On the 27th of March, a batch of Russian prisoners passed through, mostly of those attached to the Red Crags and captured at Mukden. In number they were about 350—of whom ton were officers, twenty-seven nurses, and the rest ordinary soldiers. The last-mentioned were conveyed from Niucbiatun to the Imperial Chinese Railway station direct por junk, whilst the former arrived per launch snd were quartered, some in the hotel, others in the Assembly Rooms, and still others partook of the kind hospitality of the French Consular Agent, looking after Russian interests. The next morning the whole proceeded by train to Shanhaikuan and loft for th homes vii Chinwangtao. Those seen locally looked quite cheerful, and seemed contented with their lot and the treatment meted them by their captors. Slight annoyance must, nevertheless, have been felt by thes strangers, picturesque in their miscellaneous attire, under the ci cumstances unavoidable, when thecamor fiends. wont to work—cameras to the right of them, cameras to the left of them, cameras in front of them, and cameras behind them—snap, snap, snap, no escape from the searching gaze of the sharp-eyed louse. "Nichevor," what does it matter after sll said and done.
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