The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-18
HAPPENINGS IN CHINA
POLITICAL PLOTS, DIsAsTEas AND
OUTBREAKS AGAINST FOREIGNERS.
Secret Treaty Between the
Made Homeless by a Flood.


VANCOUVER, B. c., Nov. 17--Advices
from the Orient brought by the steamship
Empress of China include the following:
Japanese papers contain the news of an
alleged secret treaty between China and
Russia. In this treaty the Chinese govern
ment is stated to have agreed that Rus
slams are to be employed for the defense
Of the coast and as military instructors.
They are to be commanded by Russian off,
GERS. The whole expense is agreed to be
borne by China. This arrangement would
be altogether subversive of the plan ar
ranged for not long since for the employ
ment of British officers to drill and organ
lie Chinese army. 1t is reported that the
Japanese government has decided to CO.
operate with Great Britain with the object
of restoring all things in China to their
former status before the recent coup d'etat.
1t has transpired that on the day of the
coup d'etat no fewer than fourteen eunuchs
who were the Emperor's own personal at
PENDANTS were ordered to be executed by the
Empress dowager. The Empress dowager
has issued an edict instructing the provin-
cial authorities to diligently protect all
places wherever Christian chapels of any
nationality have been built and ordering
that all missionaries in the interior be prop
erly and politely treated
Hong-Kong advices say: The appalling
misery caused by the Yellow river floods
is even in its bare recital narrowing In the
extreme. One of the missionaries engaged
IN relief work states that in one of the dis
trlcts many were standing in the water for
days holding their children up out Of it.
The same writer says: Everywhere / go
lhere Is such monotony of sorrow that
0IIifa Cd xrrifh
by the tens of thousand are huddled to-
Sether on the banks of the river, living in
plg-sty fashion, with only miserable
uole 10 Keep body and soul together. Some
not so fortunate have been compelled to
take refuge on the roofs of their houses,
Wlere lney were exposed to pitileSS rain.
Others climbed trees and hung there till
ana exhaustion"
Details of the great fire in Hankow early
IN october show that hundreds OF lives were
lost and that one-quarter of the native city
Was Was destroyed. One writer says the loss Of
IRE Is now estimated to be at least 1000.
and about ten times that number are said
to be rendered homeless
On oct 70 the steamer kinshiu-Maru
came into collision with The steamer Mva-
gaWa-Maru off Takami, sinking the latter
IN three minutes. 1t is reported that 100
persons were saved, but that seventy were
drowned. So strong was the impact that
the captain, who was on the bridge, was
thrown into the sea. The Captain and ali
the crew were saved.
A large body of men from Canton and
Macoa, carrying with them several thon-
sand stands of arms and a quantity of ex-
ira ammunition, are reported to have Joined
the kuang-Tung insurgents, who are now
In strong force in Lienchau precture. These
new auXiharies are stated to be we'll dressed
and more refined in manner than the older
rebels, and the chief motto on their flag is.
Clear out the traitors who surround the
West China is still in a very disturbed
state The band chief, Yuh Man TOT, has
emissaries throughout the province OF
SZoClu6n. and In of q Nitfao bfu
proclamation is posted calling on the people
to expel foreigners who are said to be-
enemies OF the people and seeking the parti-
| ton OF the empire. Yuh Man Toi promises
great deliVerance, and even undertakes to
have the Japan indemnity repaid. A large
number of Kwangsi rebels are now taking
refuge in the Businesses of the mountains OF
Ngmashan, where good many gunsmiths
and blacksmiths are engaged in making
bellion. Kom Muk, the rebel chief, was re-
Gently executed. Yung Yum a magistrate,
trap door in an opium divan, with con-
cealed soldiers in the cellar underneath.
While these two were peaceahly smoking
opium ttgether, at given signal from tho
mandarin Yom Muk was precipitated into
the cellar and dispatched by the swords of
the soldiers. According to. previous ac-
counts Kom Muk has been represented as
the savior of Young Yum.
Just before the mail left disturbance
broke out at Canton. The rioters attacked
the foreign settlement and inflicted injury
on two members of the French consulate.
Immediately on receipt Of the news the
German minister addressed vigorous re-
monstrances to the Tsung Ii Yamen.
Agitators in Sunon, who have been en-
deaVoring to bring about a rising against
the occupation of Kow-Loom territory by
the British, dispersed hearing that
troops were being brought from Canton In
this connection the villagers who insulteo
Hon. j. Stewart Lockhart and party while
engaged in their survey of Kow-Loom ex-
tension have been forced to "kow-tow" to
the union jack.
"A fire at Natal destroyed 100 houses. One
hundred and fifty houses were burned at
Manila law courts have resumed business
with Spanish judges TO hear all civil cases
and American judges to hear all criminal
cases. There is a leper scare in Manila.
Through the neglect of the Spanish officials
nearly two hundred lepers have escaped
from confinement. For a time this was I'M
known to the American authorities and the
oUtcasts were allowed to wander at large
Orders have been issued to the effect that
all lepers Will be arrested and sent to a
small uninhabited island on the southeast
of Luzon. On this island the American gov
eminent will establish harborage for the
lepers of the Philippines. They will be fed
and cared for at the expense of the govern
ment AS far as can be ascertained about
sixty leperS are still at large the streets
and in the suburbs of Manila.
Late adVices from Bangkok state that
the Siamese government is IN much con-
sternation over the sudden departure of the
French minister from Bangkok, and there
are fears that crisis is likely to develop
as soon as he returns. The reason for the
manded from the Siamese government the
ceSsion of certain land Bangkok river
and the release of several natives from
prison This demand was fatty refused by
the Siamese government, much to the indig-
nation of the minister. He thereupon left
Bangkok on the pretext of accompanying
his wife home in consequence of illness.
Trouble is brewing between China and
Thibet. A YachoW dispatch says: THE
project of Yachow has arrived from Thibet,
whittier he was sent to adjust troubles fol-
lowing Chang Tunglin's raid into Cha1ttui
and Derge last year. The whole raided dis
trict has been given over to LHaSsa and
Lama rule, a retrocession of annexed ter
ritory on the part of China that is as little
comprehensive as the 'abdication of the
Russians in Corea. There are those who
say that China is apprehensive of the grow
ing independence of the Lamas, and as the
treaty between England and Thibet expires
this year she is afraid the Lamas may open
q road for the British from Darieeling TO
LHassa."
From Batavia comes news that the Dutch
have recently passed law which accords
the Japanese residing in the Dutch colonies
all the rank and privileges Of Europeans.
Missionaries MObbed.
CINCINNATI, o., Nov. 17-Private let
tiers from Bishop Earl Cranston, OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church, to Rev. D. H.
Moore of the Western Christian Advocate,
of this city, tell OF the mobbing of the