Show THIS FROM WASHINGTON The Marine Hospital service has received re-ceived a cablegram from Past Assistant Assist-ant Surgeon J B Greene officially announcing an-nouncing thc existence of the plague at Hamburg The Government Is making war preparations pre-parations on a big scale In view of the conditions in China and large orders for ammunition have been placed by the War department 1 Protests are being made by packinghouses packing-houses and forwarders against the new war revenue stamp ruling by which the firms are compelled to give a stamped receipt for every separate parcel par-cel received by them A circular has been Issued by the War department giving an order to the Postofllce department to the effect that all ofllces in the Philippine Islands hereafter shall be under the control of thc GovernorGeneral The subject of the appointment of Count Waldcrsec to command the International In-ternational forces In China has been presented to the United States Government Govern-ment but no answer has yet been returned I re-turned Count 1ersee Is regarded by l the authorities as an eminent soldier sol-dier A member of the Cabinet said yesterday yes-terday that there was no question as to the acquiescence of this Government In the selection of Field Marshal Waldersee as the commanclcrlnchlef of thc allied forces In thc Chinese campaign cam-paign ifr the Counts appointment lo command thc German troops meant such selection |