We have been favoured with the following interesting letter for publication Newchwang, 13th March.
Dean Dr. Panxer,—I have to thank you for your wire of the tenth which reached me only yesterday. I was down at Chinchou last week and arranged with Tang Tien-huang, the Tartar-General's wei yuan who has been assisting us in the work, to purchase grain for us at Chin-chou and other places along the line. The price of grain is rising every day, so that the sooner we buy the better. There is no doubt that grain will be very scarce throughout Southern Manchuria until. autumn comes again.
We have had no communication from atr frisids in Mukden since the fighting began more than a fortnight ago, Com:
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