THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12537, 26 June 1901, Page 5

THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

ANOTHER ANTI-EOREIGN . MOVEMENT. J3OXEKISM UNDER A FRESH NAME. THE INDEMNITY QUESTION. ATTITUDE OF BRITAIN. THE FRENCH CLAIMS, -United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. HONGKONG, June 24. An allied villagers’ movement is spreading in China. It is described as Boxerism under another name. SCHE INDEMITY QUESTION: THE FRENCH CLAIMS. June 25, 11.10 p.m.) MONGKONQ, June 25. Batow has announced that Great Brifcttlo would only consent to a double CMneso tariff in return J or the entire abolition Of HSrin duty, the revision of commercial treaties and the removal of restrictions fettering trade. The French indemnity claims total £4,460,000, including £372,000 compensation, on account of Catholic missions. (The likin dues are local taxes levied, on inland trade by mandarins and other officials. They were declared Illegal by the Treaty of Tientsin and other commerciai agreements between Britain and China, but no attempt has ever been mad© to suppress them. They cause immense inconvenience to traders, and practically prevent the expansion of foreign trade to the inland districts.) EXACTIONS BY MISSIONARIES. LONDON, June 25. The Pekin correspondent ’of the “Times” alleges that tho Catholic missionaries have exacted locally many millions of tods for tho indemnification of native Christians, under the pretext -that they would protect the gentry and officials from the interference of the Allies. He adds that these methods have caused intense exasperation. Some Protestant missions - \have accepted comparatively insignificant local compensation. ,