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(a) Canton 29/11/15.

The Cental Government sanctioned the son traction of a

fort on a hill named San Txe Ling (

province.

Lovements of Chinese Troop.

)ut fuchso, Kwongaai

The Chinese Gun Boat "Tao Ling" left Swatow for Canton on t

the 5th November with 500 native troops on board.

5+

kailway.

Wing Malang. Two routes are said to have been proposed, the southern going via Huichow, hunan, Tunglu and Chiangkan (Hangohow),

and the northern by Halhsien, Ch'ɛnghua, Yuchien, Linan, Yuhand und

Sungchenshiso (Hangohow).

4. General situation in Louth China.

The war is by no means the absorbing topie, to be followed

in minute detail, that it van. The difficulties of following it

elosely through the dom; lications of the Balkans, the effect required

to wrestle with outlandish names, especially kussiɛn or Turkish the

flat contradictions of official communiques all held to this and

and in any event the burning questions of Chinese polition would

have diverted attention. It is still sufficiently discussed, of

course, but in a much broɛder way, and details have lost their exaggerat d vulne. The entire collapse of German trade and the absence of the German flag i“ olearly emerging as a distinct fact

that carnot be contradicted; no ore rumoure on the other side

now weigh ag inst it in deciding which side holds the power at sea.

and any Chinese in considering war deal primarily with numbers; kind of en uiry as to populr tion and r sources onde in favour of

the Allies.

There is little strong personal feeling for either

eide