The Peking "Shih Pap" hag been CHIRNTAD AND MANCHURIA, suspended for seven days for publish-February 13. ing inaccurate information of the Well-substantiated information rea-intended adloptipn of another Taahkuo, ches me that the reports (emanating or heir apparent for the late Emperor Tang Chih, (brother of the existing mostly from Japanese sources) about the dispatch of money, snd srme to Emperor Kuaog, Hui).
Chientao by the Chinese Government ered that the late
Peking Gazette,"") was suppressed by hing Pao" (not the for the use of the Chinese troops are quite untine and unfounded. China has not the least intention to court. the Manchu Government last year for trouble with her strong neighbour over printing the same news, which Jed to the this question, as she is conscious of her} i receipt of numerous telegrams and peti-Limitations. On the other hand, several tions from, Chinese officials and mer-of the higher Chinese authorities here, chants and from abroad against the pro-such as T.E. Yoan Shih-kai and potal, because the coup d'état of 1898 and Liang Tun-yen, favour the opening of the 1900 Boxer risings in North China Chientao to the commerce of the Trea-rare mainly caused by the adoption of ty Powers with a view to settle the dis-the now disinherited Pu Chin, son of pate with Japan. the deposed Prince Tuan, as the Tash-As far as the military aspect of the, kuo of the late Emperor Tang Chih, question is concerned there are still about Prine and Boxer ringleader is 1,000 Chinese troops in the vicinity of Alashan, Mongolia; he Chientao, most of whom are soldiers relative of the Prince of this tribe. It of the old type, so that it is quite was recently reported in Chinese official evident that their presence in the circles here that tHe Manchu Govern, slond does not constitute " guarantee ment intended to make tse of him in inst possible aggression on the some way in' the Capital, but the report part of the Japanese, who have greatly was denied, as the ex-Prince Tuan increased their military police since wros deposed and exiled to Alashan in December last, under the pretext of! 1901 nidder Treaties with the Powers. keeping a watch on Koreans. Moreover Pu-@hin was only. once admitted into Japan can send troops to Chientao the Palace of the Empress Dowager frou Korea under short orders in case in the latter part of 1903, and he has need.
Poor old gone were sent to the Governor of Kirin by. the Luehunpu (Binary of ce) some time ago for the use of the Chinese troops in Central Menchurie operations against the Hunghntse.. It is possible that this step has givem rise to the story of the digpateh of areas and ammunition to Chientao. Again the two divisions of Tuchun troops that were recently transferred the Three Eastern Provinces from Peiyang for the preservation of peace are still for the most part distributed in Fengtien and Heilongkiang. All present, indications point to the fact that the Chinese Goveroment has no intention of sending any of there foreign-drilled, troops to Chientao in any circamatances.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.