A woak after there was a hastily arranged post-entry meeting which obviously was a "save-face' affair designed to whitewash the interfering official, Since then there has been no racing at Kiangwan, In the meantime, the International Recreation Club has paid taxes to the Government for a year in advance and there seemed a posibility of things running rather more smoothly. Then along come Hangchow gentleman, The.
vernment" means nothing to him and in any case is too far away to do anything. For some days there was much argument. and was considered again transferring the races to Shanghai, but yesterday it was understood that a settlement had been reached and that the programme would be run off at Kiangwan.
This buccaneering tax-collector of course will get nothing out of the Yangtszepoo Race Club, but his demands probably will be sufficient to prevent it even making a start, if, indeed, there were not enough obstacles already. - The soldiers and police were the only people who got anything to eat or drink, or a place where they could keep warm, on the day of the inauguration of the course by the Far Eastern Reereation Club, but evidently that has not, collector. anti affected the hard heart of the tax+1
Of course, there is nothing to, prevent a repetition of, the events, of last autumn, Hangchow for the, moment has been appeased, but any; one else with a few soldiers police to command can march thems on to the course and demand their: "currishs." The pay of the Woosung and Shanghai Police is a month in,
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