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Gable to the Consul

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Gable to the Consul.
The consul also received cable yes
terday from Washington dealing with
the situation. 1t is asserted that the
message contained good news and that
the consul was far easier in his manner
than he had been for the last two or
three days. Another report was to the
effect that the message was in the ma
/ ture of packet and was dead against
the consul. This. it is believed, is not
the correct version.
The one good effect of these cables
was to bring together some of the par
ties connected with the row. and last
night several of the leaders of the fac
tlons surreptitiously made their way
out to the consulate. zee Chang and
two others waited ont there for con
siderable time and then. as the expect
ed ones did not turn up, they returned
to town accompanied by the consul
This is the first time that the latter
has left the grounds during the last
few days. so much to heart did he take
the threats of blowing him up. They
remained away for about half an hour
and then the consul returned alone so
/ that evidently the attempted confer
ence fell through.
1t is like this remarked a well
known Chinese merchant .'some of the
people want the consul sent back to
China. In this they are backed up by
what we thought to be the weakest Of
! out to be the strongest. These people
OFF h. III
Washington unknown to the party. who
preferred to work matters out another
way. They would rather sit down and
proceed 10 force the hand of the United
Chinese Society until they made them
send a cable with the official signature
at the end of it.
"Things came through with such a
rush. howege owing to the mass meet
ing and the subsequent events which
| followed it, that they saw their only
! chance out of it was to try and come
to terms with the consul here. At the
| last moment some of them libbed on
! going ont and the consul came into
! town himself bringing with him the
| commissioner who arrived from Wash
/ ington on the Manchuria. The latter
made his way TO the rooms of the Uni
! ted Society and there the consul left
! them, returning home. The commits
sioner talked the whole thing over with
| them. but | have not so far heard what
has been decided upon. From what ]
have heard. however, / think the ease
/ against Hee Fat viii be postponed
when it comes up for hearing tomor-
row
Commissioner from Washington.
That q commissioner had arrived
| from Washington was news to a great
MANY One man recognized the com
missioner as he was driving along n
/ the hack with the consul and states
that he is well-known man among
the Chinese Moreover he stated that
there would more than likely be a de
i,nial that he was in the town as it had
been hoped to keep the matter dark
From what he had heard the commits
sioner had been sent over to give the
consul a hand ont Of his difficulty
The fact of this official being ont al
the consulate seems to explain the rea
son Of Attorney Claudius Mcbride be
Inc ont there last night. and the. tive
facts taken in conjunction also give
color to the story that the case against
Hee Fat is to he postponed pending .
settlement Of the whole trouble
At the present time there seem.
every hope of the consul winning out
owing to the split among the factions
caused by the mass meeting held or
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