The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02

fo-ce there, which is the principal military
dependence of China. is evidently in SYM
parhy with the rebels. who have raIded
and plnndered shops In the Chinese part of
the town. virtually without interference
by the soldiers. The actuatlng motive. of
the mOngol rebellion is as yet q mystery.
even To the Chinese. There are rumors that
n Mongol chief leads the rebess. who is
ambitious TO place himself on the throne of
the Manchu dynasty. and that a new era
of Monaghan aggression may be looked for.
Not sIonEoIs. but Chinese CoIonists.
LONDON. Dec. 2-Dispatches from Bel
gian missionaries IN Mongolia give further
particulars of the recent troubles in the
missionaries at Taku have escaped TO the
and that the Chinese
priests and nuns were horribly i'll
treated. It Is feared that some
Belgian missionaries were killed at
Chaoyang. The rebels are not Mongols.
but Chinese colonists. who are very numer-
Gus In that region. They belong to a secret
society that has been conspirlng for four
years, and has imported many foreign
rifles. the custom-house officials either
winking at the illegal practice or CON
niyIng with the importers by seiz-
Ing the rifles and re-selling them
at auction. The severe measures which
The Chinese government ordered when in
fammatory placards were posted provoked
the revolt. Central and western Mon
y0lia are tranquil. Rumors that Russia
would intervene have spurred the Chinese
government to take active measures to sup
rress the revolt.
The Times correspondent at Paris con-
firms the report that the French govern
ment is urging the powers to take combined
action against China. The Standards Paris
correspondent says he hears that the
United States government will be urged
TO take part in the movement against
China. He adds that It will be a difficult
matter to determine the ground upon which
the various countries may act In accord. as
some OF the powers are averse to taking
any step likely to weaken Chinese prestige.
Reported Naval Skirmish.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The Hong Kong
Chinese newspaper, Swim Ye DO, of Sept.
3. said: The revolutionists are numbered
at4.000.0O0 s~ble-bodIed men. 1t is said part
of the imperial army at present in the field
is capable of meeting this emergency"
1t is rumored in Chinese circles in New
York that an official telegraphic dispatch
has just reached the Chinese consulate on
West Ninth street. New York. said to be
from the minister at Washington, giving
an account of q preliminary skirmish re-
Gently at the port of Shanghai. between
two Italian gun-boats and the nav of the
Chinese. IN which the former were sunk IN
deep water. The dispatch.it is further
rumored. state that the powers sentthetwo
Italian men-of-war aforesaid out on q trial
battle OF test with the Chinese govern
ment, and that the newspaper correspond
ents there were warned not to telegraph
the exact truth or the situation for fear of
injurIng the cause OF the Europeans in
China.
Wong Cea Soong, a former popular con-
sui OF the ports of San Francisco and New
York, was recently made general COM
mander of the Chinese navy now in active
service under Viceroy LII Hung Chang.
This latter news has created a furore
among the New York Chinese friends of the
former consul. and they all hope that he
will be successful IN his new post of honor.