THE CHINESE DIFFICULTY.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 1 April 1901, Page 4

THE CHINESE DIFFICULTY.

[by electric telegraph.—copyright.]

(Per Press Association) London, March. SO. A regiment of Sikhs with eight Pompoms is leaving Shanghai to guard the Tientsin railway. The Japanese troops in Chili province have been strengthened to the extent of 00 p:r cent owing to representations to China by Japan and the other Powers against carrying on two sets of negotiations.

China has suspended negotiations on the amendment to the Manchurian Convention until negotiations with the Allies arc completed. The Standard states that reports are current at Nankin that Li Hung Chang will bo the Chinese Foreign Minister after the Tsung-li-Yamon has boon abolished, Liukunyi succeeding Li Hung Chang in the Vice Royalty of Chili. The St Petersburg newspaper Novoc Yremya stares that the Gorean Ministers of Justice and the Interior have been banished for a conspiracy intended to dynamite the official quarters of the Russian Resident at Seoul with the object of provoking the advent of foreign troops to protect the fresh Ministry. The plot failed owing to discord between the conspiring Ministers. Advices from Yokohoma state that three officers of the Japanese head quarters’ staff are going to Seoul to investigate the matter. The newspapers at Tokio state that Japan is adopting a strong policy, and unusual activity prevails at the arsenal.