Canton, Aug. 31.
The dispute with the Japanese authorities in Canton regarding the Butterfield & Swire steamer Fatshan is now officially learned to have been settled. A joint communique issued by the Japanese and British Consuls-General confirms the agreement and the Fatshan is now on its way to Hongkong.
The dispute arose at the beginning of August over the refusal of Messrs. Butterfield & Swire to pay pilot charges in the Pearl River, following which the Japanese authorities at Canton detained their steamer Fatshan, which is on the Hongkong-Canton run. In retaliation the British authorities at Hongkong refused permission for two Japanese steamers, Kaijiu Maru and Shiragame Maru, to enter the Colony.—Reuter.
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