Teinanfi, February 23.
The Big Knife Society is again active near the frontier of the three Provinces of Honan, Shantung and Kiangsu. Their movements are especially noticed in the district of Yuchenghsien, near Kueitefu, in the Province of Honan, The troops of the three provinces have received orders to suppress the movement most ener-ge tically.
Peking, February 27.
The British Consul-General in Yiinnanfu has demanded from the Viceroy the final concession of a railway from Kanlong to Tengyue (Momein), which had been promised long ago to British capitalists; it is intended, pursuing old Britiah. projects, to extend this railway coming from Burma later on from Tengyue vid Talifa and Yunnanfu to the Yangtze Valley. Viceroy Hei Liang has, ho refused to grant this concession. Thereupon the British Government submitted the affair to the Waiwupu, requesting the fulfilment of promises given before. Learning of these steps, the French Minister has also approached the Waiwupu demanding that it uphold the decision of the provincial authorities, since the line from Burma through Yunnan to the Yangtze would be a competitive line to the railway now in contraction by the French from Indo-China to Mengtee, -and intended to be carried on from there vis Yiinnanfa to the Yangtse.
Nanking, March, 2.
The Goveroment troops have been victorious over the salt-stnugglers everywhive in the prefecture of Kashing, be within the very near fature, that the full restoration of order is to
About forty of the ringleaders have been captored, some of whom have been decapitated, while others have been sentenced to long terms of imprisonment. Viceroy Tuan Fang has been instructed to defray the cost of these military operations in the frontier districts of the provinces of Kiangsu and Chekiang out of the revenue of the Imperial Maritime Customs.
Teingtau, March 8.
8.M. 8. Arcana and the torpedo-boat 8. 90 have returned from South-'West Promontory, where they endeavoured to assist the stranded steamer Chingping. But all efforts have been in vain; the ship is apparently a total
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