A BLOODLESS VICTORY. 629 coast fortslatein the day,accompanied by some batteries of artillery. They bivouacked for the night on the snow, ready to attack and storm the forts at dawn. But when the sun rose it General Nodzu at once informed the foreign community that it was the policy of his Government to interfere as little as possible with the treaty ports. Thus Cheefoo had been allowed TUP MANCHURIAN CAMPAIGN.

was sound that their Chinese garrisons had stolen away in the night. Forty-five cannon, a gunboat,theMeh- Ying,and two small Govcrnment steamers, which were ice-blocked in the were among the spoils of this all but bloodless victory.

i>"g-tzu is the treatyportofNiu-chwang,and to enjoy a practical neutrality during the opera' tions in Shantung. A Japanese commissioner was appointed to see to the administration of the port and town, and he was to act in concert with the heads of the trading community, the foreign consuls, and the commanders of the British and American war-vessels, stationed as