Tachienlu has had, what might be termed, a week of thrills. On week ago to-day five heavily armed Indias made their appearance' in the city. Naturally they caused quite a stir and the Chinese began to ask, who they were, where they had come from, and where were the; ing. One was supposed to be a rajah" and rumour had it that he was somehow related to a king. Their appearance daily in rice shops, barber shops and tea shops made people worder what kind of Indians. they were and to what kind of king the "Rajah" was related.
One of their first acts on arri in the city was the deliberate destruc. tion of a British flag. An innocent! Chinese shopkeeper was selling paper flags of all nationalities and "all be-one price" and "all belong can Entering this shop, one of the Indians spied among a row of other flags, a Union Jack and immediately' hauled it down, tore it up and pitched it away. For t) act of! sacrilege he kindly gave the Chinese shopkeeper the sum of five rupees, slightly more than two Mexican dollars, for a flag valued at less} than ten cents,
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