AFFAIRS IN CHINA.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 71, 27 March 1901, Page 2

AFFAIRS IN CHINA.

By Tolograph—Press Association—Copyright London, March 25.

M. Talcaaki Pato, Japancso Minister of Foreign Affairs, states that Count von Bulow’s strange construction of tho AngloGcnnan agreement did not concorn Japan. His Government adhered to the plain, unmistakeablc meaning of tho agreement.

Tho Ministers of Great Britain, Germany, Franco, and Japan at Pekin are making an”cxamination of tho resources of China in relation to tho paymout of indemnities.

MURDERED BY BRIGANDS. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright Received 4.1 p.m., March 26. London, March 25. Brigands recently murdered Mr Stonehouse, of the London Missionary Society, fourteen miles eastward of Tientsin.

SERIOUS AFFRAY. BRITISH SABRED AND BAYONETTED. COVERT INSULTS FROM - FRENCHMEN. SEND-OFF TO AUSTRALIANS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received 12.20 a.m., March 27. London, March 25. A Reuter message states that an affray occurred among the European troops at Tientsin, during which two Welsh Fusileevs and ono member of the Victorian Naval Contingent were sabred and bayonetted.

The Germans wore the principal culprits in the affray. The French troops covertly insult the British officers at every opportunity. Tiio civilians and military of Tientsingave the Australians a grand send-off, General Campbell publicly thanking and complimenting them.