The Archive · 1898

Soldiers Have Arrived

from Chénugtu and are in barracks in the vicinity of the city. In all probability the trouble in connection with Yi and his lieutenants will continue indefinitely, as there is apparently a tendency on the part of the mandarins to go back to the old policy of "do nothing on the offensive." It is a great nuisance, and one that calls loudly for radical alteration. Peace will never be assured until Yi has been captured and properly dealt with. The rumours in regard to M. Fleury are as conflating as ever. I can only say that BL Haas regards his poor priest as x dead man,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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