An Imperial message dated the 19th inst, was sent to General Baron Nishi, commanding the Sendai Division, as follows "The Second Division has successfully driven off the enemy, double in strength of our forces, who attacked Motionling and neighbourhood, availing themselves of a fog at dawn. It has waged a hot engagement and destroyed the enemy's plan of recovering the position. We Gooply appreciate its bravery."
General Nishi replied "We are in receipt of a warm message from your Majesty with regard to the engagement at Motienling and its vicin and we, your Majesty's humble are' deeply grateful. The present victory of our Division is solely due to your Majesty's imperial glory, and it shall be our constant endeavour to perform our proper duties. I beg to present this reply."
Dum-dum Bullets.
The Japanese correspondents attached to General Kuroki's headquarters at Toakokou, telegraphing under date of the Yith inst., report that among the spoils seized by the right wing of the First Army at Sz'taokou on the 28th June were a number of ammunition belts containing "dum-dum" bullets for quick-firing revolvers. These will shortly be brought to Tokio and submitted to the experts for examination. If they prove to be "dum-dums," the uso of which is prohibited by the Hague Convention, Japan will lodge a protest through a third Power. In answer to recent Russian allegations of Japanese cruelty, the correspondents have enumerated instances of Russian outrages.
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