AFFAIRS IN CHINA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 194, 31 August 1901, Page 3

AFFAIRS IN CHINA.

P*.R PBESS AS OC/ATIi'N. Hong Kosg, August 29. An Imperial . diet has bpen issued prohibiting the imp ration into China of firearms and ammunition marhin ry, but implying that they may be manufactured locally. The edict is regarded as the voluntary act of the Emperor. It mentioned that n>erchar.ts clandestinely impor'ei certain goods, aud »e----fer'td to disturbances created by brigands. At a meeting of Foreign Minis f ers, S;r E. M. Satow promos d to return the edict. He was overruled, but an objectionable p Tt'on of the edict was eliminated, end an appendix was added to the draft protocol, Minis! e<B informing the Chinese envoys that the prohibition applied equally to official imp -rte. PRINCE CHUN OBDURATE. Received 30.10.46 p.m. Berun, August 30. The Emperor insists on Prince Chun's ultimate obeisance. Prirce Chun rem ii's at a hotel on the Swiss side of the Rhine, whi'e General Holpfur, who was sent to reewvo him, is staying at a hotel on the Ge nvm side. Received 31, 0.30 a.m. Berlin, August 30. I The Kaiser has disapprove lof Prince Chun's proposed address, on the ground that it is not expressive of i's expht-ry character.