SUPPOSED CHINESE SPY IN AUSTRALIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11953, 30 April 1902, Page 5

SUPPOSED CHINESE SPY IN AUSTRALIA.

~..'.-..;■;;,:;■,._. -■■■...'■, .;,'■; # ,r ~ „■;, ;■■■ '-"'-''»','"'•,' By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright. v * ■ Adelaide, April 29. "■ CoKSTEHSATtftN* has been caused amongst Chinese resident.! in ; consequence of ; the supposed discovery that TVoug Yao Lo, the Chinese Consul-General at Singapore, who recently visited : this city, and was paid great honours by his countrymen, twits' hi reality i a, . spy sent by the Kmpress-Etowa-j ger, to ascertain particulars rof the Roforn* movement in Australia, With, a view J topunishing .any reformers returning t to* China.';" ''■>.: l&'i : ';y, >..:-v; Lo made out that his object '/was I '.-.' to inquire into the 'condition of the Chinese and the disabilities under which' - they laboured, with a view, to their removal. '■ He had previously visited Sydney, J-wlure he was treated as an honoured guest...; '. . ■';■ ■■■;'-'"■-' ■'•• '• ■ '■■'■_'■•';■■;:;■ ''•

The Sydney Morning Herald of April 9 has the following: "The mission of the OensulGeneral of Singapore (Mr. Tabus Yae Lo) in' connection with bit inquiry, on Behalf of the Imperial Government of China, into the condition generally of the Chinese in the Coiawealth, has been accomplished to his satisfaction, as far as New South Wales is concerned. » He has met with such a degree ; of official courtesy and assistance ,in his in-" quiries as to" practically remove all serious difficulties from his path. His tifflo is so limited that be has not been able to coffl& into personal contact with any largo number of his countrymen. He will leave for Hh> bourne, to-morrow, and will return to China, via West Australia, thus practically completing a circuit of the continent. The ConsulGeneral is a gentleman of high culture and unusual polish. He has been twice i:*> London, and altogether has spent nearly six years in that capital. He nftlralßp been attached to the Chinese Embassies in various countries o£, Europe. In an informal chat yesterday evening with a Herald reporter he gave it ss his conviction that Continental Europe; woultl, in the early future, be a field for a modified stream of Chinese emigration. At present, the number of his countrymen in Europe was j very limited, and wan chiefly restricted to merchants and sailors. In London there had been of recent years an extended, demand | for Chinese cooks"; * But there were many other fields in European civilisation that '■;■ could be successfully worked by.the "peoplef of the Flowery Land. 1 The reason why Australia had best) tho first field for Cbillosdonterpriee was only because of its propinquity."