Fakumen, Dec. 21.
Commerce is proverbially susceptible to disturbance from military causes. The Japanese garrison, which was placed in Chenchiauun (Liaoyuanchou) shortly after the outbreak of the war, has, through no fault of its own, caused a con siderable set-back to trade. It is true that the actual arrival of the foreign troops, preceded as it was the withdrawal of General Wu, the Chinese commander of the district, naturally gave rise to excite ment. But shortly afterwards, neral Wu returned to his accustomed post and things might well have gone on as usual.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.