"Brothers, judge yourselves! What have' you accomplished your section of the country? You have sold yourselves to the Russian Government and have allowed yourselves to be dictated to by their representatives. You have embroiled] yourselves in the creation of a grave situation, and you have gained the enmity' of a great Power. Have you forgotten that, in the Past, every time our beloved country had gained such an enmity, it resulted to our disadvantage? First one foreign nation, then another, sliced off some of the richest portions of our country.
"Hearing the voices of the Russians, whispered like doves but with the fangs of serpents, you have displaced all the characteristics of the Chinese people. You not only make a bad politic tion worse but you have interfered with commerce. In true Russian fashion, you have i igurated all sorts of including a committee for interfering with the shipping of great friendly nation.
"Warn Yourselves!
At the same time the Marshal has decided to pay no more heed to telegraphic warnings. Ya sums of money are wasted annually. he says on useless messages, and he for one will discontinue' the practice. He admits he has been one of the chief offenders but is not afraid to admit it.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.