CHINESE AFFAIRS.
EXTRAVAGANCE OP DOWAGER
EMPRESS.
THE SITUATION SERIOUS.
By Telegraph.— PreSs Association.—Copyright. I London, May 22. I The extravagance of the Dowager ! Empress is extreme, and the officials J have been making desperate efforts j to raise 10,000,000 taels to present to I her on her approaching 70th birthi «ay.
The anti-dynastic rebels invested Luingan, south of Yunnan, and killed the prefect. The French Consul at Yunnan reports that the situation is serious, and that the telegraph lines south are interrupted.
(Received May 24, 5,14 p.m.)
London, May 23. The rebels are in possession of Linanfu, China.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12279, 25 May 1903, Page 5
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