The following news is from a reliable native source:—The indemnity to he paid by the Chinese Government to the French on account of losses sustained by the Roman Catholic Mission in Szechuan, through the rebellion of Yii Man-tze, has been fixed at Mis. 550,000, although n demand was xt first made for Tls. 4,000,000. The amount spent by the provincial authorities in "crushing" (and compounding with) the rebels was Tls. 800,000 which will have to be paid by the unlucky Chungking Taota ship. At least, that is what Viceroy K'uei Chitin has recently hinted to the present incumbent in rather plain terms, as the provineinl authorities could not see their way to debit the amount to the Imperial Government." Na less than 35 battalions were brought into Chungking prefecture to crush the rebellion, which, on Paper, should make the army' of occupation number something like 17,000 to 18,000 men. 'This is what it is intended to' imply to the Empress Dowager, but actually there were never more than'8,000 men engaged, owing to the fact that some battalions numbered only 350 men, others 200, and even us few as 135 men. The originator of the rebellion, Yii Man-tze, is, by profession © common miner in the coal districts, and that such a mun should attain' an almost world-wide reputation, will be a feather in the cap of many after generations of the Yit fami As & matter of fact the rebellion of Yi Mun-tze will obtain permanent recognition, not only because it will be embodied by the State Historiogeapher in the history of this dynasty, but because it has sivan the French a place in the political economy of Szechuan province itself, Though the Yii Man-tze rebellion may now be suid to be officially settled, important consequences have yet to be reckoned with.
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