The following extract from a letter reosived from Tsinanfa, dated December 18, has courteously been communicated to us.
"We have received word from Tsining, North-west Kiangen, that the ba have combined with the rai Risugen sckiiere "sod here ovate Feogbsien. This word came two days ago. Foot days ago we bad word through the soldiers gaardiog our hospital that there had beea Sighting down that way. Indeed. our guard ten Shantung mon bed been replaced by Anboi men while our men had been drafted back to the Shantang-Kiangea border. Yesterday word came from Tsining that a robber band reported a8 advancing on Taiving from the south have already arrived at Nanyang, ninety from Tsining. The Governor has told us that he is anxious to emalate the example of Yuan daring the Boxer days here in Shantang and keep down,
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