China and the East.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 356, 3 April 1889, Page 3

China and the East.

The Tannadice, ,frorcf .IJongkong, has arrived at Thursday Island. She reports that the s.s. Airlie has sailed for Adelaide, via Perth. D. H. Qaton, who was commissioned by the Japanese Government) to make a special study of all the countries he i? fo visit during his trip round the world, is a passenger by the Tannadice. The following news is taken from Hongkong files to the 27th February :— Official opposition to the Tientsin and Tungchow or Peking railway is so strong that it is considered that the projected line must be dropped for a time. Negotiations are said to be progressing between the Vatican and the Court of Peking for sending a Nuncio to the latter place, who will act both as the representative of the Pope and the supervisor of Roman Catholic interests in China. Viscount Mori, Minister of Education in Japan, was assassinated on the 11th February in his own house by a young man who obtained admission on the pretext of informing his Excellency of an intended assault upon his person. When his Excellency appeared the murderer plunged an ordinary kitchen knife into his abdomen, and the victim died nexfc day. The murderer was cut down by one of the Minister's guo-rds when trying to escape. A manifesto found on the murdeier showed that he had no accomplices, and his sole motive was a fanatical desire to wreak vengeance on the Viscount for an act of sacrilege which the latter committed, either ignorantly or inadvertently, by entering the principal shrine at Isle without removing his boots. , Disturbances of a serious nature occurred' at Chin Kiang. The Chinese pulled down the police s cation, poured kerosene on the wreck, and fired it, a3 well as several other houses and chapels. Over 300 soldiers were called oufe, but they made no attempt to prevent the rioters continuing their work. After attacking 1 and looting the United' States Consulate, which they did not tire ' owing to proximity fco the Chinese houses, the, rioters were dispersed on the armal of a second detachment of soldiers, 400 in ', number. When the British Consulate was attacked, a large number of people were inside, and when attempting to escape they were driven back with stones. Eventually they succeeded in escaping, arid took refuge on board the Kiangyn. which was moored to the hulk in the harbour. Next day a party was organised to rescue some missionaries who had taken refuge in a Chinese house, and they succeeded in doing so. Several days, passed before all was quiet again. • Fifty highwaymen were executed at Kiriu recently.