WAR IN CHINA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 101, 14 May 1901, Page 3

WAR IN CHINA

THE DOWAGER'S REACTIONARIES. A CONTEMPLATED REVOLUTION. RETURH OF BRITISH TROOPS. [PEII PBES3 ASSOCIATION.] Received 13, 9 a.m. London, May 12. Circumstantial advices from Singanfu stat3 that L'lchnanlia and General Yungtu are supporting the Emproes Dowager's reactionaries iu defying the Ministers of the Couit. It is fe.red tevo'u'ioa is contemplated at (hi P.ihce, aiming at; the dfath of the Emperor in favour of Prince Tuan's son, FuchuD. The American troops I ave evacuio ; d Peking, excepting the Foibidden City, .\h> ! r<) tha I guard r<muni. Most oF the Briiish troop 3 at Tientsin are raturnirg to India forthwith.

CIVILIAN REWARDED FOR BRAVERY. RUSSIANS ROAr-MAKING. TAKING A MEAN ADVANTAGE. R ceived 14, 0.16 a.m. London, May 13. James Watt, the civiliau who on Juue 19th, when Tientsin was strictly investel, esjapsd through the Chinese lines and carried despatches to Taku, has tafh made a Companion of St. MioLael and George. ■ The Times Tiantsio correspondent s that the Russians are pushing roads through land clainnd bytherailway,thelatt r bang uaabb to touch Kindec's Siding, about which tbe recent trouble ato:e. The Russians are aware that the documents proving the c mpauy's ownership of the tiding vvuo ab,trictEd from a safe during the j Russian ocoupition of the railway 'premises io June, and prio;-t) the firo I tint occurred in the buildings.

AN IMPERIAL EDICT. PUNISHMENT FOR THE MASSACRE AT CHUOHON. Receive! 14, 1.15 a.m London, May 13. The Times' Shanghai co.resp ndint Bfateßim8 f ateßim Imperial elict issued oh the 4th, appointing Oasliers, Governor of and Taotai, or c'lief magistrate. Iu cmuection with tha massacre of British men, womeu and children at Ctiuohon, ib vondemis the provincial tre»surer to penal servitude for life, and orders the decapitation of the O.p[tain of the Guard. British residents i consider the punisLment wholly inadequate.