Kueiyang, Feb. 15.
We now learn that the "great victory" of the Kueichow troops over the Northerners at the Hunan border was in reality a skirmish between from 2,000 to 3,000 Kueichow men, and about £00 Hunanese "pacification troops," $¥ wi fi" a kind of police employed 11 sup, res-sion of brigand bands, the latter being forced to retire.
On January 19 a German military officer, Captain Grote, arrived here, coming vie Hunan, with a view to obtaining some kind employment from Civil Governor Lung, whom he had served under temporarily (on survey work, 1 fancy) in the Board of Communications. But Mr. Lung had already left Kueiyang, so Captain Grote demanded either employment or travelling expenses out of the province (he said his money wes all gone) of the Military Governor. He was given £40 to leave at once, but spent it and required more. After independence was declar ho asked for appointment as Mi tary Advisor to the new govern ment, ut was ref.ved. Eventual'y another $80 was paid him for travelling expenses, and he left on Saturday last (19th instant) going towards Yunnan. One wonders whether or not his coming has any possible connexion with the present revolt against the Central: Government.—From Our Own Correspondent.
Shanghai and other news; having come at last, we to gather some idea of the situation as a whole and to know what others think of Kueichow and its attitude me that the position of our Civil Governor Lung has derstood and that he been blamed for the faults of others. The fact 1s that the military were too strong for him. He had no troops of his own, and his yemen was occuried by a ying ioner, £6 "It 4 (now Tut Certainly the Governor's attitude was, as far as one could see, loyal to Peking. As to our present Tutuh, I don't hes:- tate to express the opinion that he is not really republican. actions been largely if entirely governed by the follo facts: (1) Yunnan is nearer than Peking and can strike quicker: (2) Kueichow troops are not equal to those it nan; (3) not a few Ki officers owe the Yunnan Chisngchun, Tang Chi-yao: (4) Lin home is at hsien, which is near the Yunnan border and so is open to attack.
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