Show CHEE FOO CHINA the oriental watering place where the recent treaty was wag signed chee foo where the treaty of peace was signed between china and japan and which also goes by the name of yen tal tai is one of the best known ports in the northeastern part of china it is situated at the head of one of the bays of the gulf of Pe Pete hili and is in tho the neighborhood of two of the most prominent places in the recent chino japan ese war it was here that the peace of 1876 between england and china was signed by which three new ports of entry were opened to foreign commerce the signing of the treaty on the ath of last may between the two inimical brothers of the far orient has given chee poo anew a new historical importance from june 8 1850 until the chino european war france had occupied chee foo without any interference from foreign powers it is thickly populated having one hundred and twenty thousand innab inhabitants 1 according to the consular reports of 1891 in summer it is a fashionable watering place like trouville and brighton it is very attractive with its villas tillas with vino vine enshrouded verandas clustering on the hillside hill sides which overlook semaphore point or dotting the plain beside the signal tower a pretty pagoda rears its head crowned by its cap with upturned e d wings america and ensula send petroleum oil to chee too england cottons and metals the greot great article of export is raw silk in the quarter facing the sea in a small hotel bearing the european name of beach hotel the peace treaty between the chinese and japanese plenipotentiaries was signed |