The same paper states that on the 3rd instant several janks; which had been loaded at Chefoo with food supplies by two Russians and destined for Port Arthur, were stopped by the Chefoo Customs officers when'on the point of departure.
Russian Conduct at Liaohsi, A Tientsin dispatch, states that Viceroy Yuan Shih-K'ai has received a. report. from General Ma Vu-kun complaining of outrages by Rassian troops at Linohsi, om the western banks of the Liao river, and declaring that if this continues he will not be able to hold bock his men any longer from openly making reprisals' on the Russians. The latest, outrage is alleged to have been a wanton attack upon some Chinese soldiers patrolling the western, or neutral side of the Liao, esulting in over 'a dozen men being shot and Killed by the Russians. A' Peking letter now states that General Ma Yi-kun has ordered all the troops (two brigades) hitherto left by him to garrison his headquarters town of 'T'ungchou, near Peking, to start at once for Shanhaikuan and thence to Chinchou stationed mandarin circles that the Russians are trying their best to irritate the Chinese at Lisointo opening. hostilities in order to give the former the, excuse of retreating west of si, an -hopest.and a the T.iso when hard pressed by the Japanese,
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