Tsinanfu, Oct. 7.
Beside the thirty Japanese soldiers who yesterday occupied the station of the Shantung Railway, one hun: dred and fifty additional soldiers are expected to arrive here to-day.
Peking, Oct. 8 China has lodged " third empbatig and energetic protest with Japad against the violation of China's neu reality, by Japan, demanding. thai instructions be given to withdraw the Japanese troops. ment is ili about the procedure of the Japanese, Rumours are current amongst them, according to which 7,000 Chine: troops at Lokow will open fire upo: the Japanese, if they are to cross ti Hoangho. A reply to the inter! pellation will be given to-morrow.
The "Takungpao" reports that the Government has ordered Tutuhs of Shansi; Honan and Man churia to make military proportion to support: the Shantung troops. vinoes that foreigners are forbid: in future to enter Ohinese camps! fortifications, docks, wireless tions, military stores and stables. view to the "North-China Daily News" as that paper has constantly refused to pay the subscription fee, including that for the month before the outbreak of the war. The "North-China Daily News," bow-ever, continues to publish our telegrams, being apparently unable to dispense with them. Since tLe telegrams are not delivered to the paper it is obvious that they are obtained by back-stair methods. This is a simple act of brigandage, in whi the paper is assisted by one or another of the subscribers to our telegraph service, although the telegrams are marked " For the use of subscribers only"; and the receiver is as bad as the thief. We are un: able to stop these highway methods, as no British Court will at present The " Northws' does not stop short at theft, however. It practises what amounts to forgery. For years it has suppressed such items of news in our service as did not support its views, or has even omitted words in or changed the wording thereof in such a way as to alter the sense of the telegram. We decline therefore any responsibility for alleged "German Reports" appearing in the "North-China Daily News."
There is only one point in the above worth bothering our readers about, except, of course, that the statement that we refused to pay the subscription' fee'" in simply untrue. It is however, quite trae that our contemper: sumably in annoyance at having some cut os out of the Het of his clint, his more flagrant deceplioas unsiaahed, and we gladly give him credit for ae: curacy on one subject at least, So we to obtain the service through ly he never ex-our readers +h, unconscious
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