Chinese are almost a missing quantity in 'Taku just now. The service coylies and those' working on the. ships have the word "British" round their hats, and many of them are so fearful of the Russians that the ships' officers have to do escort duty for them ashore.
'THE DEAD AT TIENTSIN, There is a horrible state of affairs at Tientsin, the river being full of the bodies of Chinese men, women and children. Yvery day some 50 to 100 bodies are jammed against the pontoon bridge and are creating a pestilence.
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