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CAPTURED By BRIGANDs.
Ah the Pursuit That Followed the
Prisoners Were Killed,

ATHENS. Greece. September pa most
daring outrage upon the part of Greek bril-
gands is reported from Lamia, near the
Turkish frontier. and at the head of the
CUR OF Nolo. The prOcureur du roi a
Judge and two secretaries. were returning
IN carrlase, accompanied by two gem
darmes from villages where they had been
collecting Information in regard to brigan-
dage- When the party arrived within half
an hours drive OF Lamia, they were sur
rounded by Papyritzopulo's band of bril-
gands. who carried OH the procureur and
the judge, taking them to their stronghold
on Mount Othrys. Later the prisoners were
allowed 10 send word to their friends that
the briSands demanded that no pursuit he
made until a ransom was paid. A detach-
ment of loo soldiers was sent to attack the
priSands and in the fight which followed
tne Origands were eNterminated but the
procureur du rOi was killed and the tudgh
was mOrtaily wounded.
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THE cot RTS.

Court of Appeals. Mr. Chief Justice Alvey
and justices Morris and Shepard.
Admissions to practice. on motion of Mr..
Nj. j. Colbert, Henry q. Milans, James r.
Macy, Frank h. bennett and Elias y.
Butts; on motion of Mr.. A. S. Morthington,
Henry NJ. Gunderson. Hopkins VS.. United
States; petition for leave to proceed in for
ma pauperis granted. No. 2tsS Main VS.
Aukam; Judgment below reversed, with
costs, ana cause remanded for new trial.
Opinion by MIR. Chief Justice Alvey. No
2'o, Whelan VS. Mccullough; Judgment be-
low reversed, with costs, and cause remand
ed for new trial. Opinion by Mr.. Chief JUS
tice Alvey. No. 29I, Hamberg- Bremen Fire
insurance Company VS.. Lewis; Judgment
below reversed. with costs. Opinion by Mr.
CHIEF Justice Alvey. No. II, patent appeals
Wells, jr, and Standard Elevator Com
p&ny VS.. Reynolds decision of commission
er of patents reversed with costs. Opinion
by Mr.. Chief Justice Alvey. No. $40, Dis
trict of Columbia VS.. Wilcox administra-
trix; judgment below affirmed with costs
Opinion by Mr.. Chief Justice Alvey
Equity Court, No. /, Judge Cox
Miller VS.. Woodward reference to auditor
Martin VS.. Sinciare; deed of trust declared
null and void. Mari VS.. Mari; testimony
ordered before h. e. Niles. Dean VS. Hart
away; rule on trustee and Eleanor c. Dean
return able 18th instant. granted.
Circuit Courl, No. 1, Judge Cox.
United States ex rel Miles Planting and
Manufacturing Company VS.. j. q. Carlisle
ct al. rule to show cause. Anheuser Busch
Brewing Association VS.. w. Hummer judg
ment by default.
Criminal Court, No. 1, Judge McComas
United States against John Brown larceny
from the person; verdict of not guilty. In.
dictments returned: Fannie Butcher, alias
Berthe Washington, larceny, plea of guilty
and sentence of three years in the peniten.
tiary; Robert Carter, Thomas King and
George Franklin. housebreaking; George
Carter, alias James Brown, housebreaking
plea of not guilty; Robt- Carroll, embezzle
ment, plea of not guilty; George Green, do
do; VIM. Hawkins, second offense of petit
larceny, plea of guilty and sentence of thret
years in the penitentiary; Chas. Harris and
Ella Wilson, larceny, plea of not guilty
Henry Muse, larceny; Preston Ross and
James Bass, larceny, plea of not guilty
Abraham Starke, carnal knowledge of a
female child, plea of not guilty; Emma
Randolph and James r. Diggs, housebreak.
ing, Joseph Washington, robbery and lar
ceny from the person, plea of not guilty
The charge of HOUSEKEEPING against Thos
Johnson ignored. United States against
VIM. II. Thomas and Geo. w. Boggans
conspiracy, nolle pressed. United States
against John Brown, larceny from the per.
son, property restored to Diana Matthews
Probate Court Judge Cox.
Estate of Bernard V. Sims; return of per-
sonal estate by administrators. Estate of
Thos. c. Gessford; order of publication.
Estate of VIM. A. kearon, petition of Mar
garet Kearon tor letters of administration.
Estate of CatharnS Mueller; Edw. III.
Thomas appointed Illustrator, bond.
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THE RETURN OF ALDRICH.
He is Expected to Reach This City ON
Saturday.

He is Expected to Reach This City on
saturday.
District Attorney Birney this morning re-
ceived word that Frank Aldrich, whose ar
rest at Detroit, Mich, yesterday morning
was reported in The Star last evenir g, would
reach here some time next Saturday. Mr..
Birney was informed that Aldrich would
come willingly. A copy of the indictments
and a warrant for the mans arrest were
sent to Chicago, where 1t was supposed he
then was. several days ago. and those doc
uments were sent subsequently to Detroit.
Aldrich will be brought on IN the custody
of a deputy United States marshal, and
win at once be committed to Jail to await
his trial on the two indictments charging
him with the wholesale forgery of Judge
c. c. Coles name TO numerous promlssory
notes.
1t is expected that the bail i'm his case
will be fixed at much larger amount than
the sum usually required in cases of forg-
cry, because of the extent of his alleged
forgeries, and because of his long success
full efforts to elude arrest. 1t is the inten-
ton of District Attorney Birney to give
Aldrich an early trial, probably some time
next month. The penalty for the crime
first offense-is Imprisonment OF not less
than one or more than seven years in the
penitentiary.
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DEFEAT OF McALEER.
Democrats of the Third Pennsylvania
District Refuse q denomination.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, September 90
Congressmsn McAleer was defeated for re-
nomination this morning by the democrats
of the third district and Joseph p. McCullen
was chosen as his successor. The opposi-
ton to Congressman McAleer came from
Thomas j. Ryan, Peter Monroe and Matthew
Dittmann, three of his most bitter adver-
Saries.
Other congressional nominations were
First district, d. j. Callahan; second, Max
Herzberg; fourth. Gus Muller; fifth, Dr.
David Moffett.
The city nominations were as follows
City treasurer. Thomas c. Else; register of
wills. F. Pierce Buckley; common pleas
judges. ]. Henry Williams and Judge Theo.
F. Jenkins. Judge Hanna, republican, was
inaorsed for orphans court judge.
Congressman McAleer said to reporter
OF the Associated Press this afternoon that
he positively declined to run as an indie
pendent candidate.
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No Patriotism Regarding the War
Displayed by the People.

SAN FRANCISCO. September 20.-Mgr.
Philibert Termoz. prelate of the pope. is in
the city on an apostolic mission. The dis
tinguished visitor was one of the passen-
gers on the steamer Oceanic. which ar
rived from the orient few days ago.
Since the beginning OF last year he has
been looking into the creeds and customs
of all the oriental nations. and at the same
time has been investigating the works of all
Catholic missions in the countries through
which he has traversed-
From Picking Mgr. Termoz went by way
of Manchuria and Corea to Japan. He saw
the japanese fleet land it's troops at Che
mulpo and says he was struck with the
military manner in which the ceremony
was carried cut Japan's army, he says, is
far superior to that of China.
The great trouble with China" he said.
us the lack of patriotism among the peo-
pie. In Japan every mothers son is steep
I'd In patriotism In China a viceroy and a
number of soldiers are hired to defend the
country. They might be so many Hessians
for all the patriotism they possess
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Dollar Wheat in the Dakotas.

partmept has been considering a bid for
wheat to be furnished the Sioux Indians
at Crow Creek agency South Dakota, which
he thinks is positive proof that the low
price for this cereal does not exist. The
lowest bid was s1.01 per bushel. The wheat
Is for milling purposes, and the grade re-
quired vas mo. l spring" at sixty pounds
to the bushel. This is a very high grade,
and in case OF a partial failure of crou
might be hard to obtain. This bid for
wheat for Indian supplies has been before
the department before, and when returned
the last time it was with the statement that
it was impossible to obtain q lower rate,
and that the wheat was needed for the In
dams at once Secretary Sims says that
more than one dollar per bushel seems to
be a very high price to pay for wheat right
in the midst of the wheat-growing region.
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CYCLIsT sEARLE's MlsHAp.
Sprained His Wrist While Riding
Through the Water.

BATAVIA, N. Y, September 2O-Cyciist
Searle, who is trying to break the record
from Chicago to New York, left at am
today, and expects to ride to Syracuse 1I3
miles, In eight hours, and ride the whole
4O4 miles to New York without further
STOP 1t is raining, but the wind favors
him. He reached Batavia at o'clock last
night, having ridden 135 miles from Erie in
20 1-2 hours. He rode through mud the en-
tire distance. Searle left Buffalo In a driv-
Ing rain, taking the railroad track through
water three inches deep. He and his pace
maker ran into a bridge six miles west Of
here. The pacemaker was badly bruised,
and Searle sprained his wrist.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, September 2O-At
IL O'Clock this morning the following mes
sage was received from Bicyclist Searle:
Batavia, n. Y, September 2O.-Delayed by
accident. Pacemaker hurt Will arrive
Rochester at this evening. Have set fold
ing mud guards ready for wheel
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Convention of North Carolina Demo
cratic Clubs.
" 0RK OF A PRACTICAL JOKER
A Tennessee Planter Suspected Of
Murder.
BIG SWIND LING HEME

RALEIGH, n. c., September 2O.-The
state convention of democratic clubs con-
vened in this city today. Every section of
the state is represented and unusual en-
thusiasm is manifested. The principal OBJ
ject of the convention appears to be a desire
to awaken renewed interest in the early
construction of the Nicaraguan canal
Resolutions were passed favoring the
canal
Work of Practical Joker.
CINCINNATI, Septs mber 2O-The Times
Star special from Trimble. Tenn, says yes
terday Jim HARDER and others were sitting
in front of Simpsons grocery Bot
fellow drew a sun-glass from his pock-
ct and focused its lens on Harber's uncoy-
cred head. The glass did more than was ex-
pected.
The concentrated rays did not reach Har-
per scalp but suddenly his head was a
mass of flames, caused by the ignition of
the bay rum on his hair he having lust
come from the barber shop. When his head
caught IRE ne started to run, but Frank
poruon caught him and held him while
others extinguished the blaze. Harber
would doubtless have killed the Joker on the
spot had he not been restrained by friends.
- ro d ne brought suit against fellow for
so'UO physicians say Ha -ber's head will
lever be adorned with another suit of hair.
fellow is quite wealthy
A Prominent Planter Arrested.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept enber aO.-Nm
Durham, prominent planter of Montgom-
cry county. is in Jail at GAINESVILLE under
peculiar circumstances. Yesterday he gave
one OF his negro hands. Sam Price a drink
OF whisky. Price died within an hour al
ieging that he had been poisoned There is
no known motive for Durham's committing
such deed, and he denies that he gave the
negro poison. also saying that he drank
from the same bottle at the same time
Ihere are two incidents bearing on the
case "A settlement between the two for a
year IS work was nearly due. On the other
hand, Price and his wife have lived I'M
napplly and wera about to separate An
investigation will be made.
Large SwindIing scheme.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, September 2O.-Wfthin
the past few days two fraudulent bonds for
sl,oO each. purporting to have been issued
Tor school purposes by school districts in
vernon county, Mo-, have turned I'D in this
CITY, and 1t is now believed that a large
swindling scheme has been set on foot.
with how great success is not vet known
1nese TWO bonds were detected by the alb
sence or certificate of registration in the
ONCE OF the secretary of state, as required
by Missouri laws.
NEW YORK. September 2O-Two fraud
ulent bonds of 1000 each, apparently is
sued for school purposes by the school dis
trict commissioners in Vernon county Mo
nave appeared in this city, and it is thought
that a big fraud is being operated.
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1T WAS An ATROCIoUs CRIME.
George schmoass Hanged for Killing
Wife and Little One.

PITTSBURG. Pa. September 20.-George
Schmouss was hanged in the Allegheny
county Jail at l0:45 O'Clock this morning.
Sixteen minutes after the drop fell life
was pronounced extinct Death resulted
from strangulation.
The crime for which George Schmouss
suffered the death penalty was one Of the
most atrocious i'm the annals of the county.
Schmouss with his wife and four children.
resided on South 18th street. The husband
and wife quarreled frequently. During the
night of July %. 1898, the house was dis
covered on fire. and after extinguishing the
flames. the flremen found Mrs. Schmouss
and two little daughters upon the bed I'm
an upstairs room with their skulls crushed
and the walls spattered with blood The
baby, blood-stained. but unframed lay In
the cradle,and the nine-year-old boy crouch
ed in terror down stairs.
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A wife-Beater sent 10 Jail.

John Ball. a little man with a bruised
face. who came from Southeast Washing
ton. landed in the Police Court this morn
ing on two charge of assault. The prin-
cipal witness in the case was his wife. Alice
Ball, a sad-faced little woman. who had her
young child in her arms. Jcisn had been
drinking. she said. when he assaulted her.
but" added she, me beats me when he 10
sober"
If he is sent to JAIL" said the Judge
who will take care Of your"
IN do the best i can without him." was
her answer. Il have to get along without
his assistance anyway"
John said he did not want 10 go 20 jail
but Judge Miller saw no other way to dis
pose of the case and gave him two months
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Washington stock Exch.,,

Railroad 10 at 30 L. s Electric Lrht 10 a,
government Bonds-U. S. As registered. ia hid
III IId1 asked. L. s. As. coupon. 1i5 bid U. 5. IS
District of Columbia Bonds-2o-year fund Is 10.
ma , S9-year fund as. gold. lib bid Water stoTk
currency us bid se5s. funding. eSrren ne III fiI
oiH StTs, registered. 2-los, 100 hid.
town liailrcad cow. 6s. list. ia5 lid. Is5 $50
Mashii.-ton and Georgetown Railroad cow es I'd
Io bid los asked. Belt Railroad SIS 50 lid lid IS :;
asked lexington Railroad 6s 9S hid wasbInctoS
IS SERIES ssss g. Is Is lid lid WWassRsto1
Jins, 0onpany cony Is. 100 bid. L. s Electric
Ts Sn1 o0n' 's' Ia bid chesapeake and Potomac
Trust lbs 5s F. and A. 100 bid American security
ket Company LIST 6s los bid washinrtan Ma Mar
COMPANY imp. 6s los bid. Washington Market
,,on "a ext, 6S lo3 bid Masonic Hall AsSOca-
lo2 bid wash;ngion Lght Infantry ID Is. lo2 bid
~, National Bank stocks.Bank OF Washington. 500
so bid; Central, 2s0 bid. Farmers and Meoban.
les 200 asked Second, 1879 bid. $50 asked Citi.
Capital ITO bid West End. los lid I Iie asked asked
praders' 100 bid Lincoln, 81 bid, lo2 asIed.
safe Dep9siI and Trust Companies-National SAT-
DEPOSIT ia and Trust l23 hid 100 asked. Washington
cnri'y and Trust. ia bid, 1856 asked. WashiTriSu
,s Rai Ire cks,Washngton and Georgetown
so bid 300 asked Metropolitan. saIs Lid ~
asked columbia. 5S bid, 80 asked Belt. y bid,
40 asked lexington. b bid - '
, las ana Electric Light Stocks.-washington Gas.
t9t2 bid, 30 asked Georgetown Gas 80 bid u
, Insurance stocks.-riremen's AZ asked Frank.
I'm, % asked Arlington, las bid lGO asked Ger
mah-Amerlcan, los hid National Union. Ii asked.
Columbia, 10 bid, 1874 asked. Riggs. bid "a
asked. Peoplc's. 5Ss hid. %, asked Lincoln 2 7.
bM: ; asked. Commercial asked
little Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate Title, lis
asked. Columbia Title. "a bid. 5 asked.
80 Ieleaone Stocks.-lennsyl yHna. "a bid. 20 asked.
chesapeake and Potomac. II bid. IS ASKED. Ameri-
can ,iraphophone. 3ls bid asked. Pneumatic Gun
Carriage. 81 bid. 80 asked.
miscellaneous Stocks Washington Market, I3
bid, Is asked Great Falls Ice. 100 asked. Bull
Run Panorama. 10 asked. Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat, % bid. Lincoln Hail. s. bid, / % asked
lnter-Ocean Building, 100 asked.
Sex. div.
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THRIVING ON PERSECUTION.
The GyPsies OF Hungary sun Nafa-
tain Their Ancient Customs.

In Hungary there are, according to n
rough estimate. about $4,000 gypsies yaga-
bends who wander about the country with
their carts and horses, accompanied by their
women and children. and though at one time
prosecuted unbelievers and hunted 10
death as sorcerers and prisoners, the cruel
edicts which enjoined such treatment were
never sympathized in by the Hungarian
people The result is. as We learn from
The Peoples Of The World" that the gyp-
sizes have increased. and, in their own thrift.
less, squalid fashion. prospered. despite the
hard usage they have received at the hands
of their rulers Indeed. the Hungarian
Kings have more than once protected them
as poor wandering people without a
country, and whom all the world rejected"
and granted them safe conducts TO go
herever seemed good TO them, with their
troops Of donlleys and horses. Joseph III
of Austria tried TO settle them as agricul-
turists. and had huts built for them. But in
stead of occupying the comfortable DWELL
ings themselves, they stabbed their cattle
in them and pitched their tents outside
Then. to prevent their corn from sprouttng
they boiled IL before sowing: and, though
their children were taken from them and
trained up into habits OF work under Mag
var and German peasants, these uildlings
seen escaped and Joined their parents, with
out having learned anything from their
forcible apprenticeship TO civilization Ii is
af1lrmed That gypsy, who had actually
risen to the rank of an officer in The Austri-
an army, disappeared one day, and was
found SIX months afterward with a band Of
ZlnSar encamped on the heath. A young
Slovack peasant fell In love with and mar
ried a gypsy girl, but in his absence she es-
capped 10 the woods and when discovered
was sleeping under the skies, and feeding
on hedgehogs. after the fashion of the race
from whom she had been taken The Able
Liszt, Charmed with the talent for music
displayed by gypsy boy. took him 10
AMI tn sa he
all in vain. The moment he saw his own
people in Vienna his delight was indescriba-
Bile; there was no longer any hope of keep
n him under the restraint Of polite life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-12

It May Stop the triumphant Progress
of Japan.

1t Is believed here that the Chinese forces
are almost demoralizei and that the only
obstacle to the triumphant campaign of
the japanese apart from the Indictment win
ter OF northern China is to be looked for
In the interference of the great powers
There is reason to believe that the feeling is
growing in Europe that the war bids fair 10
go beyond bounds unless some influence is
brought to bear to check IL, and some ma
tons having large interests in China have
taken the alarm already. They fear the re-
suit on their own interests OF SO overwnelm-
ing victory by Japan that must be follow
ed by the domination of Japanese interests,
Jealousy they are seeking way TO termin-
81 the
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FOR CROWLEY's MURDER.
Arrest of John w. Conley at Chat
tanOOSa.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, September 90
John w. Conley, a well-known young man
Of this city. who has been connected at
various times with private detective asso-
Citations. wes arrested here this morning on
a charge of completely in the recent muir
der Of young Earnest F. Crowley at At
lanta, Ga. 1t is stated that Crowley was
seen In Atlanta in a buggy with Conley
and a man named Myers. Myers has fled,
and suspicion points to him. Conley, of
course, denies all knowledge of the affair,
and agrees to go to Atlanta with requisi-
ton papers Conley's arrest has created
considerable excitement here. Myers is
supposed to be in Cincinnati.
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changed-receipts 5.se5 barrels; shipments. l,73s
hsrrels: sales, 1900 barrels. Wheat weak-spot.
5SlsaSSN: septenber. 5s.sa3sSs October. 3ta3l.<:
No. red 5ia5IIs -receipts. a6.s72 bushels; ship
ments, 4o,o7o bushels: stock. 1.saso5l bushels;
sales, 5000 bushels; milling wheat by sample. 30.
Corn dull and easy-spot IS; September, IS; year.
5SIsa53s4-receipts 500 bushels; stock, .524 bush
southern yellow corn, 60. Oats stcsdy-No west
ern 35a35Ls; No. mixed western, 3aas3lz-re-
ceipts 6.s6l bushels: stock, 81, $50 bushels. Rye
quet-No. ., 80 bushels-receipts, 521 bushels;
stock. 13,ls9 bushels. Hay quiet-good 10 choice
timothy. s12.O0aSl3.00 Grain freights dull, un-
changed Sugar frm-granulated. $50 per 100 los.
Butter ami eggs firm. unchanged. Cheese firm, act
i've, unchanged.
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The Locomotive Firemca.

HARRISBURG. Pa. September 20.-The
morning session of the convention OF the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen was de-
voted to the consideration Of the report OF
the committee on deaths and disabilities
claims. Claims aggregating S50,0Oo have
been allowed by the committee.
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Bought by Washington Correspond


SCRANTON, Pa, September 20.-The
Scranton Times, one of the leading morning
newspapers of northern Pennsylvania, and
the only democratic daily in Lackawanna
county, has been purchased by VIM. r.
Bell and Samuel Z. Hudson, two Washing
ton correspondents. The Times has signed
ninety-year contract with the Associated
Press, receiving the full leased wire SER
vice
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Lee Crandau Nominated

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
DECATUR, Ala, September 2O.-The JEFF
fersonian democrats and populists held a
joint convention at New Decatur yesterday
and unanimously nominated Col. Lee Gran
dali for Congress in the eighth district
The republicans held their convention at
Decatur. and unanimously Endorsed the &C.
ton of the Jeffersonians and populists.
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MATTERS BROUGHT BY CABLE.
Anxiety Over the Condition of Presi-
dent Nunes of Colombia.

COLON, September 20-The greatest anx-
iety prevails here in regard to reports in
circulation about the health Of DR.. Rafael
Nunez. president of the republic of Colom-
bia. The president has been i'll for some
time past and Is not expected to recover.
1t Is even believed by some that he Is dead.
All telegraphic news is subject to press
censorship and is liable to be suppressed.
There is general anxiety in regard to the
condition of the president.
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CHINESE TROOPS CAPTURED.
ReinfOrcements Landed In Core:
Taken by the Japanese.

Taken by the Japanese.
A New York Herald special cablegram
says:
SHANGHAI. September 19.-Field Mar
shall Count Yamagata. commanding the
forces in Corea, is marching with 5000
japanese troops on Moukden from the
southeast.
The Chinese troops that were landed at
the mouth of the Yalu river before yester-
days sea fight have been captured.
In the fight with the Japanese fleet the
Chinese lost the King-Yuen, the Chih-
Yuen, the Yang-Wei and the Chao-fung.
No japanese ships were sunk.
The treasure captured at Ping-YanS
amounted TO 100000.
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The Chinese naval, IKE the military, au-
thorities seem to have formed their plans
without the smallest appreciation of the
Elementary principles Of warfare. 1t has
been clear all along that the war almost
wholly depended on sea power, The Chi
nese have the strongest navy. but they did
not know how to secure the supremacy of
It IT seems to be doubtful if they will
ever recover the advantages forfeited by
their inaptituds In counsel and delay in
execution. .