It will probably be some weeks! before we are in a position to determine exactly what has happened in the neighbourhood of Chéngta. It will be interesting, for instance, to learn whether the rebels have been defeated by feats of arms, or whether, as one Chinese report stated, they were bought off by an indemnity of 40.000 cash for each victim of the Imperial troops, Tt will be interesting, too, to learn how a city, which is being simaltaneously attacked from four points and is)
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