Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-12-22 | Page 7 | American Marines Land at Shanghai

LAND AT j many foreign warships are on their way to the disturbed City British are to make in a demonstration washington dec 20 tile state dei de i apartment part ment has received a cablegram from shanghai announcing the arrival there last evening 0 the men from the baltimore the state department advises advices of this morning are to the effect that the british were preparing for a large demonstration by both army and navy german japanese and austrich Aust riAH cruisers acro on their way to shanghai quiet prevailed yesterday sest erday bat only because of the annid force controlling the city tho mixed court was still closed the chinese authorities were trying to effect a compromise but demanded a removal 0 o tho british assessor which demand wag refused there was no report ot trouble at the outposts but the were becoming alarmed and many were ar alving in shanghai As understood merethe he rethe rouble arose from the action of the british assessor levying a tax upon a chinese resident of the foreign settlement the court Is a burlou body made up of a chinese magistrate who holds sittings every week day on two daya 0 each week an american official from the consulate general sits with him in the capacity of assessor on two other days a german official kits and on the remaining two weekdays week days a british representative this court had jurisdiction over all licenses and taxes payable by the chinese in the foreign settlement of shanghai the chinese municipal authorities have always been jealous of this court and there have been many clashes in the past owing to tho efforts of the chinese to collect these taxes themselves the court also possesses the power to punish culprits and frequently causes the ct o alne talla to be laid on while the chinese whip culprits with bamboos for a long time pat the chinese have been trying to reduce the authority of the mixed court and it la interred here that tho present trouble haa arisen from the abaer alon ot jurisdiction by the british over bome of tha chinese merchants