This was the rumour current. in Shanghai on Satirday among the Jocal mandarins, but news from reliable sources denies the truth of the-report. It is stated that the above report was circulated in order not to arouse any premature outbursts of hostility on the part of.the Russians in Manchuria. The New Headquarters at
General Li Chan-ch'wo, Commander-in-Woosung.- 1' % eae Chief. of this province,' who has been instructed i Wei of Nanking to remove his headquarters irom Sungkiane to Woosung, was in the latter place on Saturday and appeared to be busy selecting houses in the vicinity to serve as his new headquarters.
12th January.
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