In Japan one member of the Imperial Cabinet, two judges of the Supreme Court, two presidents of the Lower House of Parliament, and three Vice-Presidents of State are Christians. In the present Parliament the president and thirteen members in a total membership of three hundred are Christians. In the army there are one hundred and fifty-five Christian officers, or three per cent of all; and the two largest battleships are commanded by Christians. In Tokio three of the eight daily papers have Christian editors.
We have received the " Chefoo Daily News" of the 25th inst—The death on the 20th inst. is announced of Pere A. Dafrancois, a Franciscan, of the Catholic Mission of Eastern Shantung, at the age of 30. He arrived in China three years ago, learnt Chinese, and was placed in charge of the local seminary at Chefoo, "a post which he filled with rare tact and success."—Refugees from Dalny are swarming in Chefooand have brought with thema rare flock ofcanards. They reported that there were 30,000 Russians, strongly entrenched, in Kinchou. All the Russian men-of-war in Port Arthur are in good order, except the Retvizan, and the har-hour is not blocked. They left four vessels in Dalny, the Nagadan, Zola, Amur, and Boreia. The two English engineers, Messrs. Soper and Maclean, were to leave Dalny the next day, on which date the Japanese were expected to attack. The refugees comprised 60 Russsiaus snd 400 to 500 Chinese, the Europeans being mostly employes of the Chinese Eastern Railway. Communication between Dalny and Port Arthur was still intact, but Port Arthur is entirely cut off from the north.
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