THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12036, 7 May 1901, Page 5

THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

TIIK CUSTOMS DUTIES. ANNIHILATING TjilC CIIINKSB Press Associulioii—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, May 5. (Kuccivcd May 6, at 9.6 a.m.) Russia favours a reduction of the Chinese indemnity, but'is anxious to throw the burden of payment upon the import tviule. Tho China. Association ul Hliungliai strenuously denounce the proposal that the import (ariir hu 10 per cent. Fifty eases of loot claimed by the (icniT.il of (he French forces liavo teen restored to the Chinese in l'cking. The caw included the Jw|)eiia! liinnze. (ltceeivcd May 7. at 0.30 a.m.) l!ii>sii!!is claim to Jhivb iinniliiliiled two bands of (iliincse troop.* in Manchuria. They defeated, and are .still pumiing, a third band. Twenty-six Russians were killed and 75 wounded in the engagements. •May 6; (Rcccivfil May 7, ul 0.30 n.m.) A court-martial at Tientsin sentenced a Frenchman to six months' imprisonment for wounding ;i lirilish uliicer in the English settlement.(ieneral Waldersee probibly returns to tKnrope in the midille of June. The Shanghai (.'liamber of Commerce protested the proposal to' inwease tlio Chinese tariff to 10 pur cent. China suggests to the l'owcrs the complete opeiiins; of Manchuria to the enterfii'ise of the world, Japan and tipjinive. America suggests that the principle bo iipplicd to the whole of the t'liincre Kmpire.