Hankow, Sept. 12, The Japanese str. Toan Mari, carrying 1,260 bags of salt from Port Arthur to Huangshihkong, arrived here yesterday" evening, having been confiscated by the Customs, The Chinese claim the right of confiscation, firstly, because, ace leording to the Sino-Japanese Commercial Treaty, Japanese steamers are not allowed to carry salt, and, secondly, because Huangshihkong is not a'Treaty port.
The permit issued by the Customs Jat Port Arthur stated that the salt was destined for Korea. The Toan Maru, however, proceeded direct from" Port Arthur to. Huangshihkong.
The compradore of the Toan Mara has been arrested—Reuter, THe wedding Wilfred of Dr.
Stephen Flowers, of Taiyuanfu, to Mies Annie MacLean Irvine, ' of Bradford, England, is to take place in the near future at Tsinan, -The bans have been published at™H, M. Consulate-General, Tientsin,
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