WAR AND FAMINE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1333, 10 January 1912, Page 5

WAR AND FAMINE.

CHINA'S TROUBLES. GOVERNMENT HOPING FOR A PITCHED BATTLE, AN ENGLISHMAN MUftDEKED. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright (Rec. January 0, 10.2.1 p.m.) Peking, January 9. The armistice lias not been renewed aJid negotiations havo reached a deadlock. 'I'ho Government, aro in hopes that tho revolutionaries will move northwards ajid thus afford an opportunity for a pitched battle as tho Government is financially unablo to send sufficient troops southward to securo a victory. Shanghai, January 9. Bobbers havo murdered Mr. Filgate, formerly belonging to tho China Inland Mission. His body has boen brought to tho British Consulate at Hangchou.

FAMINE. AN APPEAL FOE FUNDS. Shanghai, January 8. The Famine Relief Committee is appealing for funds lo employ sufferers on flood prevention works. Three million seven hundred and fifty thousand people are destitute in Northern Kiangsu, Anhui, Southern Shantung, and the Hananwuhu regions. DEMAND BY RUSSIA. INDEPENDENCE OP MONGOLIA. New York, January 8. The Peking correspondent of tho "New York Herald" says that Russia has demanded that China shall recognise the independence of Mongolia, and announces that sho is sending troops to the province. (Rec. January 9, 10.25 p.m.) Peking, January 9. The Russian Note demands China's recognition of tho independence of outer Mongolia as regards internal affairs. It i 3 stated that Russia will assist Mongolia to maintain order, and intends to construct a railway from Kiakta to Urgu. China will not be allowed to maintain military forces or to send colonists to Mongolia, but will be permitted to retain control of external affairs.