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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-09

The 190l-5 catalogue Of the Oklaho-
ma university is out and is receiving
comn,endatory attention from all the
editors
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-09

II is estimated that enough wheat
will be harvested in Dewey couuty :
to keep the mills going.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-09

The nenver. Enid and Gulf railroad
people Offer to build the road through
Cherokee sor SIS. 900.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-09

The last sign Of the old towns name
"Karoma7 was wiped out Tuesday
when the bank at Goltry exchanged
the new for the old.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-09

A girl no longer needs a ehaperoT
after she is able 70 call some chat
her own.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-09
. a - II q h Z a.
Bsan tbs The Kind You Ram klNaE Bought
Signature at G<HAzzM

John Crowley. bachelor chiropo-
dist of Oakland Calf, died at King
fisher, Monday. His nearest friend or
relative lives in Chicago.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-09

Many man is found outside Of jai
because he isn't found out.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-09

has ever been exhibited In you- city;
a herd Of performing elephants. fifteen
In number, the blood sweating hippo.
potamus, the rhlnoceros. ien of
lions, a cage Of tigers. a pair Of wi;a
cats and cataomunts. and the only ilv.
ing giraffe on exhibition today whose
head towers twenty-five feet high a
living curiosity tc behold: monkeys
Of every description. the bird of para
OF every description the grid of para
sands of other animals too numerous
to mention. There will also be a grand
street parade IN which will be seen
Jumbo, the largest living elephant in
the world and mounted on his back
will ride Guthrie's ten thousand dollar
beauty to whom kings and emperors
have bowed the knee IN honor to her
whose beauty has commanded the ad-
miration Of the entire world. She
will positively be seen in the parade
in her gorgeous costume, her glitter
ing geros and diamonds, outshining
the MONDAY sun-one glittering ray
of sIlendor. There will be one hun
dred cages of wild animals. three uni
formed bands, twenty lady equestri-
ennes, a herd OF elephants. drove
of camels and dromaderies. finely
painted cages and band wagons. It
will be one grand holiday for you, a
day OF nhrth, a day of recreation. Re
member the day and date and don't
fail to see the grandest street parade
that has ever been given in Guthrie.
by order of comnittee on arrange
ments
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-09

II is almost impossible 10 discour-
axe the man who thinks he can tell
a funny story.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-09

Unless a man is willing to confess
his ignorance he will never be in a
position to learn.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-09

Tho ttid find OF zinc hli oseh made
I've Aeeker. ] w. Lewis found a
considerable quantity on his place
northeast of the town last week
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-09

Vern Ostendorf Of Enid. though. he
was in the Japanese army when lf'
loaded bis cane on the Fourth, anC
now crutches have been substitute.
for the cane
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-09

The Citizens Bank stockholders, of
Edmond, held meeting Tuesday
r,ight and elected the following Of
acers w H. Tuttle president E. H.
JAYNE. vice president. o. N Welser
secretary; w NJ. Hunt, G. II Fink
and ]. N Place. board OF directors.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-09

Mrs. W. B. Hall. Of Taloga. writes
from South Dakota. that she lives tao
country very much. However she
VIII retura tc Oklahoma next week.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-09

The contract for bridge across the
South Canadian at Taloga has been
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-09

J. Hunter Williams has resigned as
the postmaster at Glencoe and will
probably enter the newspaper bust
ness at AradarlSo or some other field
in the new country Editor Vanoa-
ment is an applicant for the Office at
Glencoe ana it is expected will be ap
pointed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-09

zeal Happenings Of City and Terri.
tory Briefly Told.

tory brleHy iotos
The contract for bridge across the
South Canadian at Taloga has been
let
The nenver, Enid and Gulf railroad
people Offer to build the road through
Cherokee sor SIS. 900
II is estimated that enough wheat
will be harvested in Dewey county
to keep the mills going.
The 19O4-5 catalogue Of the Oklaho-
ma university is out and is receiving
comn,endatory attention from all the
editors
Miss Mabe Faskins. stenograDher
for Mcclure & Clark. spent Sunday
and Monday at her home in Guthrie.
-Pawnee Dispatch.
The last sign Of the old towns name,
"Karoma7 was wiped out Tuesday,
when the bank at Goltry exchanged
the new for the old,
Tho ttld find OF zinc IN, DseL made
lie Neeker. ] w. Lewis found a
considerable quantity on his place
northeast of the town last week
Mrs. w B. Hall, Of Taloga. writes
from South Dakota. that she lives tho
country very much However she
Nll retura tc Oklahoma next week.
vern Ostendorf of Enid. though. he
was in the Japanese army when he
loaded his cane on the Fourth. and
now crutches have been substitute
for the cane.
The city council Of FL Reno has an
nulled franchise they had granted
Cor street railway and electric light
ine purposes. Tho members figured
that a street railway in Ell Reno was
as much as is coming to any one com
pany
Edmond Enterprise: Miss Louise
Houston leaves tomorrow for a visit
with her grandparents and other rel
atives at Garnett, Kas. After n weeks
visit there she will go to Tama, a.
to visit an aunt till sometime in Sep
tember.
The Citizens Bank stockholders, oi
Edmond. held meeting Tuesday
i,ight and elected the following OF
8cers w H. Tuttle. president; e. H
JAYNE, vice president, o. N Welser
secretary; w NJ. Hunt, G. H Fink
and J. N Place. board Of directors.
]. Hunter Williams has resigned al
tne postmaster 81 'fiShSVs, anu WI
probably enter the newspaper bust
ness at AradarlSo or some other fiel'
in the new country Editor Vanoa
ment is an applicant for the Office a
Glencoe ana It is expected Will be ap
pointed.
The Granite Enterprise offers tn
following recipe as a sure cure 70
the prairie dog pest" One bushe
Of wheat three ounces of strychnine
one.half pound cyanide potassium, hal
gallon OF meal. half teaspoontdl o
anise. Boil strychnine and cyanide il
one quart OF water each, mix with mo
lasses and stir we'll then adj tn
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
RIO SAFE FROM
WRECKlNG DIVERS

II doubt if anybody ever locates the
Rio wreck and if it is by any chance
found. No man can work in the depth
it is probably lying-twenty-fi faith
oms.''
Herbert Young, the wen known diver
who has just returned from a trip to
San Francisco, expresses his opinion of
the possibility of salvaging the Rio
as above. Mr.. Young went to san
persons interested for the raising or
salvaging of the Rio. But little at
tention is being paid now to the prof.
ect, NEST seafaring people believing
that it viii be impossible TO get at the
vessel.
II have been down twenty-five faith
oms myself, but it was in smooth water.
The pressure even in smooth water is
terrific and at twenty-five fathoms in
the swirling waters which race continu-
ally through the Golden Gate no man
could live. Even the best of divers
are not permitted to remain below more
than fifteen minutes when they are
working in comparatively deep water.
The men who handle the ropes and air
for them take no chances On bringing
up a dead man in his diving suit
It is probable that Mr.. Young may go
again to the coast and become a diver
and an interested party in a new div
ing and wrecking company about to
be formed. Mr.. Young's reputation as
an expert diver is well known all along
the Pacific coast.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
SEA-WALL WILL BE
COMPLETED TO-DAY

Lord & Belser, the contractors. will
today complete the Alakea street con-
crete seawall. The wall is four feet
wide and sixteen feet deep in some
places. This wan does not come to the
ground surface and is temporarily be-
ing covered over with earth. A sec
ondary concrete wall is to be hid on
top of this one, but owing to a large
amount of blasting to be done it viii
not be constructed for some time.
The question of who will get the con-
tract for 4xcavating the slip is now
before the circuit courts. The exea-
walton will be made to the seawall.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
PRIMUS HAD AN
UNLUCKY VOYAGE

A voyage full of exciting Incidents 10
the German bark Priulus ended yester-
day when the vessel arrived in this
port, 275 days out from Leitn. The ves-
sci after first leaving Leith lost her
topmast and was towed into Aberdeen,
where repairs We're made, these being
completed on May Is, The storm in
which the topmast went over was a ter
rife one. On October II the vessel
again had to put into port to .e-
plenish her stores. This was at Val
Iaraiso.
During the first storm which battered
her the Primus was brought to in the
vicinity of Iceland and during the
storm her lifeboats We're lost.
The vessel brings a cargo of general
merchandise consigned to Hackfeld &
Co. The original charter for the ves-
sci to load nitrates at Iquique on De-
cember 10 has been annulled and her
destination from this port is at pres
ent unknown.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
ARRIVED.

ARRIVED.
Monday. Dec. II.
German bk. Primus. Bohndorff, 275
days out from Leith. at l D. m.
DEPARTED.
Tuesday. Dec. -
S. s. Aztec. Frazier. for Yokohama,
a. m.
stmr. Likelike. Naopala, for Maui
and Molokai ports, p. m.
Str. Kauai, Peterson, for Maui and
Hawaii ports, p. m.
stmr. Noeau, Tullett. for Kauai ports.
5 D. m.
SAIL TO-DAY.
Stmr. Kinau, Freeman, for Hilo and
way ports. L noon.
stmr. C1audine, Parker. for Maui
ports, p. m.
stmr- W. C. Ran. Thompson, for
Kauai ports, D. M.
DUE TODAY.
stnr. Mauna Loa. sin1erson, from
Kona and Kau ports, a. m.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13

Stmr. Likelike, NaopaIa, from Maui
and Molokai ports, p. m.
DUE
U. S. Revenue cutter Bear. HamIitt,
from San Francisco.
DUE WEDNESDAY.
CA. S. s Aorangi from sydney.
SAIL WEDNESDAY.
CA. s. S. Aorangi for Victoria and
Vancouver.
DUE FRIDAY.
o. S. S. Alameda, Dowden, from San
Francisco.
PASSENGERS.
Departed.
Per stmr. Likelike for Molekai and
Maui points, Dec. II: Mrs. Nakuina
and servant, j. E. Fullerton and wife,
w. LAM, Mr.. Layard. Father James,
Father Oliver, Bro. NJ. Laschet, Bro.
L. Hengst.
Booked to Depart.
Per Stmr. Kinau, sailing at y noon
today for Hilo and way ports: K. Lid
gate, c. E. Blacow, w. Lidgate, r,
E. Kennedy and wife. J. H. Wilcox. B.
II. Bond, A. McDougall, w. McDougall
oswald Hind, Henry Hind. c. ]. Fishel
r. Oberwimmer Mr. Griconetti and
wife, w. D. Hall, C. V. Sturtevant, Mrs
Snow, Miss c. Jakins. Master Jakins
C. G. White, Jos. Brito. Miss Rice. H
H. scovel, ]. A. Scott. I. Purdy, A. Gay,
E. c. Bailey, S. NJ. Whitehouse. Miss
A. Low, H. Wicks. Master Low, Theo,
Wolff, Master r. Ahrens, Master c.
Ahrens, Miss Moir, ]. F. Woods, P. P.
Woods. Mr.. Bulger and wife.
Per Stmr. Claudine, sailing at p. m
today for Kahului, Maui: w. Q. Aiken,
wife and child, Miss Hart, r. Fl. An
derson, wife and two children, zee
Shong, DR.. w. @. Rogers, j. NJ. Ru-
bernstein, w. Fl. Engle, Mrs. Loika and
child, w. H. Field, Z. K. Smith, Miss
E. Taylor and bro Their, w. Pfotenhauer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
FOR RENT.

STORES AND oFFICEs-waity
Building. King Street
sToRE-Fort street. makai Island
Meat Co. store.
sToRE-Fort Street. opposite Catho-
lie Church.
STORE-Beretania and Fort Streets.
WAREHOUSE.
HOUSE-Pacific Heights.
HOUSE-Kaimuki
BISHOP & CO,
Bankers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
Immigration Build,ng.

immigration Commissioner Bechtel
states that the space on which the i'm
migration station is to be erected is
already staked out and awaits the piles
which are en- route from Grayr'.s Har-
Dor on a sailing vessel. AS soon as the
piles are driven the flling-in work viii
be done. and by March the building
will be up and in readiness for occu-
pancy.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
VESSELS IN PORT.
ARMY AND NAVY.

ARMY AND NAVY.
U. Il. S. Iroquois. Niblaclz, Station ves-
sell.
U. S. S. Petrol, Sherman, Station yes
sci, san Diego, Dec. s.
MERCHANT VESSELS.
Coronado, Am. bkt., Potter. San Fran
cisco, Nov. %.
Erslkine NJ. Phelps. Am. sp.. Graham,
Philadelphia, Aug. 81.
Mary E. roster, Am. schr., willer, Port
Gamble, Dec. 1.
Prilnus, Ger. bk., Bohndorf, Leith. Dec.
II.
R. P. Rithet. Am bkt., McPhail. San
Francisco, Dec 10.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
Shipping Notes.

The Inter-Island steamer Mauna Loa
is due this morning from Kau, Kona
ana Maui ports.
The Alameda is due to arrive here
next Friday morning from San Fran
cisco.
The steamship Aztec finished coaling
yesterday and resumed her voyage 10
Yokohama and Kobe. The general i'm
preston prevailed while the steamer
was here that she had contraban 4
cargo, but if SO it was all for the Jap
anese Government, as the vesseFs des-
tination is Yokohama and Kobe only.
CTTDDTAT% rkTTET TYC rSNvNE
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
STILL
AT KAnOOLAWE

The United States Geodetic Survey
steamer Patterson is still at Kahoolawe
making thorough survey of the water
and shore line of the island. The ves-
sci goes to Lahaina once a week for
ice and other supplies.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
U. S. WEATHER BUREAU.

Alexander Young Building. Honolulu,
7. H.
December II. p. m.
Mean tenperature-75.
Maximum temperature-79.
Minimum temperature-71.
Mean baron1eter-30.0S.
Rainfall, "a hours ending s p. M
Trace.
Relative humidity, 8 a. M, n per
cent; s p. M, 81 per cent.
Mean absolute humidity-6.s2s grs.
per cubic foot.
Prevailing direction of wind-East.
Average wind velocity, miles per
hour-6.
Average cloudiness, in tenths--6.
ALEX. Nice. ASHLEY,
Section Director, in Charge.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
1-McINTYRE BUILDINC-7

FOR RENT: 2-story house at 1924
Young ST.; % acres farming land, Wa
hiawa, on 10 years lease.
FOR SALE: House and lot on Young
street, a bargain.
WANTED: Lot on upper Liliha 81.
W. L. HOWARD.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
Che Hawaiian Realty and Maturity Co.

Limited.
Real Estate, Mortgage, Loans and
Investment Securities.
Homes built on the installment plan
Home Office: Mcintyre Bldg, Homo
sIw. T. H. L. K KENTWELL,
General Manager.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
FOR RENT.

rooms, corner Hotel
street and Adams lane. Apply prem
ises. 693S
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13

A SMALL Cottage or number of rooms
suitable for light house keeping. Adj
dress D, this office. 500
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13

Christley lane, off Fort ST.
Rent reasonable. Apply Wong Kwai.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE.

A half acre of ground with fine resi-
dence. stable, carriage shed and ser
wants quarters.
Magnificent view overlooking entire
city.
Buildings almost new.
Purchaser can have Immediate pos
session.
Apply, BISHOP & CO,
Bankers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
FURNISHED ROOM.

COOL mosquito-proof rooms, electric
lights, telephone, all modern con-
veniences, lowest rates and most CEN
trail location in city at Helen's Court,
rear of Harris Ice Cream Parlors.
1858
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
SALES BETWEEN BOARDS.

SALES BETWEEN BOARDS.
Twenty-Five Kahuku. $3.50; so Olaa,
SIS; $1,000 Q. r. L. & L. Co. 6 per cent
bonds, $104.
SESSION SALES.
One hundred Kihei. s12.s73k; "a Kihei,
s13; $50 Eva, $27.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
Classified Advertisements
WANTED.

UNFINISHED house with three bed
rooms, near car line; Makiki district
preferred. Reply P. o. box IA.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
HONOLULU STOCK EXCHANGE.

Honolulu, Dec. u. 1904.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
DIED.

DIED.
SWINTON-In this city, Dec. II, at 4
a. M, at his residence, BIG Spencer
street, Sir William Wallace Swinton,
aged % years; funeral service today
at residence at p. M; internent at
MalSiki cemetery.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13
PHYSICIANS.

zsz ana IS Kukui
= = n; 500 70 ESQ p. m.
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MISS ELSE wERTHMUELLER. nj.
ano. 1916 Thurston avenue.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13

MISS JENNIE ELsNER.- sole
representative in Honolulu of the
celebrated ''Kelso'' method. $40 King
st.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-13

Stnr. Mauna Loa. Simerson, from
Sona and Kau ports, a. m.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-01

republican with two republican senator's and two
republican representatives. SO far as party ad.
vantages in congress is concerned, therefore, there
would be practically no change in the present situ.
alton in that body for, at the worst from republi
can viewpoint, there would be net gain of merely
two democratic representatives.
II is only question of very short time it is to
| be remembered, when congress would be compelled
as case of simple justice, to confer on the people
of these territories the rights and privileges of state
hood Both Of the proposed states are amply quail.
fed in the matter of population for admission to the
union. The new state of Oklahoma win have pop.
plation, even exclusive of Indians of about 100000
a population far greater than that of any of the
original thirteen states at the time the present union
was formed and far greater than that of any of
the other states when they We're endowed with state
hood; while the new state of Arizona will have
population of nearly 10000 population much
greater than possessed by most Of the states at the
time that they were admitted to the union
What is more to the point, the ratio of illiteraey
in both of the proposed states is extremely low Their
advanceemnt in influence and wealth has been
oA 'SiVu'' IL A'oo TIC pIVpoSeu Stdte oI OkldDOHa
contained over 100000 separate dwellings, and the
proposed state of Arizona nearly 75,O00 the great
majority of which in both territories are owned by
the occupants.
The only difficulty is that strong feeling seems
to exist in Arizona and New Mexico against joint
statehood and theer is cause to fear that the people
in both territories viii vote down any state const
tuition submitted to them that is based on this
ground.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-01
TWO NEW STATES.

The house committee on territories has decided tC
report bill, shortly, admitting Indian Territory
and Oklahoma into the union as one state under the
name Of Oklahoma and little later. to report an.
other bill creating state out of the remaining to,
rtores OF Arizona and New Mexico to be called Ari.
zOna. By this plan the new state of Oklahoma
would be entitled to four representatives in congress
and the new state of Arizona to two-each of course
having the usual representation in the upper branch
of congress.
Probably this is a good solution of the muddle
that has arisen over the admission of these terri
tories to statehood as can be devised. Under this
arrangements the indications are that Oklahoma at
the outset, would be democratic with two demo
cratic senators and at least three-and possibly four
democratic representatives; while Arizona would be
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-01

| Property owners should bear in mind that delay
tee Of ten will merely make matter smore difficult
for feOwAstorians who have gratuitously undertak-
en- proposal for the betterment of the entire city
The cause of Astoria is common one 50 far as her
citizens are concerned. No one is any more interested
than his neighbor. The committee is made up of
Astorians who are merely actuated by desire to ad-
vance Astoria S interests They are not working for
themselves particularly, but for the city in which
they live. They should be encouraged in every way
possible, and their work should be made easy for
them. They are going to appeal to the reason of
the PROPERTY owners who are expected in return to
employ reason in their dealings with the committee
liberal display of reason will build the seA wall
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-01

Such heriosim as that displayed Sunday by Cap.
tain Reed Of the bar tug Walula is rarely exhibited
When the tug crossed the bar Sunday morning it
seemed almost certain death for the men aboard
But they were determined upon the rescue of the II
souls aboard the disabled steamer Grace Dollar and
all thought of personal safety was banished from
their minds. The man who knowingly braves death
to assist another is truly hero, for whose gaantry
there should be fitting recognition.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-01

The French government is setting an excellent
example of neutrality in its treatment of the Rus
sian ships at Djibutil 1t gave them shelter and sup
plies, according to law, and then signifed to them
that they must not overstay the legal limit The
result was that of them left the port and have
returned toward Cronstadt, regarding it as hope.
less undertaking to go on to the east Some of them
have however remained at Djibuti, and the author
tiles have properly ordered them to be dismantled
and laid up in storage until the war shall end The
same course to be properly prescribed for the
Russian ship at Shanghai. But the Chinese Govern
ment is not strong as the French to enforce the
neutrality rules, and the Russians seem to be taking
some advantage of its weakness The fact is, the
Chinese are in an awkward plight If they let the
Mandjur remain without being dismanted, the Jap
aneSe will charge them with violation of neutrality
and may indulge in some reprisals or exact some in
demnity. On the other hand, if the Chinese force
the Mandjur to leave port, and thus get captured,
or if they compel the dismantling of it, Russia may
on that account claim grievance against them and
violate Chinese neutrality in return