Chengtu, June 3.
The end of the month passed without untoward incident of any kind. Because of what happened a year ago, there was some anxiety Jamong the foreign community, which was sustained by articles hich appeared in the papers tacking the Union University and charging its Chinese official all kinds of misdemeanour, Representations were made to the authorities, who gave _assurances that the situation was well in hand and that no fears need be entertained of a repetition of the events of year ago, when Dr. Stubbs of the University' staff was attacked ani done to death in the University round Efforts also were made to apprise the local papers of actual conditions ay the University and to. create more reasonable attitude on. thelt art. "The results of these efforts Frere quite satistaeters.. There were parades-in the streets and.
Speeches unfriendly to foreigners meeting of students at "which were made—Reuter, away secretly, leaving them penniless to their fate, staged a demanded their arrears of pay. [General feigned madness, fhimeel® overboard but land eventually founda safe haven one of Tientsin's foreign con lesions, where he mow lives in Li Chuang folk look upon sudden fall from eminence with a total lack of sympathy. They refer with pride to their "siege" of 48 jours, and regard. the successful defence asa complete explanation, for the failure of the Li family to steal their good luck and to per Ipetuate their own. a
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