The Crisis in China

Clutha Leader, Volume XXVII, Issue 1547, 7 May 1901, Page 3

The Crisis in China

The work of foriifyim,' Uw Legations at- i'ekinß is lini.-dii-d. Tin- foriific-iHw.-i are 'k'»cri'.vd :i!i formidable. T'lvy command the Imp -via! r.'Jac". The indemnity claimed I>y Germany from China iiiclurl's J<±.'o,ooo fur A>rtilyi»j» Kisioehau, :!i:<l LIIm.OOO for the cost of laying : caMw Ik town Kiao-chan, Shanghai, awl j Ohefoo. ! Tiio !(v;\ls commanding ilie foreign ' force* in China propose that, until the vav.i;;lt I of the fovtt*. Jiriliih). Franc, Germany, ami Japan shall well retain 1-JfiO and Italy -JO!) (it Tientsin, am] that Britain, Fiance, IfiH-ia, ami Germany shall > aeh retain 300 and Italy 100 at Hhan-hiii-kwan. The? UNo propose that; (ho generals shall eon*., o! th« civil administration, thus Imping that China will more readily agree to the peace conditions. Whilst General "Wogaek, the llussian commander, was absent at the General'.-; Conference in Peking disciusi.ij; the leim-i of poa.ee, the Cologne Gazett; reports that a sanguinary Untile near Milken was fought, in which the Russians sustained ■">() casualties. Four officers, including General Zerpithski, were wounded. The Standard's Shanghai correspondent says that ilnssia demands as compensation foi' (lie i'i j r ti on of the llanehurian Convention a, rectification of tlie Knlj-» frontier, the cc;-sio» of & tvrrilory in W, :-.u. rn Tibet, and a concession of a, gold mine on tlie South Ilivev, Amur. A Ileutcr in, ssage states tint a German bridge over thel'elio Jliver. near the southern 1 end of the British concessions at, Tientsin, ! impeded Iral'iic up the river. The Uri'ish tug"Ewo yesterday touched the bridge. The Germans tiled, wounding two of the crew. lJussisi favours a reduction of the Chinese indemnity, but is anxious to throw the burden of payment upon the 'mport trade.