Shantung troops have now crossed] the river and are massed here in considerable numbers and Northern pickets are parading the streets. The troops include some 120 Ri sians who are billeted at an hotel outside the city wall. reported from an apparent ly reliable source that the China Merchants str. Kangshun, which! left here tonight with 3,000 Shan-li tung troops on board, is destined for Wuhu. There are five other China Merchants' steamers in the harbour and about six others.
The general impression is that Marshal Chang Chung-chang's troops are replacing those of Mar-
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