It is reported from Peking to the effect that should there be no trouble with Russia it is the intention of s me of the members of the G: il to advise the Empress Dowa Viceroy Shih-kai down South as Viceroy of the Two Kuang provinces, vice Viceroy T taking with him his foreign-modelled army, and also to recommend General Ma fan, wh" is now Provincial Com-!
er-in-Chief "f Chihli, as Commander-f of Kuangsi province, wit the of also taking dowa with him his corps of 29,000 men, ati Feeling. of the Mandarinate in the provinces is that China ought to Russia for Manchuria, but for a lingering fear that she should he left in the lurch by Japa and made to fight Russia alone and uni istd. In this case the us China opposed ty Russia.
drawback to Chin: fighting Jane is the former's arms and properly disciplined arm
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