Avway back in the times of the! Triple-Kingedom, the castle of Mus yanzchong stood at the foot of Lao Uchshan Promontory, Port Arthur but a trace of its ruing the site.
Dr. Haneda of the Kyoto Imperial University visited Port Arthur cently on an exploring errand of the old say the "Manchuria Work of unearthing' whatever relies might Tie buried was commenced on Octstn 1, a gang. of 20 to 20 coolies being employ, fon the work daily.
When interviewed at the Governe ment Museum, Port Artur, Prot. Haneda stated: We have we far recovered nothing of particular interest, excepting arrowheads, ar= rows, tiles. ete. ascribed haphazard to the Han Dynasty, What surprises may await us are tnknewn, but we are looking for some articles off seveat referential value, The old site of the caxtle ruins over which the digigingg operations are going on, is 80 yards square and 6 feet Only a fow days xo, a pair of earthen jars evident= ly used for coffins and fastened each other by means of metallic, clasps were excavated. The patterns engraved in the metallic clasps are. Pronounced to be of high artistis merit. Again, a shell mound was struck also about the ame time, Two human skeletons were recovers ed, followed by ancther couple of skeletons. They are supposed to have belonged to Hons, 2,000 years hack, and are thought to be of cone siderable referential worth archae logically.
Prior to the starting of the cavation work, the exploring. party. hhad_ procured from the native in" habitants in the neighbourhood large stocks of relies dug out by, them from time tot Tae Chinese papers say that owing to the floods, thousands of peerie in the Russian Far Eastern Provinees ate starving and appeals have been circulated for ai fed during the night and left hind' proclamations surrendering.
The city gates were thrown ope and the invaders entered. Food, was at once distributed and the District Koomintang asored corns trol of the city.
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