QUESTION, The following translation of an article from the "Ching Tein Jth Pao" appeared in the "Peking Daily News"
The Yonnao-Barmah frontier question rely to assume a serious aspect. Te appears that the British Goverament has dispatched regiments of soldiers to Pionma, where they will be stationed. The Viceroy of Yonuan when being informed of her aggressive policy also dispatched two companies of soldiers from Talifa to the Tengyong districts. It in now definitely reported that the English soldiers composed of 2,000 men, 500 bortes, together with an engineering corps, and auxiliary companies originated hina have already arrived jor is in command of the troops and a member of the Todian service acta as a sort of joner, They declare that the regions lying west of Kaolikongshan are under British sovereignty and have consequently compelled the aborigines in those regions to Sabstantial barracks are! now in course of constraction, donbtlese with the view of eetabl permanent station for the troops. The Chinese soldiers left Talifa in the middle of the 12th moon and are expected to, or already arrived at the Teogyang district, in the beginning of the first moon. So far no hostilities have taken place.
The Yéonac-Barmah frontier question has always been in ao wneatisfactory state, The p dis pate is that the British Goreroment declareithat Koslikungeban is under her overeigaty, while the Chinese contend that the Eomaika River really forms the boundary lin Io the Supplementary Agreement of treaty between the two G it was definitely stated thi lands lying north of latitude 25° 3 ie. Keolikuogebap, are recognized by the contracting parties as the regions oocapied by the aborigines.
was agreed that the boundary line should not torn to the East, bat with the annexation of Kaolikangshan this is clearly violated. A few years ago when the British authority made military demonstrations on the frontier, her troops never "attempted to pose the River which they, till theo, Hecognised s forming the toandsty me.
The Chinese contentions are therefore very reasonable. Moreover, there are two farther reasons to support her contentions: (1) The aborigines in the
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