We translate the following curious telegram which the" Sinwénpao's" North Chinchou correspondent—sends that paper:—"There have arrived some 50,000 new Russian troops at Mukden. These now troops are not white men but are of a brownish black (sic) colour." As the Central Asians of the Russian Empire are mainly fair with light hair and blue or grey eyes—the Kirghizes only being black-haired while they are not numerous by any means—the nature of the recent Russian reinforeomonts as depicted by the "Sinwéupao's" correspondent, becomes a riddle.
The Mandarin Derivation of the words "stopped for ever" has apparently certain mental reservations attached, as may be seen by the following. It will be remembered perhaps by our readers that an Imperial Edict was issued early last year commanding that, ending with the beginning: of Autumn of that year the gale of substantive official rank will be " stopped for ever" and that on no account is it to be reopened. The great scarcity of funds to carry on the work people of tue Empire of China we are certain that his Excellency Tang Sao-yi's Mission to Tibet cannot but have beneficial results to foreign commerce in Tibet and its dependencies and of suppressing the so-called rebellion strengthen the friendly relations between in Kuangsi province caused H.E. Tsen India and Tibet and its suzerain, China, Chinn-stion strongly to advise the sale of substantive official rank once more as The Russians in Mudken, there appeared to be no other way by remarks a Tientsin correspondent who which funds could be collected for the has received dispatches of very recent military exchequer of the Two Kuang dete from Mukden, show every indication provinces. Peking apparently found it of wintering in that city, if they can convenient to forget the special Imperixl manage to resist the attacks of the ad-decree of last year, mentioned in the vaneing Japanese armies. For this foregoing and we now find from a reason the Russians are making ultra Canton dispatch to hand that the Board elaborate earth and stone defences of Revenue has sent down to Viceroy around three sides of the Mukden Tsen a large number of printed forms suburbs—west, south and eastern faces, and receipts issued by that Board where-Moreover they have received since their by anyone purchasing said forms will defeat at Liaoyang nearly 68,000 now be allowed to assume any official rank troops, besides 144 field guns and several he pleases according to the amount be tens of machine guns, the latter of which pays. are being placed in embrasures constructed inside carefully made trenches as to assist the holders of these 28th September. frenchies successfully to resist the frontal An Excellent Selection. charges of the recklessly brave Japanese.
His Excellency T'ang Shao-yi, pro-It is the opinion of all who have seen the moted, as may be observed by the Imdefences at Liaoyang that those made at ial decree published above, from the Mukden, and even at Tiebling, are great-Tientsin Customs 'I tai ship to that of ly superior in strength and strategical Special Imperial High Commissioner to effects to those at Liaoyang and friends investigate matters in Tibet, and whose of the Japanese in Mukden are greatly newly given rank and titles put him on concerned about their success when they a footing of official equality with the begin their attack on the Russian Governor of a Province of the Empire, trenches. The losses of the attackers was born in the district of Hsiangshan will doubtless exceed those suffered at (near Macao), Kuangchou (Canton) pre-Liaoyang and if the Japanese succeed in fecture, province of Kuangtung, about driving out the Russians from Mukden, forty-four years ago. His Excellency is the triumph will be great indeed and will near clansman of the late Taotai 'T'ang make the Japanese troops the most Ting-ch'u (better known to foreigners as invincible in the world. Even the Rus-Tong King-sing), the well-known benchjians have been heard to tell the Chinese man of the late Marquis Li Hung-chang in Mukden that if the Japanese succeed and founder of the China Merchants in driving the former out of the city, Ca,, and Kaiping Colliery, and is Russia will have to sue for peace, member of that talented band of returned for after Mukden nothing, not even American students, officially known as superiority in men and guns, will stop the Chines Educational Mission of 1873, the progress of the Japanese. to the United States, the first batch of Merely Gossip. students ever sent abroad to study by the Imperial Government.
According to a Peking letter the Wai-When war broke out between China and wuhu has not yet received any official confirmation of the signing of the above-Japan in 1894, his Excellency was Chinese named Treaty as translated in these Consul-General at Seoul, at which ti also H. E. Viceroy Yuan Shih-k' columns the other day. Moreover, Na was Chinese Resident at the Corean Court.
Tung, the President of the Waiwupu, is said to be greatly opposed to the terms of When the Boxer troubles broke out in the Treaty as published in the Pross and June 1900 in Tientsin his Excellency was Director of the North-China Rail-wishes to prevent the signing of such a document by the Dalai Lama if possible. way and this line having been taken pos-Furthermore, Vu T'ai, the Chinese Pro-session of by the Allies his Excellency was called to Shantung to assist his sident at Lhassa, in a late telegram has patron Yuan Shih-kai, then Governor of made no mention of the signing of such that province, While at Chinan his Ex-Treaty and it is therefore hoped at the cellency, then an expectant Taotai, start-Waiwapu that the news of the signing is the scheme of modern' educational merely a rumour. It is very probable ed schools throughout Shantang province that the appointment of H.E. Tang and through his influence made prac-Shao-yi as special High Commissioner to investigate matters in Tibet has been ticable the new university now flourish. ing in the city of Chinan. Through his made with the intention of drawing up whole oficial career his Excellency has anew treaty with the Indian Government. ways been uniformly friendly to foreigners and foreign missionaries.
When H. E. Yuan Shih-kai was 29th September. called in 1901 to Chibli to succeed Decorations for Japanese Officials, the late Marquis Li Hung-chang as The Chinese Imperial Government, Viceroy of that province Taotai Tang through BLE. Lu Hai-huan, Chinese Shao-yi also accompanied his patron, Treaty Commissioner, has decorated eight-who made the latter, first, Acting Customs een Japanese gentlemen who were con-Taotai of Tientsin, and then mainly ect d with the recent Tarif negotiations through whose diplomacy and exertions between the two countries. The decurawhen the Provisional Government retired tions—Sturs "f the Double D.agon and in favour of the rightful masters, nccompinying sashes—were sent by the he was made substantive Taot:
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