To the east is a market town, called Sunglitth. Tt is a trifle over ten miles away. An officer of small rank, with a retinue of four soldiers, was thinking of taking his noon meal at this place. Hardly was he seated when the landlord came and sat down beside him. Disgusted with such fimiliatity, he made some harsh remark, when the landlord whispered to him, "Does your Honour know that in the inn right opposite are some 169 or 170 Hoxers? The young officer was startled. Wh; he replied, Ihaven'tany guard with me of any account, and even they have no arms." Accordingly he left his tiffin umeaten, and hastened on to xive necessary information to his superior here. It is a remark of 1 noted dramatist that troubles come not single spies but in battalions." Hard the above news been well digested, and the differ ollicials requested to he active in giving protection, since it lain the said Boxers were looking in our direction, when the commander of all the military forces in this part of Shantung received word from his inferior oticer that there had been a serious outbreak in Enhsien. The said officer had 100 or more soldiers under him, who ought to ho able to meet three times that number. This will help to show the gra situation. It has long been ku Boxers have been planning to the. villages in that county where are several Christian families, but the policy of the Govermnent still seems to be to do as Tittle as possible. The attention of officials has been called to the
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