took place Ite last night Sunday (5th May) inthe Taku Road here. Two Russian officers were out for their own amusement visiting the local " Haymuket," when they became a little quarrelsome; the British military" po'eo, followed, the tradi ional methods of our folk, got the two gentlemen out of the grog-shop where a row was brewing and psssel them along up the beat with much good humour and forbenrance. The gentlemen then came across two Germm military police and assumed a more truculent attitude; they were taken very seriously, and at last one of the officers drew his sword and advanced threteningly on the two soldiers. The Intter shouted a caution, but with no effect; so they fired into the more belli-case of the two with the re-ult that corpse was taken to the German Hospital in a few minutes. Ihave not been able to ascertain his name; he belonged to a Russian gavboat and was up in Tient on leave. [need hardly say that the cident has created a very painful impression all round. The two military police are under arrest pending investigation,
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