OUTBREAK IN FORMOSA.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 47, 19 November 1907, Page 5

OUTBREAK IN FORMOSA.

4 CHINESE TROOPS REBEL. THEY MURDER 63 JAPANESE. DT TELEGRAPH —PRESS A6SOOIA.TION —COPYRIGHT, (Rec. Nov. ( 18, 10.17 p.m.) j Tokio, Novombor 18. A company of Chinese troopg in Japanese pay, who were serving in Southern Formosa, murdored 63 Japanese policemen and civilians. Japanese infantry dispersed tho mutineers, who fled into the wilderness. Formosa, an island lying off tho coast of China, from which it is .separated by tho Fuchien Strait, BO' to 220 miles wide, passed from to Japan in 1835. In 1905 the population was 2,810,000, consisting of Chinese settlers and aborigines, with somo 25,000 Japanese. There should be plenty of eovcr for fugitives, as tho backbone of the island is formed of a range of densely wooded mountains, which culminate in Mount Morrison, 12,8t7ft. high. Eastward of this range lies a narrow strip of mountainous country, presenting to the Pacific a precipitous cliff-wall, with, in many places, a sheer descent of from 5000 to 7000l't. West of the range is a broad alluvial plain. Tho Japaucao havo done marvels for the development of the island.