Sept. 14.
Words utterly fail to express our feelings of admiration for the heroism of the Navy, as recounted in the vivid description lof the Wanhsien incident which we publish to-day. So that there may be no misunderstanding of the case, it must be, pointed. out! that to Wanhsien at present no, large force can be sent, because of physical difficulties, and acjeordingly the naval detachment} Jdespatched there must certainly have known that it might have encounter very considerable odds. How great these would there was no means of judg-jing, but that did not in the least affect their outlook on the fulfil-Rirned. out, it was a case of ent of their mission. As it
something like fifty men against four hundred on the merchant steamer first tackled and the!
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