CHINA AND THE POWERS

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4303, 12 March 1901, Page 5

CHINA AND THE POWERS

* SIR ROBERT HART DECORATED. (Received March. 11, 11.4 p.m.) - BERLIN, March 11. ? The Kaiser has decorated Sir Robert > Hart, Director of Chinese Maritime ’ Customs, in recognition of his services in opening up trade in China. - MILITARY OPERATIONS. 1 (Received March 11, 10.49 p.m.) LONDu, _s, March 11. ; A German column stormed a gate in 1 the Great Wall, eighty miles west of i Pao-ting-fu, and captured four guns. i THE FOREIGNERS AT PEKIN. (Received March 12, 0.15 a.m.) LONDON, March 11. , Li Hung Chang states that it is im- . possible for the Imperial Court to re- . turn to Peldu until the foreigners eva- ■ cuate the Temple of Heaven and the i Temple of Agriculture. The Viceroys of all the provinces, excepting Kwang-tung have endorsed the memorial of Shang, the Vice-President of the Ministry of Commerce, to the Crown in favour of the liken duties. RECALCITRANT OFFICIALS. (Received March 12, 0.22 a.m.) LONDON, March 11. Tung-fu-hsiang is determined to prevent tlie return of the Court to Pekin. He, with 20,000 followers, Prince Tuan with 10,000, and the rest of the guilty officials are collected at Ning-hsia, on the border of the province of Kan-su, determined to resist arrest. An Imperial Commissioner has been sent to exhort their compliance with their sentences. —_ 1 PROTEST AGAINST SECRET 1 NEGOTIATIONS. j LONDON, March 10. Reuter’s Agency reports that the , American Government has despatched , (V strongly-worded Note warning China i that America will not acquiesce in any • secret or separate negotiations or ces- ■ smu of territory to any Power. The i Note added that at the present moment any question of cession would be inop- ! portune. E The majority cf the Powers interest- ! ed—Russia being foremost to take ac- , tion—approved the American Note. ‘ BRITAIN’S POWER WANING. \ (Received March 12, 0.15 a.m.) * . LONDON, March 11. , “The Times” laments the ranid and 1 progressive decadence of British influence £ in the Yang-tse province, and says that I the only special advantage left is that 1 tha better classes of people and the offi- I cials trust Great ■ Britain. *