Foreign News: The Battle of Chefoo

Ever since the Japanese occupation of Shantung, Chefoo has been one of the principal ports of call of coastwise British steamers. Chefoo exports famed Shantung lace and most of the hairnets worn by U. S. women. Last week one of these ships, the Hunan, idled along off Chefoo. In its hold lay a cargo of bean cakes, machinery, flour, and beer for the British flotilla preparing to assist in the blockade of Vladivostok. A handful of passengers—missionaries, German merchants, two or three mysterious White Russians—were lolling in the lounge; a couple of junior officers were playing ping-pong; below decks...