Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1899 — CHINA CLASHES WITH BRITAIN. [ARTICLE]

CHINA CLASHES WITH BRITAIN.

I'ussia la Also Arousing the Ire of . the Celestials. Great Britain’s warships and soldiers are in full possession of Kow Loon, occupying a position just opposite the city. The present trouble is the result of a sudden renewal of the native opposition to British control of the ceded territory. la addition to the large military and naval expedition now in the field, the volunteers liave been notified to be iu readiness for any emergency. Troops are patrolling the Europcaicqiiartcr of Kow Loon, ft is reported that Chinese rebels from TungKung invaded British territory, and that two armed gangs robbed the city of Kow Loon. Hong Kong itself is quiet. The territory back of the hinterland is also disturbed, and Chinese troops have been sent there., , . The demand for a new railway concession connecting Pekin with Russia’s present railroad, system in Manchuria is still exciting the gravest anxiety. The Germans and Japanese are particularly uneasy on the subject of this unexpected wove upon the part of the Russians, and it is said that there is a feeling, among the tyomineut Chinese that the moment has come to make every effort in the direction of securing British sympathy and