The Tientsin "Jehjeh Sinwén" hears from the North-western provinees that large numbers of Mongol tribesmen along the Northwestern borders who h embraced the Mahomedan faith are intrigue with Russian secret agents there, that already there are indications of intention amongst the tribesmen to renounce their allegiance tothe Chinese Emperor. Proofs of this have already been sent to the! Government at Hsian, which considers the question to be a very serious one, full of grave consequences to the authority of the Manchu dynasty.
With reference totheabore these Mongol tribesmen should first consult with their Kinghese brethren in the steppes nest of Kashgar, who in the latter portion of the seventies also renounced the authority of China, tempted by the brilliant promises of secret agents from over the Russian horders of Khokand, now called Ferghaua.
ree years these Kirghese found themselves heavily taxed as to their herds and cattle, over five times as much as the duties levied by the Chinese authorities at Kashgar, besides other heary burdens. Repentance, however, came too late, whilst to crown all thole principal chiefs were taken over to Samarcund and forbidden to return to their tents in the-steppes. As the chief wealth of the Mongol ibesmen, like the Kirghese, is in herds of horses, sheep, and black cattle, it would be to their advantage to study the history of the Kinghese of the Inst quarter of a century before taking the irrevocable step of acknowledging the suzerainty of the "Ak Pasha," White Czar.—Trans.)
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