To mention Newchwang without mentioning Russia is like acting Hamlet without the melancholy Prince. It is continuous preparedness with them. About 60 Cossacks are stationed in the Russian Consulate grounds, and the gunboat Otwajny lies amidstream a little below the Russo-Chinese Bank, with a pi for any shift. During the night t light works round from her. In the day the Cossacks are exercising themselves with a Maxim. Perfect order is preserved among the Russians. A Japanese cruiser is expected to-morrow.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.