The Trouble in China.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 154, 25 May 1901, Page 4

The Trouble in China.

London, May 21.^ ~ The British are ex'ending the railway to Tungohau,. giving a second lifie via* Peiho. Count von Waldersee is returning in-. June. He is to be the, guest of" the< Mikado whilst iu Japan.* May 22.1 An Imperial decree directs-that Lt? Hung Chang and Prince Gbing shall*expedite negotiations. Since the famine in the Stianshi a<s rebellious feeling around Singanfu ren-. ders it itnpcssible for- the Court toremain there. •- The Marquis of Lansdowne said that*; though the punishment ot officials wits* insufficient, Britain was not-prepared to; keep her troops in China indefinitely or • postpone the resumption /of normal conditions in order to. exact more heads. Three hundred and thirty troops would!' leave immediately, and a larger number would shortly follow. Since they were: unable to reduce some of the exorbitant indemnity claims, Bi Haiti was trying* otherwise to alleviate China’s position. ■ The Marquis of Lmsdowne warmly - commented on the attitude' of the*.' Yangtze Viceroys. He said that Britainwas awaiting Russia’s, reply to lhe t representations to* the effifct that the - Russian authorities at Tientsin w- r 0.% again asserting their rights to the ■> ownership of the railway land. S nee • the treaties gave the Bdtish the right toy pursue pirates in the Elliott Group the warship decluiedito withdraw when theRussian Admiral warned them off*It has been arranged that 12.500’-; foreign troops shall be distributed among the towns in Chi Li, and that that Legation guards shall consist of 300, mea . each. * . Boxers fleeing bez&re Liu met a*. - Carman regiment, and 100 Chinese were., killed. The explosion at Kdgan; news off which was cabled on the 16th killed and injured 200 Chinese.