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TELEGRAMS.
(Reuters)
LONDON, 12th June. Result of the Grand Prix.
-Ajax. 2.-Turenne.
3.- Macdonald.
The "Palma" Trophy. The discovery that the American winners of the Palma Trophy in 1903 had violated the rules by using a special pattern of rifles, has elicited protests, the result of which is that the executive committee of the Ameri- can National Rifle Association has decided to return the trophy to England,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1904,
THE WAR.
H. L'IL PRINCE FUSHIMI
AT KINCHAU.
Japanese vernicular contemporaries publish a letter from an officer on the Liaotung Penin. sula which contains an interesting reference to his Imperial Highness Prince Fushimi. In part the letter says: "The battle on an eleva. tion in the vicinity of Kinchau on May 26th was of a very desperate character. While I was having tiffin with a certain Lieut.-Colonel, and seated by the side of his Imperial ligh. ness, six shells from the enemy exploded over our heads, a great danger of which his High nets took little notice. The Prince took a bottle of beer from a waiter, and, after having a glassful himself, offered us the remainder. Presently the Chief of Staff rode up in great "WHEN MANCHURIA HAS BEEN haste and requested us to remove the seat of
HANDED BACK"
the Prince to a nier place. We looked for such a place, but could see none from where A Peking dispatch states that the Empress his Highness could give commands to the Dowager has given her assent to a proposal army without greatly exposing himself. We presented by H.E. Viceroy Chang Chihtung to
were much perplexed. His Highness said any the effect that, when Manchuria has been hand-place would do, but should any mishap befat: ed back to China by Japan, the whole of the him, it would seriously affect the spirit of three provinces comprising Manchuria shall be
the Army. We searched for a suitable site thrown open to the commerce of the world, with increased assiduity, and at last succeed without let or hindrance. Further that instead ed in finding a point beyond the range of being governed as heretofore by Tartar of the enemy's fite which at the same time Generals and Deputy Military Governors, the commanded the whole field, and there the three provinces of Fergtien, Kirin, and Hei- Prince removed his seat. During successive Jungchiang shall have each a Governor, similar days hard winds and sandstorms made it very to the eighteen provinces of China Proper, with uncomfortable for his Highness, whose face a Viceroy over the three, like the Liang Kiang, would be covered with dust. Such was the ★ or Shen-Kan (the last named consisting of
state in daytime, but the conditions at sight Shen-si, Kansu, and Chiness Turkestan) Vice- were much worse. The Prince had to sleep in royalties. In view of this it has been recom. a very low, dirty Chinese house, where his tended by the Whiwapu that some high official Highness was exposed to the severe attacks of possessing the required rank, and above all vermin. On the night of the day of battle, the having plenty of tact, with some knowledge of luggage could not be used owing to the danger international amenities, should be selected of the situation, and his Ilighness had to sleep - beforehand and be ready to take over the lask on straw without any other cover than an
of reorganising the Manchurian province the overcoat. The privations and hardships endar moment they are handed back to China. Weed by military men on the field cannot be now learn that the progressive Chao Eresen, imagined by those who have not experienced the retiring Governor of Hunan, is to be the them. As a personage of no less dignity than new Viceroy, and he is being called up to
a Prince of the Imperial Family is content
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Peking to arrange the necessary machinery of Government, st as in be ready to start the new order of things when the time arrives.-M. C.
D. News,
A NARROW ESCAPE.
AT KASHING.
Mr. C. Pape, of the I. M. Customs' stall at
Kashing, bad a narrow escape while coming up the Avangpu River in the way from Shanghai on the night of the 3rd May. Ac- cording to the correspondent of the W. C. D. News, his own houseboat, the Kashing, built only about a year ago, comfortable and well equipped for travelling, was being towed by one of the now numerous steam-Jaunches up. ing up in that direction. When the sudden squall came up, which was quite severe even there, the boal careened and shipped a good deal of water. Mr. Pape succeeded in right ing her, however, and hoped that she was all right. What with another big wave and a crew already in a panic, she remained righted but a short time and soon "turned turtle." A number of heavy boxes being suddenly thrown against the sides and top, smashed the house, and most of them went to the bottom. Furtunately Mr. Pape succeeded in gelling DA the boat in front and so himself escaped unhurt. The hull of the boat was uninjured, but she was a wreck other wise. The loss of goods too was considenble. Most of us, continues the writer, have more than once met with rough weather on this river, when we did not know what minute the old boats would go to pieces. A line of house. boats is not an easy thing to manage in a b'g wind and the wonder is that more boat do not meet with accidents. The "Captains" on the launches are not noted for carefulness, often going to sleep and running a nose into the bank, especially on the narrow canals. In this instance the representatives of the Company here assure Mr. Pape that it must have been the lack of care on the part of their Captain * and that, of course, the Company must settle the damages, but that it must be done through the head office in Shanghai. How much of this is mere Chinese politeness remains to be
seen.
THE MAN IN THE CUPBOARD.
DUTCH QUEEN AND THE INGENIOUS
PRESSMAN,
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under such privation, the officers and men under the command of his Highness are greatly encouraged.
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does, why then the brigands must be remark at Harbin and is composed of two Divisions of】 ably peaceful people when in mufti, and shame- Siberian Infantry, one brigade of Cossacks, one fully belis their ill-merited reputation. Any Division of Siberian Cossacks, and one brigade one, with a head unstuffed with yarns, walking of Cossacks from the Caucasus. The above through the native city, would imagine it to be Army is commanded by General Lanenkempf, as safe and as well ordered as Shanghai itself. To each of the Four Armies noted above is Facing my window across the road, the body attached a detachment of ninety-one men in of a mendicant lies in a muddy ditch exposed charge of machine guns, under five officers. to view, died in the night probably from starvation, poor wreich; it would be interesting to learn whether he has not already converted into a Hunghutre massacre, and as such, wired off to the London paper, big headlines bave been founded on less cause.
COSSACK ATROCITIES.
A recent letter from an officer with General Kuroki states that the body of a Japanese soldier belonging to the Imperial Bodyguard was discovered buried. His ears were cut off and the mouth was filled with sand, there being other marks which showed that he had been very cruelty mutilated by the Russians. All the Japanese who witnessed the horrible sight became enraged. It is probable that some of the Cossack raiders were responsible for this crime, for reliable accounts of the campaigns in 1812-1814 and the Russo-Turkish war con- tain descriptions of similar incidents, in which these semi-barbarous troops wreaked cruel vengeance on captured enemies.
READY TO DIVE FOR SUBMARINE MINES.
On the other hand a good many riffraff refugees have drifted down from the north, and it is possible that in the interval between the evacuation of the Russians and the occpation of the japanese, Celestials without visible means of subsistence might utilise their opportunity by "purchasing portable pro- perty sans payment. Were such a crisis to arise the situation would be bad for foreigners and worne_for_well-to-do Chinese. Sometime ago a scheme was mooted for the formation of a town guard composed of foreigners, but the idea was tabooed and dropped. It is doubtful whether there are more than sixty or seventy The Sinwinpao learns from the north that a foreigners here capable of bearing arms, and large number of Chinese fishermen, who are the paucity of numbers would prevent them also great divers, leaving that Talienwan Bay from effectively maintaining order. In view is covered with submarine mines laid by the of possible contingencies, H.M.S. Espiegle is Russians, petitioned their own headmen the now waiting at Chinwangtao ready to come to other day for permission to offer themselves to Newchwang as soon as it is intimated that the the Japanese at Dalny for the work of clearing Russians have evacuated the place. It will the bay and port of Dalny of these mines. It take her. 22 hours to arrive here from being, however, feared by the headmen that Chinwangtao and in zz bours much may this might be taken by the Russians as a For breach of Chinese neutrality, the permission be done by those on plunder bent. eigners here fear delay, and would feel much asked for was refused the fishermen. It is safer were the Espiegle tiding at anchor outside estimated by the Chinese at Talienwan that the bar instead of being away at Chinwangtao. there are over one thousand Russian sabmarine
Turning to that rauch discussed, and malign- { mines in the bay and port of Daloy. ed individual, the Russian infantryman, a glance at him through neutral tinted spectacles, may not be without interest. A great deal has been written about his dirtiness, his half-hearted- ness, and his general don't-want-to-fight, "cowed" appearance, the total of which may
CANNIBALS NEAR FORMOSA.
A TALK OF THE "BENJAMIN SEWALL."
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THE SEQUI,FUSAN RAILWAY,
OPIUM QUOTATIONS. To-day's quotations are as follows's Malwa Naw.
50
Old BHABITS
Older....p19141 Oldest............ 495240
Patna New...2734725281) RUAJI
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Per chest
©. 940/990 @1,020/1,00 @ 1,130/1,180
1,200/1,350 1,190 0 1,220 .@ 1,130
@ 1,170 0900/930
Co-day's Advertisements.
Interviewed by a Japanese correspondent, Mr. Morgun, U.S. Consul-designate for Dalny, who recently went up to Seoul by rail from Fosat, says that he, being the first foreigner who has ever inspected the line, was enthusias. tically received everywhere by the Japanese Henares New....... engaged in the construction, and was able to make a minute inspection. All the work he | 1-ian (Paper) witnessed was satisfactorily in progress, and he reported the results of his inspection to the home government. From Taikoo the Consul took his course to Seoul following the telegraph line, and, under the cordial protection of the proese gendarmerie, the American visitor enjoyed a pleasant journey. The fields on the way were comparatively well-cultivated, ali showing the fertility of the land. The popula tion is poor there and accordingly the districts are suitable for Japanese immigration, Regard. ing the situation, Mr. Morgan states though he desires to proceed to his past as soon as pos- sible, his departure will not take place unless Liaotung is restared to peace.-N. C.D. News.
COMMERCIAL.
SHARE LIST.
3.45 p.m.
Following are further alterations in Messrs. Benjam n, Kelly & Patts' share quotations no- tified to us after the list had been printed-
Inst Chinas
116
35 SIL
China and Manilas Farnhams...
31. 157
SHANGHAI FREIGHT.
Writing from Shanghai nu ŋth inst., Messrs. Wheelock & Co. state:-
Our homeward freight inatket has improved considerably since last writing and tea has been going forward by the mails and regular liners in large quantities although there is not much offering for "outsiders "nor have any shipments worth mentioning been made from bere to New York via Suez as yet.
Coastwise--Rates are still very weak all round and although there has been some slight
Capt. Haelstad, an experienced Norwegian seaman, has just reached Christiania, after some terrible experiences in the Pacific. He commanded an American ship, the Benjamin demand for tonnage to load a: Newchwang this Sewall, and in October last the vessel was
wrecked.
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The crew of 23 men and the officers in two boats were drifting about for several days with out food or water, and finally in a storm at night the two boats lost touch with each other.
HIDEOUS TORTURES.
After heroic struggles and much privations, the captain's boat made land, and he at once sent out a vessel in search of the missing men.
Botol-Tabago in the China Sea, S.E. of Formosa, inhabited by naked savages, who declared that all the crew were dead.
be summed up in the one word-humbug.
Viewed dispassionately, the average Russian Tommy looks like what he probably is, a stal. wart, good-natured fellow, not very clean, and not very smart, but withal a man who could give and take a good deal of punishment, There are nineteen batteries outside Liao- and take it without crying "Hold, enough, yang fort of these, two on the east, one on He may be a trifle slow, but he has the merit the north-east, four on the west, two on the of being sure. And history amply testifies north-west and twn on the south are completed. that he is a stubborn fighter, possessed of Mines are laid around the batteries about five that admirable quality of not knowing when he thousand f et from them. Numbers of mounted is beaten. Far from being "cowed," as a good bandits have been seen south of Tilin. They many papers have been led to believe, the made a surtia against the Chinese soldiers who Russian troops stationed here appear quite The rescuers reached a small island calld! were sent to attack them on the 26th inst, and unaffected by the reverses which have befallen killed an officer and fifteen men.
their comrades. A number of troops are quar. Among the wounded from the battle of the tered close to the foreign residences, in an old Yalu who arrived here to-day was Father Chinese building which has been enlarged by Stephen Tebe backoffsky, the priest, who led the erection of outhouses built at corrugated the charge of the Eleventh Regiment at the iron, and here, when off duty, the inen may he battle of Chulien-cheng. Father Stephen heard lustily singing soldier songs. When said:in the morning of the 1st of May first heard them I thought they were celebrat- arose at 3 o'clock, knowing that there would being the news of some victory, but was informed a terrible battle, and was determined to do my that "they were at it like that every day." duty and to show an example by my death. At
It has also been alleged that the Russians 4 o'clock i prayed, then laid down my Bible ill-treat the natives and seize the goods without and stood with the company. As the company payment. So far as Newchwang is concerned moved forward to the charge 1 blessed the the statement is certainly not true. John China- soldiers, and went in front of the flag with my
man has a keen perception of his rights, and cross in my hand, standing by the side of my assistant, Joseph Perch. Bullets were flying all around us. I never felt my first wound. The second bullet struck my shoulder and felt, losing consciousness. When I opened
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his general business attitude towards the hus. sian Tommy is cash before delivery. Any morning the two may be seen at the market stalls haggling over the difference of a few cash, but in no instance have I seen a
The island, however, was fortunately ex- plored, and the party hearing a call for help, found a Russian sailor named Reinwald, one of the missing men. He was carefully hidden under a mass of leaves in a ditch, and when he was taken out it was found that he was covered with wounds, in which had been placed thousands of tiny white anis, with the view of torturing him to death. He was almost insane after the sufferings he had undergone.
DRIVEN INSANE.
Later on a second sailor, named Salis, was found. He had been bound and left on a rock exposed to the broiling sun for seven days without food or drink. He still lived, but was hopelessly insane.
Reinwald, after he had recovered, told the rescue party that when the boat first reached
has now fallen off again owing to reports just to hand that hostilities are expected to break qui al that port at any monicat.
For London and the Continent:-The s.s. Benmohr and Trenbat both leave to-day; the former to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, and the latter for Genox, Marseilles and Liverpool direct; to be followed by the s.s. Agamemnon for london and Antwerp on the 16th inst.
For Havre, Bremen and Hamburg :-The Segovia sails to-day.
For New York via Suez:-We have again two boats loading together on this berth, viz. the Intrapura and Jeserie, but as there is no tea offering from here yet we are afraid they will receive but scant support: they will be followed by the s.s. Richmond Castle due here on the 13th inst, and 5.s. Schuylkill about the zolh inst.
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FRIDAY, June 17th, 1
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"THE KOSE OF AUVERGNE." Part 11-Grand Afusical, "Ou10," introducing all the latest Songs, Dances, and Cake Walk. Part 111-The laughable One-Act Comedy,
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Cargo remaining on board after 4 F.M, of the toth inst. will be landed at Consigness' risk and expense into the Godowns of the Writing in the Shanghai Times, on the 6th Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godowa inst., "Argus" says
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Since my las! writing the Hebraic Indo boom has continued merrily and in conjunction
with their contre les in Longkong the price has been jumped up to 361 Taels per share from the Taels ruling a fortnight ago. A new job is also being machinated by the same folk in the Dock markel. Suspecting a Gentile
my eyes I found my assistant bending over me soldier take goods without paying for them.be island it was attacked by a hundred naked operator of being very short in his stock, the
with a smile on his face. Seeing that I was. alive he clutched my hand and then took me off the field of battle."
THE CONDITON OF NEWCHWANG.
THE "ESPIEGLE” WANTED.
Newcbwang, 28th May. Newchwang just now is in the peculiar posi- tion of being a compulsory pilotage port minus pilots. Yesterday, six or seven steamers left, utilising the services of all available pitols; the pilot launch which went to bring them back had the misfortune to run upon a sandbauk outside the bar, and the pilot cutter which went to render assistance, ran aground and capsized, leaving the pilas stranded on their respective ships without the wherewithal to regain port; a predicament which necessitated their com pulsory passage to Chetoo, where they are all due to arrive to-day. Several steamers are now wailing outside the bar to come in, and one or two others are waiting inside to go out, but will have to continue waiting until the pilots return from their trip to Chefon, Fortunately no lives were 1 st and neither of the pilot boats appear to have sustained much damage from their mishap.
That the Chinese are perfectly well aware that the Russian troops are
under strict discipline, is illustrated by a little incident which occurred the other day. A soldier and a buckster were quarreling over a deal in fruit, apparently they could not come to terms, and the soldier, losing his temper, struck the ped dier, whereupon the Celestial whipped off a shoe and threw it at the former's head. I thought that the subsequent proceedings would be bad for the Chinaman, but no, the disap pointed buyer walked away, and the seller, after expectorating his disgust, replaced his shoe and resumed business, the affair seemingly being a part of the day's work.
On Russian saint days high days and holi- days, the town has quite a gay and festive appearance-if such a thing were possible in Newchwang-owing to the number of Russian flags displayed to mark the occasion. These galiant displays, however, do not indicate an excess of Russian popularity, the figs being merely hoisted up to order. When the Rus sians take their departure the probability is that a few bales of Russian bunting may be picked up for a mere song. Flags of any son are sadly out of place in Newchwang, and only So far as Newchwang is concerned there is serve to accentuate the air of wretchedness lule to indicate the "pomp and circumstance which predominates the whole district. In a "Here, your Majesty," answered the maid of houer, opening the door of a large cupboard, of war," quite the reverse; in fact were it not word the town and rural characteristics of Newchwung may be fittingly described as Simultaneously the cook gave a loud cy of dismay, as a man was discovered crouching in
mud; built on a mudflat, with roads of mud
the cupboard.
houses and walls composed of dry mud, the place has not a redeeming artistic feature. Beyond the tawn stretch swampy looking plains without a single tree to relieve the
Accompanied by a maid of honor, the Queen of Holland, paid a visit to the “People's Kitchen" in Amsterdam, going through all the rooms, and the kit hen, tasting the dishes.
"And where do you keep your utensils," she asked of the old cook.
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Naturally the cook was rebuked for allowing ber "followers" to enter the kitchen, but she was loud in protesting that she bad nevermet the man before.
for the presence of the few Russian troops stationed here, with their eternal fixed bayonets, which have the appearance of being hard and fast and permanently attached to the side muzzles, it would be difficult to realise that we are "within the ront of warfare."
It is true that occasionally cheap thrills may monotony of their bleak expanse. When there be got from Hunghuize alarms, but the sonsais no mud, the place is full of penetrating dust,
THE RUSSIAN FORCES IN MANCHURIA,
GREAT SEA POWERS.
HOW BRITALY COMPARES WITH RIVAL
NATIONS.
savages armed with long spears. The exhaust-Israelite has set up a rig against him and have ed sailors defended themselves as well as they faked the Dock market up to 155 cash. A jump of five and a half Taels within the last chu'd, but most of them were killed.
Only the two men who were found appeared week. Seeing that there are no buyers except a few foolish "victims" and no great demand to have survived, the remainder being, so far as Reinwald could gather, eaten by their for the stock the advance is, unwarranted and it is to be hoped that the jobbers may be captors. With the sailors when they reached the island was the Japanese wife of one of hoist with their own petard." Of the truth-
marked that during the week the quotation them. No trace of her could be found, and fulness of the Indo quotation it may be re-
makers have been offered shares at as much her fate remains unknown.—Ex..
as two points under quotation and have de- clined purchase, a little later notifying opera. tions of the superior rates. It will be a good thing for Shanghai when the Stock and Share Brokers' Association makes a distinction be- │tween the broker and the jobber, as is done elsewhere, as this will eliminate, from the ranks of the brokers proper, a very undesirable element which at present operates with an advantage of one per cent over the general public and manipulates "rigs" in order to create "beesness." Investors are warned! Langkats have not moved to any great extent and with the exception of Sugars whịch, with a prospective good year, have jumped to 160 and Pulps which continue to improve, the same may be said of all the ordinary stocks dealt in lately, Ices have improved slightly, with the warm weather in prospect, and Lane Crawfords, a "close corporation" stock, have done a large upward move and it is to be presumed that a "fat" dividend is in prospect. China Telegraphs bave fallen to 114 but the vagaries of this stock are beyond the ken of the ordinary individual.
A return of the numerical strength of the fleets of the chief naval Powers issued recently as a parliamentary paper enables the fol lowing interesting comparison to be made of the fighting power of the Anglo-Japanese and Franco Russian alliances-
Great Britain France
and Japan. and Russia.
55 ......
36 5. 13
36
Battleships, 1st class Battleships, and class........... Battleships, 3rd clas........... Coast, Defence Vessels, Ar-
moured........ Cruisers, Armoured Cruisers, Protected, ist class... 21 ....... Cruisers, Proiected, and class... 61 Cruisers, Protected, 3rd class... 40 .... Cruisers, Unprotected Torpedo Vessely............................. Torpedo-boat Destroyers.....343 Torpedo-boats.......... Submarines -----
2 ......
3
28
23
12
19
19
........ 17 JA
33
169
4
25
71
400
8.
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The figures for France and Russia do, not allow for Russian losses in the Far East, which | when this table was prepared, were four battleships, four cruisers, and four destroyers.
Arranged by types of warships the following are the comparative figures for the greater nations
London-Bank T.T.....
demand................... Do. Do. 4 months' sight... France-Bank T.T: non un America-Bank T.T.. Germany-Bank'T.T.
India T.T.
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THAN 1/97
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2.28
1.85.
40
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10
47 167
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Battle Armid Pro'd Des Torpedo skipa. cruisers, cruisers troyers. bouts.
28 102 124 87
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The young man cleared matters up by an- tion is mild to those on the spot. It is stated which is a great deal worse than mud. Rouncing that he was the representative of a that a couple of brigand chiefs, desperate fel- large Amsterdam newspaper, and had bidden lows with Rob Roy Macgregor reputations, cupboard in order that he might get an named Feng Ling Ko and Da Li San, respec-
According to latest advices from Manchuria, "exclusive" account of the Queen's visit, tively pró and anti-foreigners, are in towe and emanating from reliable sources, it is stated The Queen, says the Chronicle, enjoyed the that eight thousand of their merry men are that the Russian forces there consist as follows: situation, and laughed heartily. On leaving quartered in the native city armed with Ger--The First Army is stationed at Harbin and the kitchen she shook the newspaper min by man rifles, the weapons being hidden away in Vladivostock and at points between the two the hand, and said in pating, "Be sure and temples, and other places of concealment, places. Besides this there are also two com Britain...... send me a copy of your report,”.
until such time as the brigands can use them plete Divisions encamped near the Eastern France.......... 30 with impunity against inoffensive citizens. The frontier of Frogtien, all of which are under the A NUMBER of prominent Cheklang, Chinese
command of General Stakhelberg, The Second and a German merchant have formed a syndi- few days I have taken the opportunity of ram« Army is stationed near Mukten. This corps cate and applied to the Feking Government for bling through its various ramifications in the is composed of the fth and Sixth Divisions permission to construct a line of railroad from hope of locating Hunghiuzes, but so far have and was er the command of General Says Pooting to Chapoo. Another concessionaire not t succeeded in encountering a solitary Celes- litch; "The Third Army, consisting of the "has applied for right to build a line between tial whose characteristic, look of blood-thirsti-Third Fourth and Ninth Divisions, hold Liao- Changsha and Chenchow via Changle inness would justify the presumption that he was yang and vicinity. The Fourth Division noted Hungn. The Board of Commence has inne- | a bandit in disguise. Of course it is possible above is commanded by. General Mischeniko. tioned both lines.
that the city swama with brigands, and if it | The Fourth Army has hitherto been encamped
city may be full of robbers, but during the past
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