'Mrs. A. N. McGeo and her party, ten ladies in all, arrived at Yokohama from the States on the 21st inst., two days overdue, their mission being to assist the Tapanoso Red Cross Society. Mrs. T. Richardson, an English lady,' has recently arrived at Tokio to take part in the duty of nursing wounded soldiers. Many applications of the kind have been made of late to the Japanese Legation in London, and it has been decided that small number should be enrolled. Mrs. Richardson is the first English Isdy to receive permission to serve.
The Songchin Raid.
The Russian' soldiers who came down to Songohin, N.E. Corea, appear to have destroyed everything there that bore the' semblance of a foreign residence. They did not attempt to discriminate between Japanese property and foreign property although there was no resistance, and the Russians were in undisturbed possession of the town. Songehin is an open port, and foreigners were residing there in strict accord with their treaty rights.
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