The recent slight display of anti-Russian activity on the part of China is exciting some anxiety here, the reports that have come to band lately of the movements of the Chinese troops in the south of Manchuria being of a nature to cause alarm. These rumours have not yet been fully confirmed, but, on the other band, it is a fact that the Russian Military Club st Harbia wus burnt to the ground on the night of ist December. More Trouble in Chemulpo-'Another fracas seems to have occurred in Chemalpo and two Russian warships have been dispatched from Port Arthur to that port. No news as to' the nature of the Affray has as yet leaked out. The Russians feel very sore ubout the last row in Chemulpo, of which a presumably impartial authority, a German, gives the following account Some Japanese establishment was celebrating ts opening day and when some Russian liberty men happened to stroll into the vicinity they were invited to partake of the cup that cheers and also inebriates. After taking, one of them got up and tried to some cigarettes at a stall in the premises but, owing to the stall-keeper not understanding his gestures, he received in-Stead of cigarettes a blow across the face with a bag said to contain stones. Thus the row began.
"The Japanese police and population are alleged to have done their best to make Short work of the Russian sailors, who were very much inferior i in number to their opponents and a steam-launch _belonging is to the Shosen Yusen
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