Among many interesting incidents reported from the Yalu is the following Very early on the morning of th Ist May, 'a little group of the Staff of the Guards Division and _nowspay correspondents were gatha: together a suiall kopje behind Husan, con g a fine view of Kiulioneh intervening river. When dropped by some to the effect that Kiu-Tien would fall into the Japanese hands in a fow hours, a certain French war correspondent shrugged his shoulders and said that, gallant as the Japanese we he would Wager 500 yen against their crossing the river on that day. Before an hour and a quarter had elapsed after the conversation, the Guards began to wade the Ai River, and soon the Rising Sun was flying on' the opposite bank of the Yalu." Almost simultancowly the Twelfth Division was seen surging on Kiulion from the Upper Yalu, the Second Division approaching the enemy from the direction of Antung all on the farther side of the Yalu. On perceiving this the little group of war correspondents on the kopje of Husan raised shouts of banzais, at the expense of the French correspondent, who is reported to have looked rather crestfatlen.
Corean Reform. a result of the Ca istrative reform, the Minister Imperial Houscholt forbade on Oth inst. all the official witches and fortune-tellers from entering the Lnperial Palace thereafter. The Corean Government which is naturally superstitious, has hitherto been employing them as advisers and in cases of difficulty they have been allowed to interfere w affairs of State thus causing hitches in administration. The Government has now taken this decisive (at least for Corea) measure but whether it will con-tinne that way is doubtful.
The Cabinet Ministers at Seoul resigned yesterday.
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