Reports from a reliable course in Lungchow tells of the arrival of reinforcement from Yunnan and of the expected arrival of 10,000 new troops in a short time.
Ty is reported that 10,000 unarm-Yunnanese will through Tonkin to Haiphong whé they will embark for some port in Kuangtung at which port they will be armed and fitted for fighting.
Rains of the past si indeed greatly in tions and have caused such suffering among the soldiers.
The flooding of the rice fields and the cold spell resulting from the rains has caused great damage to the newly planted rice crop. Much replanting has had to be done caus-great anxiety. Seed rice is high and unless the weather changes for the better it is feared that the rice crop will be a failure, The price of rice has doubled in the past three months owing to the enormous quantity required for the use of the military. Rice is selling for almost ten dollars a picul.
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