Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-31
ROB ONLY THE RICH
Band Of Japanese Bandits Follow
Robin Hood Methods.
RESURRECTION In FORMOSA
Rough Usage Of Chinese Railway
Laborers by Russians.
HARD TRIP ACROSS SIBERIA

VANCOUVER, B. c.. August 31.-The
following mail advices were brought by the
steamer Empress of China:
treaty of commerce and navigation re-
Gently signed between Japan and Greece is
now under consideration by the privy coun-
Gill; It's ratification will be effected at
Athens.
Robbers in the Sachin mountains have be-
come more formidable, and their numbers
have greatly increased, bad characters hav-
ing come from all districts to join them.
1t is reported that at every meal there are
over 300 tables. each accommodating ten
robbers. One hundred cooks are employed.
They go to different markets to buy food,
which is reasonably paid for. They are not
to commit robberies on ordinary people,
but to blackmail shops. junks and weil-to-
do families. Some shops, being unable to
pay the heavy backmail, have been closed.
and many junks conveying native products
from different places to Canton for sale
have been also forced to discontinue traffic.
Insurrection in Formosa.
Formosan insurgents are again active.
Recently several eX-leaderS of the rebels
were arrested at Taipeh, charged with in
stigating their followers to rebel against
Japanese rule. This gave umbrage to their
NAAS
mountains preparatory to a resumption of
the combination which they had abandoned
for time. This was the signal for many
natives to throw down the hoe and take up
the rifle. fairly strong army was col
lected at once and made descent on Tai
heisho, taking possession of it without DIFF
ticuty. The Japanese authorities. being
surprised at the state of affairs, sent por-
ton of regiment to suppress the rising.
More rsings in other parts of the island
are apprehended. The leader Of this insur-
rection Is a man named Rim, noted for his
cleverness. He held the post of governor
of San ShOho before FormoSa was coded to
Japan
According to Japanese papers the selec-
ton of q consort to the crown prince has
not yet been decided on. There are two
names put forward as the most likely can
didates for the future Empress of Japan
One is the third daughter of Prince JuJo
Mchitaka, Princess Sadako, and the other
is the daughter of Prince Tokugawa keiki
Work Oh New Railway.
Work on the new ChwangShankaikwan
railway line is progressing satisfactorily,
but not so well on the eastern extension
ewing chiefly to the bad treatment that
Chinese workmen receive at the hands
of Russian employers. Several large ocean
steamers have recently arrived with ma
terial for both lines The eastern extern
sion line is running engines to Liago Kang,
a distance of ninety or one hundred miles.
Of the hundreds of Chinese mechanics en-
ployed on the line half have left and the
remainder are either a strike or shortly
will be unless matters change.
These men arc unable to obtain the wages
they contracted for, and what pay is given
them is in Japanese silver currency, which
has local purchase value of some ) to
10 per cent less than par.
Thousands of imported railway coolies
have been dispersed and are now infesting
the country. Unable to pay their way to
their distant homes, they commit numerous
ond daring depredations in order to exist.
Hard Trip Across Siberia.
E. Schlumberger. superintendent of the
Ottoman Bank of Constantinople, was
passenger on the Empress of China. He has
had a hard trip across Siberia. One thou
sand miles or more was done on camel
back. From a general standpoint, he
thought that the railway would be a de-
cided success, but when it is completed he
thinks it will be of more advantage to
Great Britain than it can possibly be to
Russia. assuming the railway was to be
applied principally for commercial pur-
Doses