WAR IN CHINA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 22, 20 November 1900, Page 3

WAR IN CHINA

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ADMIRAL SEYMOUR TO REMAIN. > • EFFECT OF THIT KAISER'S " NO QUARTER" ORDER. [PBB PBESS ASSOCIATION.] , (Received 19 8.40 a.m.) c London, November 18. Admiral Seymour's command on the ■ China station has been extended. Received 19, 8.5 a.m. Hono Kong, November 18. Count Waldersee has informed Li Hung Chang that if the regular Chinese troops are withdrawn from the territory occupied by the Allies', punitive expeditions will be discontinued. > Berlin, November 18. German soldiers, writing from China, reiterate the earlier stories of frightful cruelties practised upon Chinese in obedience to the Kaiser's " no quarter " order. DOWAGER SUSPICIOUS OF BEING . CAPTURED. (Received 19,10.57 p.m.) Hong Kong, November 19, Chung Chitung hints that if Tungfuhsiang is really in rebellion in the i Yantzse provinces, the Viceroys will combine to suppress him and rescue the Dowager. Although the Viceroys and Li Hung Chang guaranteed her ' safety if she would return, she mis- , trusts them, and believes there is a conspiracy to capture her, j London, November 19. The Morning Post's Fekin correspondent says the latest edict is regarded as inadequate. Failing a settlement by the spring, an expedition will proceed to Singanfu. BOXERS ROUTED BT THE FRENOH. OHINESE GATHERING ON BORDERS OF CHILI. RAILWAY TRANSFERRED TO BRITISH CONTROL. Received 20, 0.33 a.m. I' Hong Kong, November 19. The French routed 300 Boxers in the direction of the Emperor's tombs. Twenty-three thousand Chinese troops are gathering on the borders of Chili to resist any advance to the westward, j The Tientsin-Shanhaikwan railway' has been transferred to British control. The Times' Pekin correspondent wires that Ministers are weakening the reduced demand for the death of the leaders to the severest punishment under the Chinese law, forgetting that Princes are not amenable to the common law. I