The Volunteers who were doing sentry duty at the police stations on Saturday eved that they have well learned the jessen of vigilance and obedience to orders, challenging all, great and small, who came near them. Some amusing stories are tuid of high officials being held up" at the Dayonet's point with a Halt, who goes there?" Our citizen soldiers generally entered into the spirit of the work admizably.
1,400 cenwaNs FoR TiENrsIN, In a letter dated Tsku, 16th June, the special correspondent of the Ostasiatische Lloyd" says:—The German transport Kiln has received orders to proceed from Paingtao to Taku with 1,400 troops.
'A private letter from Hankow dated the, Q0th inst. says that everything was perfectly quiet there and the authorities firmly determined to put dowa any rowdyism. H. M. S. Linnet was expected on the lst. The Hankow ladies and child-ron who had gone to Kuling for the summer had returned, it being considered wiser to do this.
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