Colonel Count yon Schlippenbach courteously informs us that the last det: ment of German troops. will leave Shan: t, the 3rd will embark at Mele Pontoon, opposite the French Consulite-General, at about 8.50 am. As soon_as they have small body, including the Shang the departure Count, and he rty welewme shi him hack te Andersen, of the ELM hansi, sends us an i his voyage up the "an cheng, in Hupei "Up the Ha boat, slow but On some of the boat A few journey beyond Hankow, we meta head wind and could not proceed. A boat coming down towards us struck on the sand and tun poor people on board I possessed and almost well. Further up the river a boat with a mandarin as passenger was capsized and a drowned Many other wrecked. of the year the water is very shallow} is deeper, it rans so fa at the end had traversed one mile fi point where we were the previous ni A Gold Countr; has brought riown from the hill \es of rin, and there must he plenty of the precious metal in the country when it cumes. People were out in large numnhers to yatiier it from the sand Among the many boats going up and down the Han river were 2 few with pilgrims going up to Yutangshan, about 100 miles from Lachokua further up the river. One night three of these boats, with a great many pilgrims, were lying alongside us and a great noise they made till very late. At last the chief of the party, a mandarin named Loo Yé, sent over his card and asked to see me. He told me the party were on their way uj to the hill, Yutang, to worship the gol idol at that place, and that they had come all the way from the Chekiang province. The Situation in Kansu.
An answer toa telegram sent to Hsian, Shensi, may interest you. It runs! "Information has been' received from Pingyangfu, Kansu, that there are existing rumours prevalent of rebellion. A crisis seems imminent. Officials powerless to ct." Later: Taotai suppressed rumor renin stanees have not altered, 25th November. If General (Tung Fu-hsiang?) not checked, cause for grave apprehension. All quiet now."
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