re
Tang-chof, and by the Tunrechox Canal to the Caritals.
Fortunately thosriver semined open till Doc.0th which
enabled a large quantity of rice to be brought up but
its price is high; the crops North of the Paiho, were
apoilt by the rain and looda last summer and the
country has been harried to supply the passing troops;
many deaths from starvation are reported all over the
province of Chih-11 and the price of meat, ones, foals,
Ac., is very high; beyond the fall to Kinchop there is
nothing left I as told, for the mrain which usually comes
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there from Biy-chpang has been stopped oring to the
pressure of the Chinase troops. If she Japanese block
the mouth of the zivor and also geize the Grand Canal,
S.F. of Tiðntain, I foar a real famine in Paking will
be a result.
- I have bat some of the
I send you newspaper cuttings about Wei-hai-wei
which, with Du Boulary report will give a pretty good
videa of what took place.
nglialmen who were there and so far have gleaned the
following,-When it was known the Japanese vora mali ing
for Wa-hai-vai Capt.Tzlor persuaded the Chinose to dia-
mount the qing on the mainland to the S.B., because they
into the rear of the Gitadel Port on the mall
I-tao;on reporting their action to Tientsin,
sony orders are received to remount the muna,
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which was done, thus the Japanese when they got tha30
guns into working order 3com renderad the Citadel Port
untenable and the Bastorn entrance 103 open to them after
destroying the boom; the Ting-yuan was sent to dimount
these gung, shon it was seen what damage they were doing
she ashod one and the Japanese cleared out of the
forts;
scoing this the Chinese said it was enough, the
Japanoge having run away! minca vere laid to blow up
these forta by aloctie contact, but some secundral out
ell the wires, honover a Cantonesa sailor went in and
bles up two of them; thore were spies (Chinese) all over
the place, and they exhibited lights to guide the
Japanese tempedo boats to the var ships all the
hospital staff and Dr.Kirke's own boy bolted when the
Japanese came and the oaly help he had was from his cook
and coolia and come sallora shom Admiral Tine sont to
Lij Kunṛtéo - the soldiers in Lin Kuangtao matinied very
early, and threatened to marŝor all the foreigners, the
guns on disappearing mountings on the small island fora
Chinese made,and had no mirrors to lay the gun by.
but the silora who manned the guns atuck to their work
in spite of the numbers killed and soundad;
Kirke said,
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on Lijungtao thore vare 40 killed and 350 roundad...
Instigated by a foreigner, Adairal Ting was asked to
which
surrender