Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1904 — CHINESE HAVE BIG ARMY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CHINESE HAVE BIG ARMY.

Thirty-five Thousand Men Stationed Near the Scene of War. Thirty-five thousand: Chinese troops are stationed at Shanhaikwan. in three divisions, two outside and one inside the wall. Russia does not wish to see China mass troops within the war area, which includes Manchuria. China has 20,000 troops, European drilled, with modern arms, on the western frontier of Manchuria, and is sending more into that province. Russia has notified China

that she will send a military expert to inspect the Chinese forces in Manchuria and eastern Mongolia. The news from London that China has asked to be allowed to postpone payment of the war indemnity due to the powers until next year lias caused a bad impression in Berlin. It is alleged that this is not a good sign of China’s neutrality and that the powers will not give consent until they have received better information as to the reasdn for the request and what it is proposed to do with the money.

A JAP INFANTRYMAN.