Viceroy Liu has received telegram phic instructions from Peking to be prepared to resist by force British warships entering the Yangtze in large numbers as it is feared that as soon as it is learnt that Russia will help China, Great Britain will at once seize the Yangtze Valley. A corps of 10,000 foreign-drilled troops have also been requisitioned from Viceroy Liu to proceed overland to the North. Viceroy Chang Chih-tung of Wuchang has also been instructed to act in conjunction with Viceroy Liu for the defence of the Yangtze Valle;
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