The President Van Buren on a Mud Bank soo OvN OWN ConnEsronveNT, Kobe, May 1.
The Dollar liner President Van Buren, while entering the harbour this morning during fog, ran ashore off Suma some three miles west of Wada Point, about five o'clock. Efforts to refloat her in the afternoon failed, but she is now expected to get off on to-morrow morning's high tide.
The ship is held under No. 2 hatch on a mud bank, and "no serious damage is likely to occur providing the weather continues. good. The passengers are all happy on board, and several powerful tugs are standing by. succeed Wang Yi-tang. Chang Tso-Un originally tried to get Sun Yueh to take the Honan Tuli-ship but Sun Jdcclined. It is held that Yueh Weiichun's acceptance has not interfered with the original Alliance formed by hhis dead predecessor, Hu Ching-yi, No one is certain when friction will result in open hostilities, but there are some who believe it' may happen within a month's time, Others feel it will come ear while the general opinion is praetically sure of fighting between these parties before the summer is out.
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