A fow days before the departure: of the M.M.S, D'Artagnan, the French Municipal Police discovered that an organized system of embarking Chinese on board the vessel was being carried out clandestinely,, with the assistance of some of the crew, Six natives of Chekiang who thus were being embarked for Japan were apprehended and put under arrest after they were found hidden away in the coal bunkers. On inquiry it was learned that Tsu Wou-tsang, a member of the crew, had made the embarkation possible. Following his arrest and appearance before the Mixed Court, on Monday morning, he was sentenced to two months in gaol,
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