From " well-informed source we learn that the troops under General Li Nan-ang, now at Tsunhuachou, where they form' part of General Ma Yi-k'an's army, were moved on the 7th inst. to Funing" hsien, 70 li from Shanhaikuan, while a cavalry brigade under a Brigadier named Ma was to move from Ttungehou to Lnoing, 40 li south vf the railway at Lanchou. The Intter would reinforce troops area there, which were part of the Viceroy's army, and it appeared as if there was some idea of preparing for eventualities, The Proposed Removal of the Court from Peking for Hsian, with reference to which preparations were being male for some time past, his been given up and the Court is not' expected to abandon Peking for the present, even though war take place between Japan and Russia This is said to have been due paltly to the Tamonstrances of certain Foreign Ministers and partly through the representations of Na Tung, President of the Waiwupu, who explained to the Empress Dowager that if the Court removed from Peking it would be the signal for malcontents everywhere to create disturbances difficult to put down. Furthermore, as the Foreizn "Ministers vesicled in Peking, they would take good care not to allow any single Power to dominate the Capital to the detriment of the Imperial Court,
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