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New Year: Piracy of the Seang Bee row Oun Own ComnEsPONDENT
Hongkong, Feb. 2.
Tu view of the agitations for thd recovery of the Concessions, the Hongkong Government has reasons to Walleve that similar troubles as upon the Yangize will happen in the Cotony, and is, therefore, ready for any kind of emergency, A rumour is afloat that a demonstration, will be held here in the guise of a mock funentl, so that the procession will pass by unnoticed at the beginning. So far nothing untoward fas happened, and the city is as quiet as usual, 'A detachment of the King's Own Scottish Borderera marched through the city including the busy shopping Mistricts an an indication that the soldiers are quite prepared for any uprising.
Wide power is given to the police to cope with my unexpected event that may secur. By'the regulations Just proclaimed, it is Inwful for the Police to atop or disperse any procession or to divide any crow or assembly, Every person taking part in any procession, crowd, or assembly shall disperse' when called upon to do 80 by any police officer.
The Governor is -empowered to proscribe within the Colony any, organization formed for the purpose of promoting a general strike or dis order of any kind such as the spread of sedition within the Colony. No person shankd without lawful auth rity have in possession any badge, ticket, or document which purports to have been issued by any.proserlbed organization, Persons are'not per~ mitted! to publish as newspapers any seditious matter "Paddy's Market" More Crowded Under the existing regulations, seems almost impossible to call for, 'a general strike by labour and political agitators. So far everything} is peaceful and normal. People are getting ready to usher in the Chinese New Your. The yentty Servols Street Buztiny is more crowd. ed this year as communication other ports is no longer restriete as Inst "year. Dospits anticipated tr"tle, people are looking for a prospects in the coming. yea aho peaceful situation is due to the fact that the Nationalist Governmiont formerly in Canton has moved and. the principal agitators with it, A local paper remarked that the Chinese community ig tired of strikes, boycott, and pol ties, IE the very worst should ha} pon in tha North, that paper has it} on dest authority that Hongkong community will be caret for ax a community without any distinction, fof race, class or creed, Strangers from the "storm centres" will be wol-come provided they are law abiding.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.