no longer fests over Weihaiwei. It came down on the evening of the 15th not to up again. At 8 otlock next morning the British flag was formally hoisted and_saluted—first from an English ship and then from a Chinese. That same afternoon three hundred bluejackets, from different ships, were landed on the mainland and the streets. In this way the word has gone forth to China and the world that England intends to maintain her hold on this place. It was a hot day but I only heard of one man who bad to fall out of the ranks suffering from heat prostration.
'THE TERRITORY OCCUPIED, I understand, is a plot of ten miles in any direction from the shore of the bay. In this Chinese troops cannot locate except by special permission from the English authorities. Outside of this is the
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