Tsingtao, Sept. 28.
About 2,000 Shantung soldiers, acting under orders from General Cheng, Tuli of Shantung, and concurrently Defence Commissioner of the Coasts of Chibli and Shantung, will arrive here to-morrow, it is expected.
The advent of these troops will materially swell Tsingtao's defence camps. There are well over 500 marines and the total number of police and gendarmes is above 2,500.
Simultaneously troops are; roceeding toward Chefoo and Lungkow. "Although there is a general feeling of tranquil here it is no ty. secret that there has been some uneasiness felt at Chefoo. Some months ago Chefoo was the scene of the attempted pirating of the Haichi, flagship of Admiral Wen's squadron and his largest and most heavily armed man-of-war.
The general feeling of com-place ney is inspired by the presence of Admiral Wen's warships in ad-Jacent waters.
Sir Francis Aglen, General of Customs, who stopped here on their return trip to Peking after a holiday in their native country, and the Cuban Minister, Mr. Barnet, and Mrs. Barnet. The latter were bound for Shanghai and thence tu Cuba, The September meeting of the International Recreation Club was as highly successful as its predecessors and the coming October mee:- ing is attracting great interest, especially as 30 new ponies from Hailar and several from Shanghat have arrived to test their speed against the pick of local ponies aad others from Shanghai, Peking and Tientsin, which are on the ground.
The ' International Recreation Club has shown a commendable interest in local sports and besides conducting its periodical races has laid out a soccer field and at present constructing tennis courts and a playground for the use of the general public. One of the objects of the club is to promote local sports and stimulate interest physical training and it the club is desires.
'The first soccer game here for! many months was played a few days ago between the railway and the Chinese Athletic Club gnd resulted in a hard-fought victory for' the latter by two goals to one—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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