Eastern Affairs
AFRAID OF BEING' ICE-NIPPED. Per United Press Association. By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. PEKTN. Nov. 2. Received 2nd. 11.30 p.m. Alexiwfl's decision to winter at Yludivostock is attrilmted at Pekin to a fear that the Japanese may successfully blockade Port Arthur. BR AZEN EFFRO NTE R Y . Twenty thousand Chinese troops are Stationed near Mukden. The commanders have been ordered to avoid a collision. The Russian re-occupa-tion is attributed to a Chinese oificer's summary decapitation of a noted brigand who recently commanded Russian irregular police in Manchuria. Russia demanded the officer's execution, but the Chinese suggested his exile, and before the negotiations were concluded the Russians seized Mukden.
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Southland Times, Issue 19193, 3 November 1903, Page 2
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109Eastern Affairs Southland Times, Issue 19193, 3 November 1903, Page 2
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