable stock sent the stuff to Hongkong for safety.
A band of robbers announced their intention of making an attack, but thought better of it after seeing the preparations made for their reception, and receiving a consolation cumshaw of $4,000.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.