WAR IN CHINA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 204, 3 October 1900, Page 3

WAR IN CHINA

THB HMPEROR'S APPEAL TO THE KAISER. FRIOTION BETWEEN BRITISH AMD RUSSIANS. RUSSIA REINFORCES FORT ARTHUR BQUADRQN. PUNISHMENT OF INSTIGATORB. (FBB PUSS ASSOCIATION.) Received 2, S a.m. Bona Kong, October 1. Ihe Xmperer ef China has addressed an edict te the Kaiser etating that, his , ordered official oblatioog to be offered , to Baron Ketteler's coffin, and that the . Chinese Minister at Berlin will make oblations on arrival of the coffin there. ; He appeals to the Kaiser to negotiate ; for peace. . Another letter expresses regret te ] the Emperor of Japan for the murder of the secretary of the Japanese Legation at Peking, and orders funeral oblations, London, October 1. Router's correspondent states that friction exists between the British and * Russians, each seizing and repairing 1 small sections of the railway, ' (Reoeived 2, 9.5 a.i«.) Hong Kong, October 1, The British gunboat Robin shelled the village of Lukbam, en the West 1 River, as a retaliation for firing upon a • British-owned steamer at Lungkiang. The ringleaders were seized and flogged. St. Petebsbubg, October 1. Russia has ordered the new ironclads Sebastopol and Pattava and five large torpedo beats to Teinforce the squadron | at Port Arthur. . Kangyi, the Chancellor, and Innian, Master of Police at Peking, are included in the list of those to be 1 punished. In following America's advice, that they should punish the instigators of outrages, the hand of Li Hung Chang is conspicuous, such action being taken with a hope of averting the blow of Germany. Chinese accounts declare that Li Hung Chang has tardily convinced the Dowager of the deception of the Manchu leaders. The same accounts represent the Emperor as having soundly rated the princes and other courtiers for the state into which they have brought the country while the Dowager remained silent, BRITAIN'S LOYALTY TO THB CONCERT OF POWERS. ' ALLIED EXPEDITION TO SHANKAIKWAM. RUSSIAN DISTRUOTIVENBBB. Received 3,0.20 a.m. London, October 2. The Times' correspondent at Peking states that the Chinese offered the British the opportunity to peacefully occupy Shankaikwam and Tongshan, anticipating Russian action; but the proposal was discountenanced by Great Britain for fear of disturbing the Concert Allies. Four thousand Allied troops sail from Toku for Shankaikwam, the navies cooperating. Besides denuding the Summer Palace at Peking, the Russians destroyed the famous White Pagoda and two Boxer Temples, THB EMPEROR'S EDIOT. KILAN PEACEFULLY SURRENDERED. GERMANY AIMS TO PRESERVE CONCERT OF ALLIES. (Received 3,0.30 a.m.) Honq Kono, October 2. The Emperor's recent edict declares that Prince Tuan and others included in the punishment list were entirely responsible for the bloodshed. Kilan was peacefully surrendered as the result of Russian negotiations with Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang. Berlin, October 2. It is semi-officially announced here l that Germany's aim in China was to i maintain the Allies concert. It is I added that the alleged Triple Allianoe I amongst France, Russia, and Germany is baseless.