When the first order came that a hundred men of the Chinese Regiment at Weihaiwei were to go to the front, the men were greatly delighted, and they were correspondingly disappointed when the order was countermanded. They represented that they expected Chinese authorities to shiily-shaily like that, bat not British. The order was accordingly given that half the regiment should go to the front, at which the other half were s0 dise tressed that 97 of them deserted en blue that night. A new order was given that the remaining half should hold themselves in readiness to proceed to the front, and this restored confidence. In fact, we hear that the men off duty spend their time on the beach looking for the steamer that is to take them to the scene of action.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.