WAR IN CHINA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 200, 28 September 1900, Page 3

WAR IN CHINA

D THREATENED FAMINE. GRAVITY OF SITUATION INCREASING. RUSSIAN TROOPS REMAIN; PEE PRBS3 ASSOCIATION. (Received 27, 9.30 a.m.) Hong Konq, September 26. Famine is feared in Northern China, >f owing to the non-shipment of rice supe plies. b —; A GRAVE SITUATION. a RUSSIAN TROOPS TO WINTER AT PEKING. B (Received 27,10.10 a.m.) 9 Hong Kong, September 26. J Native Christians are flocking to Canton in great numbers. The gravity of the situation is increasing. Twenty thousand members of the ; Triad Secret Society are in the vicinity. 1 Notwithstanding the Russian decree ordering the withdrawal of troops from 1 Peking Legation 6o Tientsin, 2500 Cossacks are to winter at Peking. This is | due to evasive and negative replies received to Russia's proposal for a general withdrawal. 1 LI HUNG CHANG DECLINES i AMERICAN OFFERS. RUSSIA CONCENTRATING HER • TROOPS IN MANCHURIA. THE SITUATION A GRAVE ONE. THE POWERS INTERCHANGING VIEWS ON RUSSIA'S POLICY OF GRAB. RUSSIA TRYING TO PURCHASE GERMAN SUPPORT. (Received 22, 11.20 p.m.)Hong Kono, September 27. Li Hung Chang declined the American ofiea to escort him to Pekin. All the Russian staff at Tientsin have gone with a considerable portion of the troop 3 to Port Arthur. This move is attributed to the gravity of the situation with regard to Manchuria. The annexation of that province has led to an interchange of views of the different Cabinets. The Russians have oflered the Germans the control of the Tientsin railway.