The San Francisco call., 1898-08-01
V ARRIORS FOR CHINA'S ARMY Scheme of the King of
 Belgium. OFFERS NATIVES OF CONGO WOULD EXCHANGE THEM FOR
 CooLIES. :.
 
OFFERS NATIVES OF CONGO
Mongolian Fanatics in the Hai- # phong District Burn the
 American. Mission School.
Special Dispatch to The. Call.

=. TACOMA, July 31.-The steamer Ia coma just in: from Chinese ports brings the following advices:. A commission from the Congo" Free State. under the auspices of King Leopold of Belgium, is now at Picking, working for the es- tablishment of a treaty with China, the object being to provide China with the nucleus of an army consisting or 10000 warlike Congo natives. ofticered by BeIgians in exchange for coolies to work in the Congo State. & ;.
 The American mission. school in the Haiphong District, .Kwangtung Prov inee, has bee burned by the natives. The United States Consul at Canton has appealed to the Niceroy to send troops to quel1. the rioting. = The negotiations over the Shashi af- fair, have been concluded China Is to pay 15, 900 yen: as indemnity, besides 75,000 yen, being a .moiety of the. expen- diture of the settlement for embank- ment. repair. ;..
 Min Y ong- Xxi has been transferred to the. Seoul Ministership of Finance, While Sin Sun-Tak has been appointed Minister of War. -.... :... :.
 Rumor: Is: being circulated that the cause of the present arrests in Korea Is the alleged design to dethrone the Emperor and to install a Grown. Prince in his Stead ;.;. <. -5f.'
 The treaty for the Luh- Han Railway, the construction #of which is to. be unz dertaken by the Belgian syndicate, was signed on July 1. According: to it's terms the road is to be managed by foreigners and the right of sole man. agement to be placed in the hands of -the representative ! the country by whose subjects the largest proportion or capital shall have been invested in the work. The signature of the pres ,eht treaty is due in a large measure 10 efforts Of Russia and France ==.:
 information. is published by the na- llVe papers. Of 9 serious state of affairs at the: city. of .LienchoW,.. due to the scarcity of: rice Open rebellion is !.a.,t e[l1 tatened = ana Soo soldiers have been sent from Canton and :other trooDs from Chowehow Flu. Chowchow Flu is an important city near Swatow and LfenchGW is a town in the. neighbor- @hood. |, The rebels in Kwangsi have captured Monlng and Tienpak and are now sur rounding Wuchuensien, in Kwane 1ung. Many officials have been killed. The situation at Wu Chow is considered So critical that there is an exodus of wealthy citizens.
 Captain Thulmann of the steamer IDcSiiS1 SiOl HIS COlllprdOOfe dead at Wus Chow. He was arrested and claiming American citizenship, was taken down the river and will be tried at Canton.
 In Toyania prefecture, the rivers Sho. Koyabe, Shintshu, Gwanjoji Ku- robe, Shakuhaya. Katakai and others overfiowed by heavy rains and banks were broken and the public roads near by flooded. Many bridges were de- stroyed and S14 houses were submerged
 The Nippon Bank purchased Govern ment loan bonds amounting to TOO. GOO yen. The price was 96 yen per 100 yen face value
 The German Consul at Seoul has re- quested the Korean Cabinet to grant mining rights in the Kinchon noun tains. The authorities have rejected the demand on the ground that the mountains belong to the crown
 The silver yen is to be circulated at Taipeh at market rates, from the 1st of August and circulation of stamped sil- yer will be suspended.
 Two cases of cholera appeared in To- ldO on the 10th inst