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Show FREQUENT SKIRMI3HE8. Main Body of the First Japanese Army Near WIJu. Tbo Jnpancio authorities at Seoul say thcro havo been frequent skirmishes skir-mishes between Sakju and WIJu. Tho main body of tho first Japancso army Is In tbo nelghbnrbod of WIJu. About COO Itat-thcstcd, sandal-shod Korean Infantrymen left Seoul Monday Mon-day for tho northern part of Ham lilting Do provlnco, on tho frontlor of tho Klrwln district of Manchuria, to keep In ordci tho bandits who aro constantly embroiled with tho Chinese Chi-nese settlers In tho Tumon region, which hns resulted In diplomatic representations rep-resentations on tho subject of China. It Is considered doubtful whether thcBO troops will reach their destination, destina-tion, na fenrs aro being oxprosscd that they will desert. Tho Japancso minister to Koroa, M. Ilayashl, has requested tho Korean government to facilitate tho plans of doncrnl Haragucbl, tho commander of tho Japancso forces at Seoul, for tho thorough sanitation of Seoul and tho other largo towns of Korcn, so as nut to oxpaso tho Japancso troops to tho rnvages of cholera and otbor diseases. |