WAR IN CHINA
SANGUINARY BATTLE AT MUKDEN. ABOLITION OF PRIVILEGES OF MANCHI'S. Received 3, 9.10 a.m. London, May 2. General Wo aclr, 'he llugsan Commander, was absent from the Generals' cooferenoa nt P king wtea tte teims of reace wero Hi* usi'd. The Cologne Gazette teports a sanguinary Utile near Aiukdin. The RtMuana fifty csual' ies. Four office e, includ ng General Z«rpithshi. were wounded. The Viceroy of Can'oi bas abolished tbe privileges of Manchus, who will henceforth be treated the Bame ss thei Chinese. THE INDEMNITY LOAN. IMPORT TARIFF.
(Received 4, 0'49 a.m.) Londo*, May 3. This Foreign Ministers Oommitti e at Pekin recommord a four or four and a-balf per cent loan rf twenty mi'liors, guaranteed by the Powers, to cover the indemnity of n'xtj-five mill'ODs ; otherwise that each Power shall acofpt bonds to ccvr its indemnity. The Commiitee are » r an'mous in recommending an effective five per cent ad valorem marit me custoi s and imports tariff, and tbe assignment of the native customs to the service of indemnity duties on flour, buttti', chfese, foreign clo'hin?, rnd fpirits lut not to in'erfere with tin " L : kio " duty or land tax. Tne rnrjjrity if the Ministers recommended a ten per cent, cuitfms duty, but Great J3 rain, America and Japan oppowd.
CABLK NEWS
(By Electbic Tn^jiGßAPft—Coptoioht.)
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 89, 4 May 1901, Page 3
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