Omitting the preliminary sentences, which announced by the way, that four people had been killed, the petition summed up eight demands:—(1), Change of the Japanese Consul; (2), Punishment of the Gunboat Officers; (3), Punishment. of the Japanese criminals (''hsiung-shou'); (4), Withdrawal of the Japanese Forces; (5), Retrocession of the Japanese Matou (landing place, ete.); (6), Apology by. the Minister; (7), Indemnity for the killed; (8), Indemnity for the wounded. Instamt acquiescence was demanded from the Governor, failing which another mass meeting was to be called on the morrow.
An account of the- dead and wounded shows only two students {amongst the casualties—those who were wounded in the morning.
After a good deal more about various arrangements, the section concludes with the method of treatment meted out to the son of a shopkeeper who has a very fine shop in the best part of the city, at which 'The culprit was paraded through Japanese goods were being sold. the streets with his face dyed red and bearing a board announcing that he was "Wang Kuo Lu," ie. "The Slave of Destroyed, Empires" (or of the "destroyed empire') The account stated that he was taken round in the same way as criminals for execution are taken to the execution ground, with shoutings and beatings, and with representatives of the Foreign Relations Committee distributing leaflets, etc.
The strike is being fairly strictly jearriéd.out. No shops are allowed to be opened. Early in the day Imany tried to carry on business with some of their shutters up, but this has been altered and all shutters are now closed. There are no ricshas. Poor ricsha coolies; they have had two days' strike this past week (Wednesday and Friday) on their own account. It will come hard on them to lose half a: week's earnings.
Peking, June 7.
The Waichiaopu has received thd following report by the local authorities On account of the agitation for the restoration of Port Arthur and Dairen the boycott movement against the Japanese has been! growing in intensity in Changsha. On June 1 about 8 a.m. the str. Buryo Maru of the Nisshin Ca. anchored in the harbour of Changsha.. Groups of citizens and students were assembled on the river side. Speeches were made. Local police were watching them closely lest some accident might occur. Unexpectedly the Japanese gunboat Fushimi sent some bluejacketd ashore in order to make a demonstration against the public. The Commissioner of Foreign Affairs thereupon notified the Japanese Consul] that they would take thd responsibility for the protection of Japanese residents and requested tht withdrawal of the Japanesd
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.