THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11935, 8 January 1901, Page 5

THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

PUNISHING -BEAUTiONARIES. HEPORTS FROM THE COAST. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 6. '■ (Received January 7, at 9 a.m.) Major-general J. VF. G. Ttilloch, with whom are associated General Baluchi and companies of Australian and Japanese troops, is advancing on Kaoliejiang, in order to punish the local reactionaries who recently sent insulting messages to a patrol of'the allied troops and fired upon it with smokeless powder. The German expedition towards Lienchengken has returned to Tientsin. The officer commanding reports that lie destroyed 2000 rifles and great quantities of ammunition, and in addition captured 43 Krupp guns. Renter reports that the Empress-Dowager has executed. Yu Hsien (former Governor of Sh&tisi, nnd reported to have committed suicide), and that 30,000 Chinese regulars are with the Imperial Court at Sing-in-fu. PARIS, January 6. Iβ Temps states that the Russian protectorate over Fingtient will ultimately mean that all Manchuria will b&, Russian'; and that, it is pointed out, is radically irreconcilable with the policy of the European concert, tho principles of the Anglo-German Agreement, or even Russia's own declarations. ■ '.-. LONDON, January 7. . (Received January 8, at 1.27 a.m.) Li Hung Chang lms had a relapse. Tile Dowager has telegraphed to General Fengtzetsai to bring the entire Yunnan force, consisting of 15,000 men, armed with I modern weapons, from .Yang-tee, northwards.