The Trouble in China.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 150, 16 May 1901, Page 4

The Trouble in China.

London, May 12. Circumstantial advices from Singan- ; fu state that Luchujniln and General ■ Yunghu are supporting the Empress • Dc wager's reactionaries and defying the ] Ministers of the Court. It' is fpa red that a revolution is \ intended, aiming ab the d*ath of the Emperor in favour of Prince Tuan's son Fuchun. The American troops have evacuated Pekin, except the JWbidden City, where f a Legation guard remains. Moat of the British troops ao Tientsin are reluming to India fonhwith. j The Times' Shanghai correspondent ;; tatea that an Imperial edict was issued ■£ on Miy 4th, which cashiers the Governor : of Chekiang and the_Taoti. or Chief 'j Magistrate, in connection with the mas- j eaore of British men, women and cbildr«n atObuchau, condemns the Provin- ,|| cial Treasurer to penal servitude for lite I and orders the decapitation of the caplaia | of the guard. •! British residents consider the punish- /j ment wholly inadequate. May 13. | The Russian authorities are buying out | private owners in the Tientsin concession, f This is interpreted as a consciousness | on Russia's part that~her alleged right of conquest is baseless. | In the meantime Russia menaces j] Chinese witnesses who are. able to orally | prove the railway company's claim. \ The Taotai of Shanbi has beetrj tentenced to death for the murder of twojj Britishers, Watts and Jones. '»; i The latest report that has reached { Pekin from Singan-fn is that if they, are -• able to baffle the*cheming of LiKenyaita.'': ■'♦he Dowager's chief eunuch, and Luohan- s lliu, the. Emperor's triends hope to resou*; I him and start for Pekin immediately. ._! J'i The Empress DnW3ger is prooeedingj Ito Honan until affairs return to, a normal| 1 condition. -I