Territory.
News received from the North reports that General Ma Yii-kun and his force" by sheer force of numbers have succeeded in compelling the insurgents of Jeho story and Ch'a-yang hsien, both of 2 prefecture, which is that portion of the province of Chihli situated outside the Eastern limit of the Great Wall, to berake themselves for the present into the hill districts in that vicinity. During the first part of the insurrection—the origin of which was the usual one of the officials making extortionate demands upon the people for money to pay the missionary indemnity—the leader of the insurgents, a military graduate of the first decree, or uts'ai—sinee cashiered—named Teng eng, belonging to the hamlet of Huatzekou in Chtwwyang district, it seemed, was Uniformly successful in defeating the forces sent against him; first, the militia of 1 1, the Chibhsien or district magistrate of Ch'aoyang; next, the Manchu troops of Sé Ling-i, Governor of Jeho and Conso: t of an Imperial Princess; thea wade of infantry and cavalry of Major-General Yang Yi-shu of Cin'aoyang; and fourthly, a force of 3,000 men sent by General Ma Vu-kun in February last, in his capacity of Provincial Commende: Chief of Chibli. This created a panic amongst the officials and rheic troops in eho and Ch'aoyang who cooped themselves up inside city-walls, leaving the open country to the insurgents to work their will upon. Naturally, the B.C. and other culverts, abandoned by the officials, had to bear the brunt of the attacks directed against them by the insurgents, who are practically the whole of the unconverted portion of the inhabitants of Ch'éngté prefecture.. Finally a Inst appeal was made by the Manchu G.vernor of Jeho to the The -neasking that Vireroy Yuan Shih-kai be commanded to dispatch some of his discipline troops ayainst the insurgents who had so far proved too much fur the local At the same time General Ma Yiik'un was asked once more to send reinforcements (0 the aid of his brigade which had been previously badly defeated Ting Laifeng and. his insurgents. Coupled with this application, it is report, ed, the Manchu Governor requested General Ma Yé-kun to show no merey to the insurgents, i.e,, "Chi-chuan-pu-lin" or "Let neither fowls nor d_ gs be permitted to retain [th it lives!).". Fortunately, howvx, Viceroy Yuan Shih-kai heard of this sanguinary request and immediately wrote tive ely to General Ma Yii-kun for-Padding such a bloodthirsty warfare against the insurgents, not only on grounds of humanity bnt also for political, reasons. "For," wrote Viceroy Yuan, "the insurgents are, after all, our fellow creatures and countrymen, misguided though they be. Then, again, we must consider the icy of such an action. Such a merciless-Fp prosecuted ar would drive the whole of the five nerihern provinces into rebel-ion against the dynasty, and who then will be abl to bear such a grave responsibility on his shoulders? Not you, certainly, for can Guvernor Sé Ling-a, the proposer of such a bloodthits'y measure." General Ma Yii kun therefore sent advanced coutticrs with great posters and proclama-ahead of him and his main army promising pardon to all who Iny, down their arms except the insurgent leaders. Russian Beggars in Newchwang.
Tt is reverted from Newchwang that a mob of over forty Russian beggars have recently invaded that port who infest the Chinese quarters and take by force anything they may see and desire from the count-rs of shos or the stalls and stands St po ty vendors and hawkers, The natives dare not re-ist for fear of the Russian niilitary patrols assisting their rogued countrymen, thereby causing the sufferers to lose more than if the beggars were allowed their own way.
16th April.
The Conservation of the Huang-
Owing to the unexpected opposition shown by the high provincial authorities to the question of the constitution of the
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