| Show I ANGI V A T I MARINS MA Pugilistic Diversions of Blue Jackets Who Had a Provocation P E te the Cause of Strained Relations of the 1 Two Governments IKIN Jan 8 While the actual PEKIN i casualties during the fighting at New Chwang b en n American sailors belonging to the the United States I gunboat Is wintering there and awl Russian soldiers attached to the garrison at that port are trifling up to date the matter has resulted in unpleasantly strained relations between the American Russian and British authorities there The Washington and andSt andSt andst St Petersburg governments are are now now endeaVoring to t aae e t bm The trouble originated in the action of some sailors belonging to the Brit British BrItIsh British ish sloop of war w r Algerine aso so in win winter winter ter tar quarters at New Chwang in carry carryIng carr carrin lag Ing in ashore six rifles rilles in a theat theatrical theatrical rica performance The Russian administration sent a force of men to arrest the he British sai sal sailors sailors lors Ions The Russians however by mis mistake mistake mistake take broke into a reading room where a party part of the men were seated and tried to arrest them The Americans resisted res ted defending themselves with chairs They The were overpowered after alter a aSh sharp arp fight how however ho however ever eer and handed over to the United States consul who Wh 0 sent sOnt t them th m on Aboard 1 the Vicksburg The bad arose from this incident result d In several fights whenever or o British sailors met mat Rusian sol so ers ersland and land the latter not being accustomed to fist fights ware wre re usually worsted This condition of on New Years day in a mor serious affray and the Russian minIs ten ter Paul Lessar complained t to td Mini M In later ister Conger that two members t r thai tIt crew had bad fired a reL rev v vat at an unoffending Russian sol er wounding G lim in lathe the e arm armand a and the Russian Russia administrator ad at New Newl Chwang are strained which make a settlement of the affair dif difficult difficult The administrator attempted to I enforce a social code which the foreign f reign officials refused to recognize and con consequently consequently consequently their relations have baye been urn lim limited ted lied to strictly business interviews ws and these the have not been amicable consist consisting ing In mostly on the one side of protests from the Uie administrator tor against the con condart n duet dart of the sailors The Tb memorandum presented by the Russ minister er to the United States minister here related j to various alleged assaults committed by Americans |
