Tientsin, 23rd May.
The destruction of the Lu-Han Railway by the rebels continues. Yuan Shih-k'ai's disciplined. troops seem useless to contend against the rebels of south-western Chihli, The ordered i "the Chinese officials foreign employees in the country are
stoutly maintain that all is quiet—Our own correspondent.
IMPERIAL AUDIENCES, to the Peerage as Baton Pauncefote of Preston in 1899, and in that year served as First British Delegate to the Peace Conference at the Hague. Lord Pauncefote was 74 years of age.—Ep. ""N.-C. D. N."]
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