The night patrols of the police ind gendarmerie have been doubled ize and particular attention is paid to the outlying regions. The Administration is taking every precaution and preparing for any even-triality. A sudden descent upon this port, however, would be next to miraculous. Tsingtao lies on the southern side of the Shantung peninsula, or the side farther removed from Manchuria, Any expedition from the north would entail travelling several hundred miles and it would be next to impossible for any troop movement to cover this distance without previous warning. Besides, such transports would have Admiral Wen's squadron to contend with, admitted that Admiral Wen's warships are antiquated and not very seaworthy; still, they have an undoubted value in patroling the coast of the province and warding off any thrust from Manchuria, Marshal Wu Pei-fu's special officers arrived here and are diligently dri Wen's marines, who are showing considerable progress. The local regiment makes a smart appearance fon parade and is becoming a well-Aiseiplined and well-equipped body of men. The police and gouda merie have received the benefit of special instruction and form a dependable and useful patrolling force—Reuter's Pacific Servi Tue exploit of Capt. and Miss Wanderwell who are. travelling round the world on a Ford car has not appealed so roman Japanese paper as it di foreign Press in China, 'a Mukden journal has to s cerning the Wanderwell's arrival in that city:—"Three women with one man, calling themselves round-the-world motorists from Japan, arrived in Mukden from Yingkow at 1 am, on the 2ist instant and asked the hotel clerk to put them up three days free of charge in consideration of the advertisement of the hotel to be made by them on their return home. fail to learn whether: they succeeded in driving the above bargain.
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