WAR IN CHINA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 68, 4 April 1901, Page 3

WAR IN CHINA

A MINERAL SYNDICATE. ATTACK ON A BRITISH OFFICER. VICEROYS FTUM AGAINST MANCHURIAN CONYrNTION. EMPEROR REFUSES TO SIGN. [PKR PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Received 3, !).2S a.m. London, April 2. Tr>o Daih/ EcrjyrefS reports that British t-nd Dalian capitalists associated in (i Peking syndicate secured, a while back, the ratification of an immense concession comprising tho richest coal, iron ore, and petroleum field in the Shansi and Honan Provinces. It is proposed to bring minerals to tho Yangtzse Valley and erect mills there among the dense population of that i g if ion. Saven Frenchmen at Tientsin sihrod Captain Barnett, of the Madras Infanl vy. The wounds are r.ot dangerous. An Indian sentry was shot in the thi;'h in ih» darVne'-s. He twicer returned the firs. It, is believed the a - Eflilasts vc-re foreign soldieis. Dr. Morrison reports that the Viceroys of tho Yangtze provinces:, Lin T.unyi and Chang Chihtung, wfirDod the Imperial Court that they will disregard the provisions of the Manchurixn convention even if signed by the Emperor. I Li Hucg Chang has urgid the Em- j peror to reconsider his decision not to sign the convention. The Eisaperor re-1 plied that in view of the unanimous | advice of the chief, provincial officials of J the Empire the decision cf tho Throne j was irrevocable mkl that the conven-] Hon cannot be signed. M. De Giers has been instructed not to allow Russian flags to be hoisted at Tientsin siding pending a settlement with Russia.

LI HONG CHANG INDISPOSED. Received 3. 11.5 p.m. London, April 3. Li Hung Chang is indisposed, and fails from Tientsin to-morrow. A body jp.uard accompanies him to Shanghai. ROBBERS ROUTED BY THE GERMANS (Received 3, 11.5 p.mO London, April 3. The Germans, routing a thousand robbers seven miles north of Tientsin, killed eleven, wounded fifty, and captured a gun and thirty carts. Several foreigners were discovered amongst the robbers.