Weihaiwei, Aug. 14.
It is written of an ancient people that, careless or ignorant of their impending doom, "'they did eat,} wei, and Britons in the Far East are exhibiting a culpable jlack of enterprise and foresight in not doing so. Under the Chinese administration the place is bound to go ahead and all-that is necessary to cause trade to reach booming proportions is the establishment of a Customs barrier Hence the folly of those who now hesitate to invest capital in the place before prices of property reach prohibitive figures? 2
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.