CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.
China. TROUBLE IN MANCHURIA. News has been received that two hundred miles of railway have been destroyed in Manchuria. Many Russians have been killed. Five Russian regiments have left Pekin, marching overland to Manchuria The departure of this force reduces the number of Russian troops at the Chinese capital to 8000. GATHERING OP CHINESE TROOPS. Sir Robert Hart (Director of the Imperial Maritime Customs) has warned the Generals commanding the allied troops that Chinese Imperial troops are concentrating between Pekjp and Tientsin. THE EMPEROR. Prince Ching, who is negotiating terms of peace with the allies, asserts that the Emperor and his Court are at a village sixty miles from Pekin, and are anxious to return to the capital in order to make reparation. THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. It is considered apparent that Prince Ching, who is negotiating for peace with the allied commandoes, does not realise the position, and tiiuks that an indemnity will settle everything. The foreign Ministers have decided that they are not empowered to treat with Prince Ching. RUSSIAN MANOEUVRING. Russia has seized the railway property along the river frontage at Tientsin, intending to form a Russian settement. Major-General Doward has protested against this action. POLICY OP THE UNITED STATES. Messages from Washington state that Brigadier- General Chaffee has been left free to decide when to withdraw the United tates troops from Pekin and how many he will withdraw. He has also been instructed tc i reject any arrangement which does not provide for the protection of converts. A FATAL EXPLOSION. Sixteen British, Chinese and ludian soldiers were killed and twenty- two injured while destroying a powder factory at Nung-chau. MILITARY APPOINTMENTS. Major-General Doward has been appointed commander of the British troops in Pekin. Lieut. -Colonel Lord R. H. D. Campbell, of the Indian Staff Corps, formerly commander at Chitral, on the Indian frontier, succeed Major-General Doward in the command at Tientsin.
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Manawatu Herald, 20 September 1900, Page 2
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316CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS. Manawatu Herald, 20 September 1900, Page 2
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