Toman, Nov. 19.
News from the outside world is scarce and often stale. The promise that railway communication with Tientsin soon would re-commence has not yet been fulfilled and oar news has to come into Shantung, vid Tsingtao, We still are maintaining a neutral position, according to official reports. Order is. being well maintained and there are no reports of outbreaks of banditry. That sur neutrality is friendly, the follow-ug report illustrates. Marshal Wu. is said to have landed at Yangchiakoa, a small port at the mouth of Shantung river. He was on board 'a naval vessel and had some transports with him and about 3,700 troops. The Military Governor of Shantung sent supplies of coal, food and money to the defeated general, and 1,000 Shantung soldiers were disbanded and sent off to their homes with a few dollars in their: pockets. These men all had lost. their arms and ammunition, so they should not be able to do any damage unless they are persuaded to join the local brigands who are said to infest the hills in the east of the province, Wu is suid to h ued his journey south, ting decided to native province, not far from the small port where he landed his disbanded men, Finances are at a low ebb here The Government schools are danger of being closed down, the salaries of the teachers being three months in arrear.
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