Both the Chinese Eastern Railway and South Manchuria Railway intend to observe strict neu! which means to say they wil to transport troops belonging to either side. This will affect but little the Mongolians, who are well mounted and who can subsist on almost anything. The same cannot be said of the Chinese troops whose commis t must be on a big scale, ae it meat long, winter campaign for troops who are neither used to hardships or enthusiastic to fight. Very little "official" news has been given out these last days by the Chinese authorities, Governor Chao of Mukden having prepared a special telegraph code for the use of the expedition and issued orders that any informant of unauthorized official news will be court-martialed,
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