Since the arrival off Taku of warships belonging to Fengtien and Shantung troop: tween Tientsin and Taku has been completely suspended, with the result that more than' ten foreign jond Chinese steamers are now idle off Tangku and Taku, a matter whicl is likely to become an important international issue. The Kuominchun troops, this morning, laid submarine mines at the meath of the Pei Ho River, thereby blockading the Tangku Canal.
Consequently, the British Consul-General here lost no time in approaching "General Lu Chung-lin and, upon obtaining' the "latter's
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