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were possible for the Navy to send him *** some long-range 4.7 Guns. The Admimi “asked me if I could design & mounting for a 4.7 and get two finished by the following * afternoon. It was rather a rush, but they were ready by 5 pm, put on board the Powerful and the started with them, and “four 12-pra for Durban. Immediately on arrival Captain Lambton with great "promptitude took the guns to Ladysmith "He arrived in the nick of time, and his * Brigado played a most important part in the defence of Ladysmith: 48 hours after

to the War Correspondent. The blunders of the Natal campaign were many and the Boers apparently relied rightly for success on some of our generals. The stubbornness of General Burtau was admirable-it car. zied him through. Certainly at times, in

TELEGRAMS.

“DAILY PRESS” SERVICE.

THE OPENING OF NANNING,

AN ENDEAVOUR TO BE MADE BY THE "BANEPIPER,"

The plague continuas at Chaks. From April 12 when it made its first appearanes theregte the beginning of fine, there was 31 cases, unl one of the lotions being expected to recover.

It is alleged on seamingly good anthority, the Japan Mail sare, bust Marquis Yamagata a THE CRISIS IN THE NORTH. Nasing. She carried on beard Cosal Little

no course

SHANGHAI, 18th June, 9.55 px.

the Spionkop affair for instance, he erper, resigned, and that the Japanese Emperor asked ienced very hard luck. His latest success-- - Arst Margais Ito and afterwards Count Matas- the out-flanking of Laings Nel and Majuba kate to form a Cabinet, but both statesmen

is a tribute to his able generalship On declined. There remains, therfore, no reading the details of the Natal campaign except a consultation of the elder statesmen in JAPANESE OFFICIAL KILLED BY and the part played in it by Captain Scor

the presence of the Sovereign one regrets that the handy mau was not

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„TROOPS: "AT PEKING-GUNS. TRAINED ON BRITISH LEGATIONS

Tientsin to-day (Wednesday) reports that

while trying to pass the gates. The Chinese are entrenching outside the walls. Guna are trained on the American Mission and the British Legation.

2,000 U. S. TROOPS, DEMANDED—

RUSSIANS READY, The American Minister has demanded from his Government 2,000 trougs. 1,500 Russians are rendy at Tientsiu:

BRITISH ADVANCE DELAYED BY LACK OF FOOD, Admiral Seymour's column is badly pro- visioned, and this makes the advance on Peking dificult

THE WAR.

H. 31. ganbost Sandpiper left Wachow уся- terday and proceeded up the West River toward

from Sanshul. After this welcome news it is to be hoped that the opening of Nanning to trade will speedily follow."

THE CRISIS IN THE NORTH.

À Tientsin correspondeat of the N, O, Party Nera writes on the 2nd inst. of the recention of the marines and the entraining for Poking. They have all been received with effusion, if not

their quarters by the Town Band. The

bers of Russions, French, Japanese and finally British are expected. The Burfeur with the Rear Admiral arrived to-day from Wei hai.wel. Om mos are mostly Orlandos and Algoings, and instufe a few of that rarest of British visitors in North China, midshipmen. There was the usual nitkampt at bluff qa the part of the Chinese to

prevent them entraining, hat when it was indwa they would go with or without permission, the opposition collapsed. It was giran out that

"garrizon remained beleaguered for 119 days leadera possessel the same amount of brains tive city, Tientsin between a party of Bay the Chancellor of the Japanese Legation was with neclamation. Le Bay, and were played to H. W. WILSON, the well-known nuthority Up to the time of writing there has been an posel Bozers and a combined force of Rassian, led by the Chinese troops on Monday Gormans have yet to come and furthor num- on Naval matters, in his interesting article absolute cessation of news from Peking of Abe formet, who left some twenty cdi French, and Japanese marines, resulting in the on " Naval Brigades in War," says: "Cap. since 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, and

men dead on the field. AERATED WATERtain PEROY SCOTT is a man whose name all information alike, official as well as un-

ia now fumilar to all, as the man who official, is wanting In the circumstances The public mind (native) up north is, accord- set to work to construct field carriages for a it is impossible to repress feelings of anxiety Ing to a Tienam correspondant quoted elso- number of heavy naval guns. He knew the until we learn the safe arrival at the capital where, almost inconceivably excited. No rub- weakness of our land forces in artillery; he of the marines whom yesterday wa heard bis is too proposterena for belief-the Boxera heavy guns would plex in to war; he sup- miles from Peking. The British Legation, they are inmuns to steel and lead. The in- alone seems to have foreseen the part which as having reached Lofe, some twenty are they can spit fire eren the most sober. Amrinded, - sensible Chinese are persuaded that plied the palpable want, doing just the same indeel, with its guard of seventy-fiveton is running to raciness The reaction work that PEEL did in the old mutiny days." marines, may be in little danger, and el, of course, be continges, come even and Therefore the nation owes a big debt of gra

no alarm)

to ho noted in Sir Messieurs the Boters will be discredited da titude to Captain Scors, and bis part in the CLAUDE MACDONALD'S last despatch (as much they are now oxalted. It is the Natal catapaign will never be forgotten. In far as we know) to Shanghai At least four excitement which is the real source of danger addition to the guns Captain Scorr also days, however, have edge then, and in Peking. The mob might, by one act of appears to have been responsible for giving as the loyalty of the Imperial troops was indiscretion, he led into causes which would to beleigured Kimberley and Ladysmith more than doubtful in the event of their bendi ister. cipecially ne the soldiery is communication with the outside world. It ing commanded to not against the Boters, was he who fixed the scoreblight on the it is impossible to guess what may have railway cars which enabled mesanges to be happened since Sunday Many untrust exchanged between the besieged cities and worthy rumours have originated in Tien- the relieving forces. Then we next find siu, but they have obtained no credence in Captain Scor as commandant of Durban official circles. Until telegraphic com. the city at which all the forers of the relier munication with Peking is restored it is in ing colunin landed the base really of the possible for Sir CLAUDE MACDONALD even Natal force, and as administrator he seems to have been as useful and successful as in the role of gunnery inventor. The task of administrator of a large city of Durban was not a light responsibility, threatened as Order through Local Post or by Telegrana the city was by depredatory bands of Boers, receive prompt attention.

full to overflowing with indigent refugees and many spies and suspects. But so well did he accomplish the task that he received on leaving the hearty thanks of General BULLER, the Governor of Natal, and the Town Council of Durban. Surely then it anyone merited the name of the handy man" it would be the brilliant unval officer whe lectured lust evening.

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820,425. Towards the notul increase, land

London, 12th June, 455. p.m.

TURNING LAINGS NEK. General Hildrard has forced the passage of Almonds Nek, the last defle to Charles town, the Second Dorses carrying the position at the point of the bayonet. Gen- eral Bulle hopes that the casualties are below 100.

CAPTURE OF 1,500 BOERS AT:

FICKSBURG!

parties of thirty would not be objected to. Of course there was no counting, and the thirty" zan anywhere between fity and coventy: We hear to day the men got comfortably up and marched into the city without incident. The British Legation, by far the most commodious, can take one hundred men at a pinch-fortunately the first secretary s beuss is unorempied and some of the students have recently wanted their rooms, so there are more quarters than usual,

The opposition to landing in, of course, chiefly bluff, but it is also largely due to that bane of Chinese Official life-foar of responsibility. Eneli man feare to incur consure and refers the sim- plest muatter to the man abore him in endless sor is The impatient foreignernaturally debits the delay to policy. It is here that people in Tient- sid miss Li Hung-chang. Whatever his faults, have recourse to the potty worry of calay and the old Viceroy did not fear to not, and did not chicane. A few of the larger-headed Chinese

pay the old niku has been sent deliberately to the centre of the coming storm; that he has cantionsly and costenatiously disposed his troops over the best strategio centres in the Two It is unofficially reported thar 1,500 Boera Kwang, and is fairly well ready to nup to big surrendered to General Brabant at Ficks imminent Southern rebellion in the bud. Well

RELEASE OF BRITISH PRISON EES por, and a large transfer of real property into burg.

informed Cantonese hero say there has been a large migration of women and children to Sing-

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to make a request for troops to the Foreign ravenze, exclusive of Legnies, contributed Office, who would communicate it to the $19,551, while both land and mining rents show Colonial Office, who would in turn sendo substantial increass. Every land ofles orders to Hongkong. As far as prepara- these States shows an increase, the most re- tions go, if an urgent order were sent, our workable being that at Jelehn, which exceeded force, composed as heady been stated, its former year's revenue by 87 per cent; or, if could, we believe we are right in saying, the ravente from lipanens be eliminated from start to-night erut least to-morrow morning the return of both years, the increase is 126 per It may of course be that no military aid contStrait Times will be required, but it is sincerely to be hoped that if there is any doubt in the matter a chance will be given to our garrison. The moral effect of demon strating cur ability to put troops on the required not would more than | To Captain IIPUs was left the task of compensate for the expense, even if testing in actual warfare the mobility of the there were no absolute rogessity for the mounted naval guns, and right well did they move How much of Russin a enormous in bear the test. Alone and unaided it is obfluence at Peking recently is due to the proxenlogised as a fine old soilier" By vious that the artillery of the Army could inity of large bodies of troops to the rights Brigadier General Yanga's family shenhver this trement of robels 3. Schreiner never have accomplished what was done by of Chinese empire it would be difficult to have been competisated by a grant of money & CO., LIMITED, means of the navel guns. The naval weapons 25 But the present is undoubtedly and posthumous honours for him for haviat uns tendered his resignation.

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Boers nothing could have saved it, from

TEE community owe another debt of grati- total destruction. The Boers after all were

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N-C. Daily News, state that Brigadier General Despatches received from Tientsin, says the Yang, who was ambushed and murdered by Boxers at Laishat asar Protingfu recently, while en route to investigate a case of reported murder of Christ us at Kanli, in to be "cashier ed for dieshediones of orders, in that he had bean ordered to investigate' nuri not to come to blows with the moh. This was the same officer whom the Daily News correspondent at Tiaut-

tied doing his duty, but for the fact that his had sobeyed orders? That the Boxers are

secretly favoured by the powers that be in Peking has been again and again insisted upon, Since the above was written our Special and what clearer proof can there be of this than Correspondent telegraphed the news which this censure of Brigadier Yang* appears in another column, showing the situation at Peling to be even more serious than it appeared before.

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Speaking of the theatening attitude taken up by the United States tasoru Turkey in the matter of the refund the Ports to hand over

3,650 officers and mon, prisoners at Pre- toris, have been released. The Boers suc- ceeded in removing 900.

MINISTERIAL CRISIS AT THE CAPE

There is a ministerial crisis at the Cape

REUTERS SERVICE.

LONDON, 11th June

personal, with a view to coming troubles.

The correspondent goes on to say that "in- Fires are the order of the day, and there is cendiarism is very rife in Tientata just now.

some warranty for thinking them dua to zome organisation Last night the Chartered Bank wa ugain attempted the second time in ten -days, and hat for prompt. measures would have which is used for servants quarters of the Bank been destroyed. The adjacent budding part of

was completely wrecked.”

BRITISH VALOUR

AWAN-CORRESPONDENT'S OPINION,S

I have not known precisely how to rata British alone.

The English Mail of the 19th Mey was de. { the indemnity dns on account of the Armen after s merch of eight miles; the weay, Lowes it make for how does it cont

rered in London

on the cli inet.

During the 24 hours preceding noon yastert there are fourteen fresh oates of pingue

and tou deaths.

pu. to-day

stand on a ridge ahead at Gansela

Make Losnow, 11th June,

THE ROODEVAL DISASTER

despatches lente arerything unerplained.

JAPAN AND COREA

in west

Remember that the Boar las never shown a trace of that made many a good

and yet he has we account

him a

Igood firkting Valties of the

If we analyse Briton and the is always Boar as

Воен

we Und Haut-the Briton te Theh upon death, while the

I know that the men who possess it will road

the value of this quality is disonsable. They

to a race which has sizga enjoyed and mit, au thoy despisa diose who has its valned

Kolinwing remaneza contint, on the British hose two.

THE WAR-GENERAL BULLER'S

i have scou flat it is the first of ibm kính... I ADVANCE

kare had sosny opportunities to judge it. - It Las shown. itself in

every engagement we have General Buller's force, which is camped close hed with the Boers, Rometimes too brilliantly to the Transvaal Omage boundary was opposed he entrusted to English for description, oftan

always tellingly ihsaucis, the Ting Odessa Correspondent fato action. The Boors are mushing another ever, retivafed when the keney, ordnarea come

writes From the standpoint, of party strife tilk threat of a nuval demonstration against the Porte comes nyan szcealingly cooning stroke From the side of Mr. McKinley Such a stop should raise the prestige of the States and af Here also it may be noticed front the un- HMS Terrile will leave Hongkong for the the same time the prestige of Mr. MoKinley's

• arxhis risking in life more varnished story told by Captain LIPOs North at a very early dato, in all probity on policy, which has, forsooth, tirar let that is offcially stated that at the Egilting at than the greatest mattion loaves kockary that in the first fight at Tugela, wherefore the end of the week,

we, thon, 837 that value is accompanied eatry up to a point from where she Enusit oduval on the 7th Inst., 17 of the Derbyshires the unnecessary

try Colonel Love lost his guns, by that

were killed, 70, wounded, and the remiadet passes it It has cfter some so. Grant

slaughter of those unnecessary to hesitate to threaten even a Euroken prisoners. The killed included Cot Band this shit that small disaster he saved an army from

The meeting of the Terrible Committo which poin Power, whilst at the same time it serves Donglas and Lieut. Horley, and the rounded under the surface of the reldt would have lived WOLFORU en Englishman now lying annihilation, for had the British my gone we announced in yesterday's issue will take at once as an argument and as a justification Col Wilkinson and for other oficer. There to ght no

Eght another day bad ho teen less brave on straight into the trap prepared by the plans in the Chanley of Commerce Room at 5 for the country's continually increasing expon is no explanation of the rears. An official rassing, gasking valour

lait to say for, valour-pare, nu- ditre Short'd the Republican party, which is endeavouring to lure the United Staton into the despite also says that General Men, with

ONE OF THE ELEMENTS.

tude to H.E the ACTING GOVERNOR for in-somewhat too previous in opening fire. Yokohama, has left for Earop via Siberia and at the caging, elections, the B the 8th last 10 miles south of Heillon. The this with-impatience. They do not admit that

Mr. H. A. C. BH EM & Consil at hazards of international politics, get the upper the bulk of his division was fighting early on ducing Captain Seer and Captain LINPUS Captain Laurys is undoubtedly a most : The new U.S. Consul Geral e the part is Powers in combination will have to deal with a to lecture publicly on "The Mountings colzervant officer and seems to have thorough-be Mr. E. C. Bellows, of Washington.

zar and extremely powerfyl factor in the Far the Naval Guns and their subsequent use ly mastered the whole of the situation To

East; but from all appearances it is bent on

3. just as they despise those who beast of for they are so certain of it among themselven with the Ladysmith Relief Force." Nor by him and his men likewise the nation owes The whole of the Germm Squadron in towing itself into promineses in Burope, too, doing so has Major-General Gascores per a large debt, and the success of the last Chiness water now at Takiz export this as the Forte Incident, over which the curtain Pen writing on the 29th 11 of the recent is the war beaten it has res one of the twi The Corean correspondent of the Nagoraht that they never alade to it expert in prabo of na clony, Bot ve must sprak of it in discusS- formed only a pleasing social function, for effort of General BELLER was considerably and the rutas eat, whior is acting as ghard-

gan-kost Jaguar which is on the Yangtze, Fliss not yet fallen, very strikingly shows Judicis murder in Beoul, orates with the idg in the lecture given last night the two gal due to the way in which the Terribles up at Telugted

THEN TO ANY Abst important elemente, in the earlier part of

land Naval Officers have made a most valu pounded the Boer trenches, so that their

At the Magistro festerday, before Bir That is one of the pellical comarquecos which were the bad generalship of incompetent con

Fido. What riz able addition to that literature that will com riflemen dared not show a head without a The Eastern Extension, and Grent Northpra Kai weed charged with unlawfully aud by fran brightest

Hazeland, Chung Kan Kay and Wong Man 20 cie

no one can foretell Minister Hayneli, bite of the unders aml thestrandary courage by which

2 depan has led here, en heuring pose the history of the war and its lessons to fair chance of losing it. The accuracy of Traph Companies informed us restereaydulent mong ingin four girls fra Palchol the are immediately deraanded on audience

contional's mastither

veiled or glorified their

"The Handy Man is a name the naval fire at long range suggest me that they had revived the following from the into the colony for the purpose of emigration then scat # virorɔ̃ng lester of protest to the guaces of gaining an army with long ga

must discres

sit as we discrex tha with the Eingeror. This was refied him He that will adhere to the sailor henceforth, other important lesson from the account of the uterruption of the China. One of then said she was married wires between Seoul and Tokyo have been kept battle is surely is well worth looking inte us

Internations! Telegraph Office at Bernofores, of the girls are 10 years of age and the Forei

Foreign und in Captain Score we have the term paign, namely, the ass of the telescope. Lines between Tientsin and Peking, telegrama fe

Minister and there is no doubt that the smokeless powder. The proper rating of salonr nagazine rifies or with lyddite shells, or with

exemplified. He is the handy man," as By the aid of their telescopic sight's the for the latter pines by either of the Joint Com. Woman She was fishing for crabs in her own busile et works since yeter was repeatedly instanced in the modest ac sailors were euabled to fire not only with panies cables can only be accepted at sa ford kod her to go on board a steamer with him act of that great tragedy was

It le notorious that Corta inaugurated the war the worth of these other equipments. I have country when the first defatilint cine up to her between Japan and Cuina, and the testostensible suggested that the Brition perd vidoe as a counts given lust evening. No doubt, with great accuracy but yere alle to prolong risk. During the proant crisis the Shanghai, se refused to ge, whereupon he struck her and by a minion of the Corean Emperor of Kite Os has never known the feeling of it, found him Accompaniment, like he body or his the ability that Captain Scorr possessed as their fire til British soldiers attacking Nagasaki and Vladivostock offices will remain fareed or on board. This racons defendant is fatal cation is about to deluge the Far East of regarding the quality dent agonery oficer, the invention of a gun were right up to within a short distance of opon all night for the transmission of telograms was not there, at the time. This boat brought this carriage at such a critical moment may the Boer trenches, and could take them on Government service.

in blood ? It is notorions that the relations bo-

Bghting on have seemed to him, as he tries to ex with the bayong The telescopes of the

her to Hongkong. The other girls gave some tween Japan and n certain Fewer are strained he is a

TEL BOER A HUNTER plain that it really was a very simple affair. Naval Brigade proved effemely useful so7th fast, by the use of Detective Grant, of the sail that at about a look that morning he iction in Coron

Shanghai panes announce the arrival on the similar logos De Waschoon 11 te breaking point. It is also notorious that the lo-is a hunter rather than a warrior, His

which has done An and Kwong in front of

gams is to He in hiding and an interes

him and to run

and to run the moment) He describes the carriage as merely much so that the Commander-in-Chief re- Hongkong Police having in his onstody Fritz saw the defendants and the two girls in Bon to death is in favour of that curtain Powers is threatened mean he deverend that

a log of wood to form a trull, mounted on lied upon them for accurate observation. Mat Ulbriclit, Inte Secretary of the German 19 and along a dinge doen dan antonimfantry have arrived to rolleve part of the whereas deer ofther lie or ran away

Just at this time also a company of Japanese At Belmont and Graspan an axletre with a pair of ordinary Cape and it is pleasing to know that as a Club in Bhanghai, for whose arrest for ebok he was taking the women to The man ran lering purpose has been given up, so that solist film. Therefore he vessed tu hide, beland

Whaf. He enkod the first defendant where troops in the Japanese garrison in Seoul. " wnggon wheels," and yet without that in consequence General BuLLER procured all alement a warrant was issued some weeks ago, veation Ladysmith would have fallen and the telescopes he possibly could.

The prisoner was lodged in the Central Police any but he caught him. The second das far they really constitutes reinforcement to the anlamat He dug conchis for the r the Tugela never been forced. Lord

Seoul garrison. Japan knows just what step There are other important lessons of a Station and in the forenoon was brought up at fendant said one of the women was his wife to take in this emerger and la prepared to will such Roneers also has expressed his indebted technical unture to be learned from the lecture, the German Consalate, before the Cotisal Gen-The fret defendant admitted having bought the take it

DNA that ther the types paka ness to the naval gune. It is well here to and we have no doubt the valuable experi- sormally read to his. In the aften, Uib. Hi Worship said the practice of bringing LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. long as

would hold back even the extra girls and that he was taking them to Cauton ---

orginary value which regarded the death of quote Captain Bcor's own words. "Oneness and work of both officers will be apprecht was brought before the Vic Card, Dr. Fong girls from Pakhoi and other places had

AE Belmont and heeft in a few. Wednesday, the 25th October, General ciated by those for whom they are intended. Ackerman and his statement was taken in become very common and mast be put down.

WAY surprised An The H. M. steamer Sydney, with the next jolted out of his talen by this calour, but with White, in Ladysmith, finding that he had Neither officer indulged in any criticism of camera, also particulars as to witnesses he winked. The first defendant would be sent to prison to French Mall, left Saigon yn the 19th inst. af 1 locustomed for-like ennuing he there! no Artillery capable of keeping the Boer the campaign or of those facts which came to have called, etc. The date of the lial proper 10 months and the second, whose base was not The C20. steamer Thyre left Yokohama it serve his deadly purpose by leading his vice

p.m. for this port

counted upon this quality in his foes, and made siege gune in check, wired to know it, it within their experience. That has been left is not yet fixed.

on the 18th inf. for Kobe Mon and Hongkong, tims into his pitfalls.

the untion.

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