A Nanking dispsteh states that General Cheng Wen-pin, command: g the combine Rescue Armies" of Fukien, Chekiang, Kiangsi, Anhui, Hupeh, and MgXU pro= e's, (Sent up north daving the ~wmmer)
red on Saturday to Viceroy Liu K'unyi from Weihuifu, Honan province, where he and his troops have lately returned from Shansi to oppose the westward progress of the Allied forces, for at lerist 5,000 Mauser magazine rifles, It appears that they have enough ammunition up north, as 10. demand way made for it. It is to be hoped that, in view of the circumstances, Vi Liu will make "uch delay in sen Mausers—he cannot openly refuse to do so—that by the time H. &. i send them neither General uso the rifles.
Ascording to an official dispatch from Paoting there are n-w at present only 2,000 Allied troops in that city, and they' are divided as follows:—The British troy hold the North-gate aad that portion in its vicinity inside Paoting city; the Italian troops at the South-gate; the Germans at the Eust-gate; and the French at the West-gate. The French, moreover, have taken charge of the Government of the city and suburbs, 'THE SHANGHAI TAOTAISHIP, By the Imperial decree of the 17th inst. promoting the Shanghai Taotai Yi Lien-yuan to the Provincial Treasurership of Hunan, it would seem that H. no lor remain in the now holds, and the duty of Viceroy Liu Ktun-yi will be to appoint a successor to H.E. Yi who shall be a persona grata to the Foreign Consuls here. So far, the tmujority of Tantais eligible for the' post are mostly ignorant of international relations, while the former Tsotai of this port, Tsai Chun, has put himself out of the running owing to the fact that he was removed from his pot by Intperial decree on account of certain delinquencies charged against him, notably for his transactions in rie export made during his tenure of office here. It is now reported, according to a Nanking dispatch, that Viceroy Liu thinks of sending an official named T'so Séng-chia, an expectant Taotai of this province, to take H.E. Yui of this portion of Kiangsu, being 3 man place, he being a persona grata tothe people
of very liberal views and very popular with his confreres. It was also due to T'ao Taotai's efforts that Viceroy Liu entered into the Yangtze Compact last summer with the Foreign Consuls here, and as T'no Taolai was Viceroy Lin's deputy at the conference and also signed the document for the Viceroy of the Liangkiang provinces he would be just the man to succeed Yii Tao ai, knowing as they both do the provisions of the Compact and the duties incumbent on the Shanghai Taotai vie-d-yis. Foreign interests,
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