The paper states that the land line of the Chinese Telegraph Administrstion at Ping-in Kuangsi, has been cut by the li ts ty the extent of some twenty miles Pingma is a town from P'oli, a telegraph station north of Lungehou, The whole region in the nity of the Ki onzking horde is suit to be overrun by armed bands insurgents.
12th March.
The Chinese Commercial C2-
Commissiover.
Although the Imperial Decree appoint BLE. Lit Hai-huan, President of the Board of Works, an Associate Commissioner with TLE. Shen Kun to discuss the new Commercial Treaty the Powers was issued about a ago, the new Ca-Commissioner begun his duties.
darin report the delay has been dav to the non-arrival of the new official seal for ULE. Lil, which, when ready, will he at once used on dispatches to be sent to th presentatives of the Treaty Powers i, formally informing. th i-huan's) appointment and notify te when he will call to the re-ofoning of the nego A Posing vernacular ne paper states that disquiet 4 reports aye been recent ly received at the Capital from the Kansu chief, Gener Teng Ts that there is considerable discontent and at province. The telegram of Gen ne Teng to the Throne was in eypher A the contents have so far been cop, ably secret, ch hing leak from the namely, that wt only do the Mahomedans of Kansu ho preparing for another re-that the followers und parti-Tung Fu hsiang have many of ned ex-Priace Tuan, who is openly preparing for a rebellion, Peking Notes, V corey Yuan Shih-k return to Peking from was expected to anting on the 8th (Manchu), formerly of Honan, who was recently prom acting Vice-President of the Board of War, it is ported, will soon pinted a Grand Council p-mien has been appointed to act eon: jointly with Hsi Lion: Governor of Hon in de coal and mineral deposits that province.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.