CHINA.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2876, 3 October 1895, Page 1

CHINA.

London, Sept. 29. The British ultimatum has been presented to the Court of Pekin regarding the riots in Szechuen. It demands within fourteen days the issue of an edict degrading the Viceroy of that province; otherwise the Admiral on the China, station will be instructed to take aotiou. Archdeacon Wolfe exonerates Mr Mansfield, the English Consul, from the charge of apathy in connection with the Kucheng massacre. Sept. 30. The Consuls at Kucheng propose to bring their enquiry to a termination. They find the opposition of the Chinese intolerable. The soldjery openly infeuHef* Mr Mansfield. ■ i The Standard hints tl>»* I that iSUnkiu. „u»v »- - it ls possible troo,n_, . occupied by British Oct. I. It is officially stated that China has accepted tho British ultimatum and degraded the Viceroy of Szechuen. An order has been issued preventing him from ever holding office again. Kiianohai, Sept. 30. Tlic Kansu robollion is spreading, and matters are taking a serious turn. Tho secrot societies with which China is ntudded are actively co-operating, and their object is believed to bo tho expulsion of the Manchu dynasty which has ruled 'Jhina ho long.