It is interesting in reading the papers and comparing facts to note what a difference there was between the stand-up fight which the Chinese made against the Japanese at the Yalu, and what the Spaniards have been able to do. Yet the latter are in no wise deficient in valour. One does not wonder that the Chinese Government desires to have English instructors for its new fleet with such a contrast before it. 4 18th July.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.