An attempt was made to stop supplies reaching Weihaiwei recently. One morning the folk in theFenylia village were awakened to find themselves surrounded by a line of armed men with)strange black faces, who sisted on certain whose names were given accompanying them to the Island. Since then there has not been any attempt made to interfere with supplies, at any rate not in the immediate neighbourhood:
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