Aug. 15Japan sends ultimatum to Germany to withdraw from Japanese and Chinese waters and evacuate Kiao-chow; Russia offers autonomy to Poland.

Come up, ye goatskin Robinson Crusoe, and get a white man's chow!" He received them on deck,a red, peppery little officer, whose shaven cheeks and close gray hair gave him the look of a parson gone wrong, a hedge-priest run away to sea.

"We may live to take our chow under those yet, of an evening.

No chow, either.

Cadging for chow, does one acquire merit?" retorted Heywood, over his shoulder.

Soldiers had come down from the chow city, two-score li inland, and charging through the streets, hacking and slashing the infested air, had driven the goblins over the walls, with a great shout of victory.

We'll put the beet salad by the chicken and the cabbage salad by the ham and the chow-chow betwixt 'em.

We'll put the beet salad by the chicken and the cabbage salad by the ham and the chow-chow betwixt 'em.

We do not know much what is ahead of us, but we hear of Tartar troops farther on; and at Tung-chow it is said that a large army is collected under Sang-ko-lin-sin himself (their great general).

I shall of course stick by my programme, and decline to have anything to say to them till I reach Tung-chow.

They set out last night, and I have just heard from them, that, as they did not find the Commissioners at the place they expected (Matow), they are gone on to Tung-chow, the place where I intend to sign the Convention.

After eight hours' discussion the Chinese Commissioners conceded every point; agreeing among other things that the army should advance to a place called Five-li Point, within six miles of Tung-chow, and there remain while the Ambassador proceeded with an escort of 1,000 men to Pekin.

Wade and Parkes did good work at Tung- chow.

This place is about five miles from Tung-chow, and twenty from Pekin; and so I hope to effect my pacific entry into Pekin.

The present plan is, that I remain here till the army has taken up its new position, and all is arranged for my reception at Pekin and Tung-chow, when I shall move on.

... Parkes went off again this morning to Tung-chow, with another missive from me to my Prince (the new Plenipotentiary), rather stiff and plain-spoken; and Loch is gone with him to get carts, &c., as I have no means of conveying my goods and chattels.

There is firing in front of us; and I have a letter from Parkes from Tung-chow, stating that the Prince and his colleagues made great difficulties about an audience with the Emperor.

If I was sure that Parkes and Co. were well out of Tung-chow, and that we should push on well, I should not regret the firing.

Five P.M.M. de Bastard, Gros' secretary, has just returned from Tung-chow.

He had to ride through their army, to his no small alarm; but he met Parkes (who knows not what fear is) riding back to Tung-chow to tell the Prince, &c., of the position of the Tartar army, and that they should be held responsible for the consequences.

Several of our people, Colonel Walker, with his escort, my private Secretary, Mr. Loch, Baron Gros' Secretary of Embassy, Comte de Bastard, and others, passed through the Tartar army during the course of the morning on their way from Tung-chow without encountering any rudeness or ill-treatment whatsoever.

We then agreed that the Commanders-in-Chief should send a notification to the chief mandarin of Tung-chow, to the effect that, unless our countrymen were forthwith restored, Pekin would be assaulted.

So on the 21st we advanced, and attacked a large body of Tartars, encamped between Tung-chow and Pekin.

I take up my abode in Pekin to-day, in the palace of the Prince of I., who played me false at Tung-chow.

The Chow Chow is a dog of great versatility.