New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-03
THE CHINESE UPRISING.
prrrrrIEp IN ADvICEs FROM PEKIN.
.,r MOVEMENT SAID TO BE ONLY LocAL-rHE
IMPERIAL TROOPS AT THE GREAT WALL

-, ,,evrNFNT SAID TO BE ONLY LocAL-THE
IMPERIAL. TROOPS AT THE GREAT WALL
REINFORCED. HOWEVER.
,,.,,r nee a.-The advioes received by the Govern
.rt nc 70 the strength OF the insurgents in the field
-. the total number Of men at only 1900. II
-, be a fcolhsrdy undertaking for such com
',,,.tv insignincant body Of men 10 attempt the
psre OF the capital, for the army Of Ii Hung Chang
-, - hest I'm China. To judge from the activity In
.n,arv circles, however, the imperial authorities do
~" ,lace implicit confidence I'm the reports reaching
a. and they ere making preparations to deal with
r,neh larger force than that which is said to DO
S,pe toward the capital In addition to the troops
-.dy disiIatohed TO prevent the insurgents passing
-. crcat Wall, 1000 have been drawn from the
s.on AZ the Taku forts, and sent 10 reinforce the
,-,ons already at the front. There are now 5000
,rDsa.l troops guarding the places along the Great
ws where It is expected the rebels will attempt TO
Srs passage
49,. N. movement instead Of being concerted rising
:. s.nose the Emperor, is nothing more than an Mt
81 IN wreak private vengeance. According TO
80 aaytces the wife OF the leader OF an armed band
:. yna-suders was abducted from her husband. The
-, sTore vengeance, and, calling his followers to-
.,h,r started in pursuit Of her. He determined TO
rsse the innocent suffer with the guilty, and, as he
.,pt through the country, he instructed the mon who
hsh,ants for the loss Of his wife.
berlin Dec. 2.-Dspatches received here to-day from
p,kn say that IL is officially announced there tnat the
.nors of the disturbances in Mongolia are grossly
r.gr,rsted. The movement, the dispatches add is
- local one, aud is entirely devoid of danger
- tba Inperal Government. II is only natural that
a. authorities Of Pekin should seen to minimize the
,nortance of the movement, but II Is the general
,onsensus Of opinion here, among those Nno are &C
ou,,ptsi with the political conditions prevailing In
cAna that unless the Government Immediately chokeS
a. retelon local not local, the country VIII be
,hnced into a civil war, the outcome of which Is
xOuN be hard TO propheSy.
London. Dec "a cable dispatch has been received
., nom the British Consul At New Chwans, treaty
,ar OF China in the province of Leao-TOng (Man-
.Aoo-ial 10 the effect that rumors were recently
,unt IL New hwang that the people in the country
40 mills 10 the westward had risen in revolt against
ns authorities The dispatch adds, however, that
-. rising IS now reported 10 have been suppressed.
10 Europeans were In any danger from the revolt.
ys native authorities feel confident that they will be
,be 10 prevent any further disorders. The Consul
brther SAYS in his dispatch that Presbyterian
MISSIONARY who has arrived at New-Chwang from
Kin Kow, eight miles from the north shGIe Oh me
,,reptly looted village In the province of Shing King,
Shieh Is another for Lea0 TOag. lie missionary
occurrence Is nothing unusual III INC
the province friendly To the native CHRISTIANS ana
% Europeans. -,
r-apbS as follows Ii Hung has informed me, through
hs british Consul. that ne has no doubt that the
King In Mongolia is maauding expedition prompted
only by greed OF plunder, ana that there Is no Tea,
IN pefdu The American gunboat Paos arrived here
today The port IS about to close for the winter