THE FAR EAST.
ALEXIEFF’S DECISION. THE BE-OCCUPATION OF MUKDEN By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright Beceived 11.33 p.m., Nov. 2. Pekin, Nov. 2. Princo Aloxieff’s decision to winter at Yladivostock is attributed at Pekin to the fear that the Japanese can suooessfully blockade Port Arthur. Twenty thousand Chinese, troops are stationed near Mukden. Tho commanders were ordered to avoid a collision.
The re-occupation of Mukden is attributed to Chinese officers’ summary deoapitation of a noted brigand who was recently commanding Busßian irregular police in Manchuria. Buesia demanded the officers’ execution, but the Chinese suggested exile. Before negotiations were concluded the Bussians seized Mukden.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1038, 3 November 1903, Page 2
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101THE FAR EAST. Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1038, 3 November 1903, Page 2
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