News has arrived from Changsha that the insurrection in Hengshan district, note of which was made in these columns lately, is spreading ra and that a large body of insurgents Have already entered Pinghsianghsien, Kiangsi, which district is on the frontier, touching the Hunan borders. Evidently the authorities of li idea this in of their Sung of that Brigade of discipline soning the pro-1 capi inw, to the scene of threatened disturbance i also sent to Governor igsha, to dispatch ble, front and rear. Han order, if possi-Altogether there will be nearly 6,000 men aged in putting the insurrection down that part of the country, not counting Kaay troops sent to help the Hunan troops in crushing the rebels at Hengshan, on the Hunan-Kuangsi borders. The surgents, on the other hand, are said to he well armed and well provided with food and ammunition. They are mostly Hunan veterans, belonging to the Koluo Hui society, "ud have seen considerable service throughout the country in their day. It is vot surprising, therefore, to learn that both order and discipline are observed in the insurgent army und that, being led by old and experienced army officers, mostly retired on account of disgust at' the inuratitudo of the Government, theinsurgonte have succeeded in driving away all opposition, so far. Asa matter of fact the insurreetion'is considered to be a sort of protest of old soldiers at the treatment they have received from the Government, which uses them when there is danger, and dismisses them without any after provision when the danger is past. It is on this account that th orities of Hunan, Kuangsi re trying to bring a largo army in the field against the insurgents, and that they consider the situation critical enough to send appeals also to the Vi roys of the Hukuang and Linngkiang provinees for aid. Pinghsiang will be romemhered as the place where H.E. Sheng has his new coal mines and railway, a memorial concerning which to the Throne by Viceroy Chang Chih-tung was translated in these columns a short while ago.
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