Kansu Border Quarrel—Ali Government Soldiers Recalled From Our Oun Siningfu, Kan., Oct, 1.
Wo have already reported in your paper about the trouble among the; 'Libetans on the south of the Yellow) River, S.W. of Kueiteh. An inter-prefer belonging to the High Cow-missioner in Sining was put to' death by the Tibetans, who were! so enraged at his excessive demands that one of the Tibetans fell upon him and stabbed him to death. News of the trouble was brought to the military official in Kueiteh! who sent a message in haste to the High Commissioner, who immediately sent soldiers with a deputy! to inquire into the matter. When the soldiers arrived at the Lama-serv all the priests and laymen fied and the Lamasery was looted by the soldiers. The Tibetans returned in the evening in large force and surrounded the soldiers in the Lamasery, killed a few soldiers and set loose several horses. 'A message was got through to the High Commissioner of their critical position and all troops available in the county were sent off in haste to their relief.
The Tibetans then retired and a long parley followed in which the military officials demanded a large sum of money, which the Tibetans refused to give. They became very surly for they felt they had right on their side and gradually they strengthened their forces. In the meantime their fellow countrymen on the north side of the Yellow River were becoming restless, teeling the injustice being forced on their fellow countrymen on the south side, so as a last straw to general rising, the chieftains sent a special message to the High Commissioner, saying that, unless the soldiers were withdrawn, they would be unable to. restrain their young men and a general rising would ensue.
Immediately all the soldiers were recalled and for the present we are at peace once more in that direction.
Sarr Saucoters or Tae Koxonor.
The Salt Bureau have before them a very difficult task of putting down the smuggling of salt from the Kokonor. The chief offenders are Moslems who live near the mountains to the west of Sining, and the Moslems of Tsahi, 40 miles to the S.E. of Sining. They. are well acquainted! with all the passes into the Koko-} nor region. Just recently a cara van of 86 mules and donkeys carry ing smuggled salt was sighted by, the Salt Bureau soldiers. They succeeded in capturing 26 loads and one man and through this man got the names of six more. The 26 animals were sold but the 60 other animals got away with over 10,000 catties of salt.
Severer measures nord to he put! in force to check the extensive smuggling. The smugglers are! probably successful in eluding the Correspondent soldiers nineteen times out of twenty, so if their animals are caught the twentieth time, the. nineteen times they have succeeded makes up for the loss and much more besides. To check this extensive smuggling either means more soldiers or striking fear into the heart of the smugglers by shooting every man that is caught.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.