The following telegram is alleged to have been received by the high provine authorities, south of the Yellow riv from Shou Shan, Tarter General of Heir lungehiang (itsibar), dated the 19th inst., with reference to the fighting in the Amar region between Manchus and Rus-sikhs, already reported in these columns.
have received no reliable news from cither Peking or Tientxin asto the situation there. In Southern Manchuria (Fengtien) owing to the Russians having seized the Tiehling Fass, communication by eyrier post las been cut for the last six or seven days, I have repeatedly telegraphed to Yang Jui (Chinese Minister at St. Petersburg) asking him to ask the Russian Foreign Office the rexsou of this, and their reply was that owing to the rioting on all sides of the Boxers, their destruction of obstruction of work thereon, of the Ieeal authorities to preserve the the Russian anthorities had no alternative except hasten up troops to protect their propert: press the rebellion' Ju cou: ence of friend. aut struction, which were repeated tw y the other day, J suzzested that we should both withdraw oar troops in order to any sus ioion of hostility bet pective when T as tha on of July, the Russian Railway construelorand his people xt Fu place 701i west of Tsitsihar cial capital, had own houses, destr-ying at the same the Chinese telegraph dene this dam: u Re in their railway: ears te Charhin river. Th came down south thousand str ne. 1 Charbin telegram matic of first att to seck safe " ind holding the Chinese gov Spomsible for the safety of the while railw: Manchuria, The crisis at the present is very serious and Tam being hardly pressed by "the Russims, To trust that" you will kindly state the whol" ci: cums'ances to the hewsprpers for publication s" that they may know the rights and wrongs of the You earn, on the other hand e for the defence ut out in the east to the best of wy obit,
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