The war news is practically nil. Report has it that the Moslems are "dodging" about the field and harassing rather than fighting the Imperialists, Further, it is widely believed that the followers of Islam mean to reorganise and make a further and more desperate effort to avenge their wrongs. They say that they honourably opened negotiations for peace and were hoodwinked, now there is no course open but to fight to the bitter end. The Government, at all events, continues to send arms and ammuni-
The highway to Kashgar is now open and tion in Preperation for a farther campaign. held by the Imperialists; but the lack of organisation and leadership makes the hope of any speedy termination of hostilities extremely remote. A curious piece of news—the political importance or non-importance of which it were hard to guess—is this: the Mahommedans in Russia have sent special deputies to China Moslems informing them not to go to Arabia next year (XXII Kuang Hsii) because Turkey means to fSeht England, and therefore travelling would be unsafe.
THE DEATH OF 3. REDFERN, of Lanchou, Kansu, was notified by telegram two days ago. He was one of the pioneer missionaries of the North-west in connection with the China Inland Mission. He has suffered nota few of the hardships inevitable to such enterprise and done service in the distant city of Lanchou. No particulars are Yet known as to the cause of his early leath. He leaves a young widow and children, for whom the de~pest sympathy must be felt in their exceedingly lonely and distressing circumstances.
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