THE CHINESE WAR.
(per press association.)
London, Feb. 16.
The Chinese attacked a Russian force beyond Shanhaikwan, killing 4 officers and 40 men. Russian reinforcements were sent. The Times’ Pekin oorrespondemt says that the action of the Imperial Court in not returning to Pekin is not inexcusable, in view of the Foreign Ministers’ decision to begin the construction of the Legations’ fortress alongside the Imperial Palace. There is accommodation for 2000 troops and their equipment of stores, and it will be capable of withstanding a three months’ 81 Ho also states that France and Germany, in view of subsequent commercial transactions, have annexed acres of private property at Pekin. Italy grabbed the Imperial Maritime Customs Doildings and gardens,
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 18 February 1901, Page 4
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