Numerous orders, according to Peking dispatches, have been lately issued to the Viceroys and Governors of provinces to anake every preparation for hostilities in the event of a war between Japan and Russia, Special instructions have also been given for the protection of foreign missionaries and mission property in the interior.
The Corean Raid into Kirin, reported in these "Notes" in the beginning of the month, according toa Hun-chun, Kirin province, dispatch, has come end, the raiders having been lately driven back by the troops sent by the Tartar General of the province.
Viceroy Chang Chih-tung, according to a Wuchang dispatch, is expected to leave Peking for that city to-day, and in view of His Excellency's return' to his old post, his yamen has been repainted and renewed in places to make ready for the great man's occupation. It is stated that Viceroy' Chang will have charge of the Yangtze defences in the event of war between Japan and Russia, as well as the duty of supplying reinforcements to the Imperial forces in the North.
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