Peking, July 22.
Major-General William Crozier, who retired from the United States Army in 1918 and who is at present on a visit to China, was admitted to the German Hospital yesterday evening. His condition to-day was stated to be very serious, General Crozier, who is 77 years of "age, has had a distinguished career. He served in the Power River campaign against the Sioux Indians in 1876-77 and in the campaign against the Bannocks in 18: With General Buffington, he invented the Buffington-Crozier disappear-sun and himself invented a wire gun.
He was a delegate to the International Peace Conference at The Hague in 1899, a staff officer in the Phillipine insurrection in 1900 and was chief ordnance officer of the ing relief expedition the same sar. In 1912 he became president Of the Army War College, a post he held for Tu the Great War he served Chief of Ordnance and later became 'a member of the War Council, in which capacity he went to France and Italy. He commanded the north-Eastern Department of the United States Army from July to December, 1918, July 24.
Major-General William Crozier, is reported to-day to be much imroved. He spent a good night and temperature is normal. It is believed that he is now completely out of danger.—Re Tur Red Cross Society of China has opened a third summer diseases hospital at Woosung, the formal opening taking place on July 20, to the pao," General Chang Acconpinc to a Nanking telegram
Fa-kuei, commander of the Fourth Army Corps (consisting of the "Tronsides"), has tendered his resign nation and signified his intention to go abroad. isting the "impudent attempts of the so-called Manchurian Govern: ment to dictate to the Commission."
'The need of firmness, however, is only the beginning and it is not the phantom state of Manchukuo which -will really test the energy' ud' capacity of the: Commission {hero is a much more formidable cistment to its attention, thee
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