The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20
FOREIGN FACTS.
EpitOme of Events Across the Water
AN ENGAGEMENT.

AN ENGAGEMENT.
HONG KONG, Sept. 14-The French
forces engaged the black flags for
eight hours between Hanoi and Sontay
near the Red River. The French lost
two officers and fifty men; the black
flags between 500 and 600 men. Hanoi
is town where the French have been
holding their garrison since the pre-
vious engagement at Sontay, await
ing reinforcement. It is probable
that the black flags, whose headquar-
tiers are at Bacminh, to the northeast
of Hanoi, had determined to recapture
Sontay from the French, who have
kept their gunboats there for the last
fortnight, and while en- route from
Bacminh were met by the French,
who were en- route from Hanoi to in
tercept them.
WHAT CHINA WANTS.
PARIS, Sept. 14.-Soir processes to
give the following as the proposals OF
the Chinese ambassador: That France
shall cease sending reinforcements to
Tonquin; that China will recognize
the treaty of Hire, but will retain the
right of investure of Annamite SOW
ereignty; that the French protecto-
rate shall be under Chinese control
and under the direction of military
mandarins; that China shall be reim-
bursed for all expenses incurred in
the suppression of the black flag.
THE CANTON RIOT.
LONDON, Sept, 14.-Addltional de.
tails of the rioting at Canton on Mon
day last, show that during the latter
part of the riot some of the merchants
armed themselves to defend their
property. The party consisted OF
nine Germans and Englishmen. They
fired into the mob, killing five Chinese
and wounding many more. On the
arrival of Chinese troops they finally
checked the mob. Now two British
one French and five Chinese
gunboats are moored in The
river abreast. The foreign settlement
houses burned by the mob include
one English, one American, two Ger
man and one French. The consuls
forwarded to the viceroy indentica
notes holding him answerable for the
destruction of the property, because
he failed to promptly send troop;
when advised of the affair. Three
Cinnamon who were caught in thu
act of plundering property, and the
Portuguese who was the immediate
cause of the outbreak, are now i'm
prisoned at the British consulate.
According to official advices from
Hayti the towns of Bainet, and Mara
Eat, which fell with Jacmel into tn
hands of the insurgents, have beer
retaken by the government forces
The insurgents at Jacmel are closet!
surrounded. The Commune has beef
given over by the insurgents to pill
Iage. The population have invoke
government aid. The bombardmen
of Miragane has been completal
silenced. The fire of the insurgent
on the city to-day is like Metropolis
At Jeremio the insurgents were S
harrassed by the incessant fire Of tn
government troops that in their des
: peration they threw themselves upo
Fort Salmon and took possession O
it, but it was Immediately retaken b
the seventeenth regiment at Poin
Bayone and remains in possession c
the government. A movement g
Fort Liberte ended in a fight of th
instigator.
PARIS, Sept. 14.-There is reason t
believe that the recent accessionS t
| the Austria-G German alliance wi
shortly result in Germany issuing
proposal for general congress of a
7 European powers, with view of d,
termining upon general disarm;
ment. Austria, Spain and Italy fave
such congress.
2 AMSTERDAM, Sept. 14.-The col
gress of commerce and industry bega
3 to-day. A resolution was adopted, d,
claring that the principal cause of til
depreciation in silver results from til
decrease of its coinage in Europe. Til
} resolution expresses a wish for th
adoption of common double-stanC
ard throughout Europe and Americ