'As, perhaps, is not generally known, the Kiangnan' Arsenal has been of late engaged in casting a number of quick-firing field pieces and mountain guns for the Imperial army in Kuangsi, in conneetion with which a couple of batteries with their necessary ammunition, etc., have been finished for some time and were only awaiting instructions from Kuangsi as to the manner in which they should be dispatched to their destination. A telegram from Governor Wang Chih-chun at Nanning, Kuangsi, was received by the Arsenal authorities a few days ago, asking for the dispatch of the guns in question with all haste, from which we gather that Governor Wang Chih-chu route to Kueilin, the capital of Kuangsi, is still opposed by the rebels. Another telegraphic dispatch from Nanning te a certain Iccal mandarin reports the situation as very grave and char. Governor Wang Chih-chun with incapability. Furthermore it is stated thai the troops under that Governor are getting niutinous through lack of pay and even ordinary supplies.
7th January.
"Coming Events Cast," Ete.
As one of the first depredatory acts in a small way of the Boxers and their sy pathisers in Chi with the railway line b: tweea Pel Tientsin, so. it would seem attempts of somewhat similar nature have been ence more started by a certain section of the people of that part of Chihli province. other words, people, who may be of the same sort ax those of 1909, have recently been discovered by the railway authorities: to have began making depredations on the Tine, amongst which is the extracting screws and nuts for taste 4 mails to Sequenc" ting patrons travel sleepers, acts fraught with myst seri ints eon.
ling on the Pekit isin Railway. A an instance, on the line between Huengtstun and Feng' ations it Ww: dis covered that no less than six he odd, screws and nuts had been extrac fon one night ouly—z6th Decemb by persons unknown," though, it pi inly, those persons are nominally known to the railway people and steps being taken to arrest the actual culprits. 'The Proposed Changehiaw (Kalgan) Railway, which previous issues of thi paper has already cursorily noted, has. according to a Peking dispatch, be of Foreign Alfirs and. the' Heal Ofice of favourably reported upon by the Ministry the Department of Railways and Mines.
Uy, and an Imperial Ri ascript I ly been issued authori to be begun on the new line on the beginning of April next. Ti make another link to the Russiin chain which is gradually encircling the Northern and North-eastern possessions of the pre: sent Manchu dynasty.
The Latest about the Chinese Telegraph Administration.
We translate the following from the "Universal Gazette We leora thy so soon as the Imperial decree was publish ed ordering the Chinese Telegraph Administration to be taken over by the Government, shares the concern which ad hitherto' stood fir at S160 to S176 immediately fell down to In consequence of this once buying in the above" shar tapen quotations mounted up again s few days ago shares were again t between S110 and $120. Hearing of rapid fall of s high mands Peking at once sent an down to Shanghai to buy up as. many shares as possible. Owing to the tr ble arising from this action of the Government, the powers that be in Pel have intimated to Sheng Kung-pao their willingness to restore him to the cuntrol of the Telegraphs, with the exception that the name of Director-General will not be attached to his many titles." Apropos of the above, we hear from-another source that em trol of the Chinese Telegraphs will be maintained ich now namely, that the missioner of the Pei will have supreme control, while Shévg] the dite Kung-pao is to have a colleague as Vice-Director.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.