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a purely police one and in the interests of good order, but I think I ought to report the fact to your Excellency.
7. The Viceroy of Chihli is anxious we should hand over to him our posts at Lu-t'ai and Tongshan; it is also desirable for our sake that we should, as has now been sanctioned, withdraw our troops from those places; but if it be considered desirable to bring some pressure to bear upon the Chinese authorities we can retain our rights at Lu-t'ai and Tongshan by merely leaving our flag flying there with half- a-dozen men as caretakers, although I would prefer to evacuate Lu-t'ai and Tongshan altogether.
8. The Viceroy reported lately to the French General, as being the senior foreign Commandant at Tien-tsin, that there would be large movements of Chinese troops proceeding by the railway to Manchuria. The latter was speaking to me the other day about this, and when I mentioned to him that small posts had been placed along the railway he said that he knew nothing about it. I changed the conversation, as Ĩ concluded he would prefer not to discuss the matter.
9. I have not mentioned the subject of this letter to any foreign officer except to General Sucillon, the Commander of the French forces, nor to any of the Chinese authorities.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
W. H. H. WATERS, Brigadier-General, Commanding the Troops in North China.
Inclosure 2 in No. 1,
July 11-21, 1907.
LIST of Chinese Troops on or near the Peking-Shanhaikuan Railway Line
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352
Date of Arrival.
Place.
Number of Men,
Detail.
30
Of the 5th infantry ying of the Huai Chun, under
Second Lieutenant Tuan. Armed with Mausers
1001.
Pri-tai-ho
Tang-ho
20
Shanhaikuan
Total
100
1,035
Of the 2nd cavalry regiment of the 2nd Division of 1904.
the Lu Chun, detached from Fu-ning Hsien.
Armed with Mauser carbines
Of the 2nd cavalry ying of the Hua Chun, under
Captain Ting, at Hai-yang, 2 miles north of
Tang-ho. Armed with Mauser carbines
Of the 3rd ying of the Huni Chun, under Colouel November 1906.
Wang. Armed with Mausers
The above Huai Chun troops are all of the Le-tzu brigade of the Huai Chun, except those at Ta-ku, who are of the I-tzu brigade. The Le-tzu brigade is commanded by Brigadier-General Lei, who lives at Chang-li, the I-tzu brigade by Brigadier- General Fan, who lives at Hsin-ch'eng, 12 miles east of Tien-tsin.
The Huai Chun are badly trained and badly disciplined, but they are soldiers, not policemen. A police force, quite separate from the Buai Chun, also armed with rifles, which they carry at night, exists at all the railway stations and at all the principal towns along the line.
It will be noticed that, of the total of 1,035 men on or near the line, 350 were new arrivals in June 1907. These 350 men have been taken from the 5th infantry ying at Han-liu-shu, near Tien-tsin, and from the 6th infantry ying at Kou-pang-tzu, in Manchuria.
The only troops of the Lu-chun are the five men at Pei-tai-ho.
(Signed) H. K. DAVIES, Major,
General Staff, North China Command,
Place.
Number of Men.
Yang-ts'un
Ta-k+
Detail.
Tien-tsin, August 12, 1907.
Date of Arrival.
Inclosure 3 in No. 1.
100
Of the 6th infantry ying of the Huai Chus, under
Captain Wu. Armed with Mannlichers
June 1907.
200
Of the 3rd infantry ying of the I-tzu Huai Chun, under Captain Tsao, in Hai Ta-ku (Western Ta-ku)
1904.
200
Of the 4th infantry ying of the I-tzu Huai Chun, under Captain Hsia, in Tung Ta-ku (Eastern Ta-ku
Both these detachments are armed with Mausers.
Of the 5th infantry ying of the luai Chun, under June 1907.
Lieutenant Chang. Armed with Mannlichers
Of the 6th infantry ping of the Huai Chun, under
Lieutenant Fan. Armed with Mannlichers
Of the 6th infantry ying of the Huai Chun, ander Lieutenant Fan, at Wang-lien-chuang, 2 miles south-east of Tang-fang. Armed with Mann- lichers
Of the right cavalry ying of the Husi Chun, under
Lieutenant Li. Armed with Mauser carbines
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Clause 6 of Report by the Commanders of the Allied Forces, dated April 12, 1902.
LES Garnisons Chinoises qui sont actuellement à moins de 30 kilomètres de la voie ferrée de Pékin-Tong-kou-Chan-hai-kouan ne devront être augmentées en aucune circonstance. Le Gouvernement Chinois en fera connaître les emplacements et les effectifs à la date du 1o Avril.
Certified true copy:
H. K. DAVIES, Major,
General Staff, North China Command.
Inclosure 4 in No. 1.
Pei-tang..
Le-t'ai
30
45
Tang-fang
30
T'ang-shan
25
į
K'ai-pring
10
Of the 3rd infantry ying of the Iluai Chun. Armed
with Mausers
1904.
Ku-Yeb
40
Of the 5th infantry ving of the Huai Chun, under June 1907.
Lieutenant Yang. Armed with Mannlichers
Sir,
Lan Chou
40
Of the 5th infantry ying of the Huai Chun, under
Lieutenant Wang. Armed with Mannlichers
An-shan..
Chang-Li
40
Of the 5th infantry ying of the Huai Chun. Armed
with Mannlichers
80
Of the 1st infantry ying of the Huai Chun, under Brigadier-General Lei, who lives here, and com-
mands the whole of the Le-tzu Huai Chun. Armed with Mausers
Has been a garrison
here for many years.
Of the 2ad infantry ying of the fluai Chun. Armed 1906.
with Mausers
Liu-shou-ying
10
30
Of the 5th infantry ying of the Huai Chun, under Uncertain.
Lieutenant Tang, in Chang-chuang, 1 mile north-
west of Liu-shou-ying. Armed with Mausers
Sir J. Jordan to General Waters.
Peking, August 17, 1907. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 13th instant, in which you quote a clause from the terms laid down in 1902 by the Allied Commanders in connection with the handing over of the native city of Tien-tsin, to the effect that the Chinese garrisons within less than 18 miles of the Peking- Shanhaikuan Railway were under no circumstances to be increased, and state that it has recently come to your knowledge that small bodies of Chinese troops have been stationed since 1904 at thirteen different points close to the railway, the total number now being 1,035, 350 of whom had arrived since June last.
You add that there is no record in your office to show that the terms formulated by the Commanders were communicated to or accepted by the Chinese Government.
In reply, I have the honour to inform you that, so far as I can ascertain, the
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