CO129-269 - Governor Sir Robinson & Public Offices - 1895 [12] — Page 556

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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

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