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On the 24th August the Russian warskipé commenced to dismantle and then anchored alongside the wharf of the Chinese Eastern Railway Company.
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Then the Japanese Consul-General Shanghai informed the Shanghai Totai, that China should despatch a warship to take up a position near the Russian warships to watch them.
Thon the Rasein Minister asked the Wai- up to keep the Chinese warships to watch the Bassian warships at a distance so as to maintah the dignity of the Russian warships.
At the end of the Sth moon, namely the beginning of October, the Viceroy at Nauking ordered the cruiser Kingking to come to Shung hai 10 watch the Russian warships.
At the beginning of the 10th moon (November) the Kinching came to Shanglisi and anchored at. the Southern wharf, when the crow of the Ricsitelini come to Shanghai and were removed on board the Mundjour, but Lie Captain of the - Russian forpo to-bost destroyer is missing.
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On a certain day the Jupanase Consul-General wrote the Shanghei Tantai asking to have the nearer position to the Russian Kiuching "at warship as she is too far away from th m.
Then the Shanghai Total answered the Jupuuoso Consul-General that the Kinching being damaged is now repairing in the dock and Wannot undock before the beginning of the 12th moon (January 1905), but whon properly repair-
als will be moored at Shahajpn.
Then it was reported that the Japanese Consul- General wished to have the Chinese cruiser unchored at the China Morchants' Poolung wharf instead of Sha haip'as the latter place was too far away from the Russian warships.
place. Before we laid ourselves down to rest. river that ran before us at a distance of about a couple of hundred paces. You know, we We had gone Orthodox must have our bath. only a few steps when we observed about s dozen almond-eyed yellow-skins. The devil only knows where the rascals and come from, but there they were, just as if they bad popped up out of the ground. True is it that the yellow skins are not the worst enemies, although they are so sly and artful. were not exactly frightened on seeing the enemy in larger numbers than ourselves; alle the same, it became unpleasant when the foo advanced against us at a sharp trol. What was to be done? We had left our rifles aud There was no help for it; we bayonets behind. most try to got the better of the yellow skius
However the idea of the Shanghai Taotai wus by canning. So, while the Japanese were hidden in a small ravius as they were coming that as Sha-haipu b-ing below the stream from up, we hid ourselves. Panas climbed up a big the position of the Russian warships is profer- tree growing most conveniently, and disale and he had decided to anchor the Kinching at the front of the International Dock at appeared among its branches; I crept into a large thicket. and Nikifor ran down to the Balipu. river and hid himself so carefully among the boulders that he, could scarcely be sem. We managed to hide ourselves only just in the nick of time, for the almond-eved foe came up and balted just in front of the thicket in which I was concealed. Then, in their hosthenish language, which no honest Christian nofter- stands (Nikifor says he can make out what they say, but Nixifor comes from Kehakoffka), the little yellow rascals held a council of war: Before I could repeat three Paternosters the yellow devils had settled what they would do. Nine of them rode off in various directions, while the tenth, who seemed to be in command. stationed himself so close to my thicket that I I could almost have seized him in my arms. cursed. my lot in not having my rife with me, for it would have been so easy just to have Bottles the raseat with one thrust of my imyonet. I daret scarcely breathe as I kept my eye on the fee. How trim and clean he was in brand-new uniform with facings of rich em- broidery in gold.---
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The Japinaso Consul General Further warned the Shanglani Trotni that at this moment it was very important to watch the Enssian warship It owing to the repairs of the inching there was no Chinese warship to watch them, there weight something unexperte! happen and there- fore the Slaghai Taotei should get instrue- tions from Vicray Chou Fu to despatch other warships. The Tantai hus nak d the Viceroy to dospatel the cruiser Nanchin, but she has pot come here yet.
There are any raports that the Russion raiser coiled over one thousand tons and that duplicates of the parts of the machinery which were removed have beets obtained by her so as to slip out of Shanghai to meet the
On Dec. 13th the Japan- Baltic fleet, are. ose Consul General wrets the Shanghai Tantai giring the reasons for such rumour.
The Sinwanprɔ adds. As to the number of wounded or o ́ of the Russian warships for whom the Consul-General has asked the Shang- hui Thotai to get permission to return home, the Shanghai Tautai has been ordered by the Peking Government by wire to examine the said wounded crew and report upon their actaal condition. Therefore the Totsi has asked the Commissioner of Imperial Customs in Shanghai to engage a foreign doctor to see the wennded crew and report upon them.
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has retired in dudgeon to Tientsin, like Achilles to his tent; and doubtless he beliores that military operations will be suspended until his
twinkling he had turned the paper into a drinking cup. Then he walked down to the river, took a deep breath, filled his paper goblet with the refreshing water, and bore it to his lips I envied him that draught. A. I watched him and saw that the draught was greatly to bis liking. I could not help calling THE PRETENSIONS OF THE WAR out to him, like a good Christian, Good health. Great heavens! What was the result of my doing so? That Japanese palled a whistle out 12363 of his pocket, blow a shrill blast on it, and in a twinkling up popped his comrades from all sides: they dragged me out of the thicket and hundouffed me. Well, while I was considering NE LARGE GODOWN, No. 112A, Pray how I could manage to give them the lip ON East,
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he is congratulating himself that he has made his adversaries suffer. It appears that the War Correspondent is organism as the motor-cer. He goes blander- ing about the battlefield, on which he has no business to transhot, in the samus aimless which the goggled chauffeur fashion in
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