Evening star., 1900-10-11
FEAR ANOTHER UPRISING
IN CHINA HEAR OF
E0XER Activity.
Trouble Extends to Southern Prov
inees-Amcr cricnnJ Glad to Go
Rack to Manila.

| LONDON, October 1.-THE Hong Kong
specials this morning all refer TO the gravity
/ OF the situation In southern China In
| some quarters 1t is urged that it would be
| better to employ British than Indian troops
| in China
II is said that the authorities have re-
! ceived information that general rising in
! the southern provinces has been planned for
| the month OF November
Ten ,hCus md mere ir0ops from India have
been requisitioned for Hong Kong. The
10Th Bengal LanCerS ana Hong Kong regi-
ment have been recalled from The north to
Hong Kong. The preseu: indications are
that there will b. Boxer ris ng similar to
that which has occurred in north China.
The " whereabouts OF the rebels in the Hin
terland is not known. but is believed 10 be
ten miles north OF the British borders. A
detachment of 1000 Chinese troops took up
a position at San Chung yesterday, and
] $50 more arrived there today.
The Shanghai CORE spGHdcnt of the Morn
ing Post wiring Tuesday. says: The Taotai
Of Shanghai and the vice~oy of Nankin have
protested against IL demonstration by for
eigu troops
special dispatch, dated October o, says:
The Triads have met and repea tedly de-
feated the imperial troops near Kowioon.
Trey are daily gaining fresh adherents.
Heavy Russian re-enfO cementS are mOv-
ing nOrthward from Port Arthur with the
object of relieving pressure upon Mukden.
Every place of Importance in Manchuria.
| from Kiatka to the PrimorSk boundary, and
from the Amur to the great wall, is now in
Russian hands
The Morning Post publishes the follow
ing dispatch. dated October =, from Ho-Si-
WI. on the Pei-ho:
General Chaffee refused TO convey any
baggage. although three baggage wagons
had been obtained. The American soldiers
are glad to go TO Manila. The accommo-
dating and polite attitude of the British
md Ion ,nr I'D
very noticeable.
An American today expressed to me a
new view of the American withdrawal. I
favor the withdrawal OF our troops he said
They fought well to reach Pekin, but since
that time they have done as little as pos
s:b!e. even for Americans. Their presence
being aggressive. only hampers other coun-
tries. Thousand men under General Will
son can GO more than 1000 under General
CEafTee.
The Russians" says the Moscow corre-
spondent of the Standard. ARE pushing the
railway from Kharbin eastward with all
possible speed
Troops are daily arriving from Amur 10
re-enfOrce the army that is endeavoring to
force lis way southeas. to join hands with
| the expediticnary force from Port Arthur
which has failed TO execute the task ap-
pointed, as it NE; with great opposition.
Large Chinese forces are massed in the
! Eeighborhood of Mukden."
a dispatch from Tien Tsin. October g. via
marines from Pekin have arrived at Taku,
where they will be Joined tomorrow by the
Tien Tsin battalion and sail on the Indiana
for Cavite.
A military order has been issued to the
German troops to occupy the railroad from
Yang-Tsun to Pekin. The rest of the road
VIII be occupied by the Russians. and the
harbor of ChingWan-Tao has been alotted
to the British
detachment of 500 French troops. with
six guns. starts this morning to relieve the
Catholic priests who held prisoners at
Ching-Hsien, sixty miles south.
1t Is understood that Field Marshal Count
Won Waldersee refused TO acknowledge Ii
Hung Chang's visit Friday. The field mar
shall goes to Pekin in few days.
The expedition to Pao Ting Flu has been
fixed for Friday next. The column will
consist OF 1000 British, German. French
and Italian troops.