[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
No. 1.
[April 3.]
SECTION 3.
82
(No. 7.) My Lord,
Consul-General Scott to the Marquess of Lansdowne.-(Received April 3.)
Canton, February 28, 1903.
IN continuation of my despatch No.1 of the 8th ultimo, I have the honour to inclose herewith an extract from the Intelligence Report of Mr. H. H. Fox, British Acting-Consul at Wuchow, from which it will be seen that, as regards the Province of Kwangsi, disturbances are principally confined to the hilly districts; but that along the Tonquin frontier conditions are fairly satisfactory, the trade route from Wuchow, viâ Nanning to Posé, remaining open.
I have, &c. (Signed) JAMES SCOTT,
Inclosure in No.1.
Extract from Wuchow Intelligence Report for the period from October 1, 1902, to January 31, 1903.
THE accounts of the so-called rebellion in Kwangsi, which appear from time to time in the newspapers, are not only greatly exaggerated, but usually quite inaccurate. There is now no organized insurrection against the dynasty, whatever there may have been three years ago, but disbanded soldiers, bad characters from the Kuangtung Province, and homeless country people have formed themselves into robber bands, who roam about the mountain districts, burning, plundering, and levying blackmail, and who manage, by the celerity of their movements and the natural difficulties of the country, to set the authorities at defiance.
The present state of this province may be aptly compared to the condition of Central and Southern Italy during the Austrian war and the first years of the new Monarchy.
It is very difficult to obtain any definite information about the operations which have been conducted against these brigands by the Government troops during the last six months. Apparently, the bands in the country between Nanning and Posé have been, if not destroyed, at any rate dispersed; and the two main branches of the West River, the northern leading to Posé, and the southern to Lunchow, which form the commercial arteries of the province, are now open to traffic.
Similarly, the country between Wuchow and Kweilin, the capital, is, on the authority of a Russian priest who has just come through from Hankow, free from disturbance.
[1918 -
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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
No. 1.
[April 3.]
SECTION 3.
82
(No. 7.) My Lord,
Consul-General Scott to the Marquess of Lansdowne.-(Received April 3.)
Canton, February 28, 1903.
IN continuation of my despatch No. 1 of the 8th ultimo, I have the honour to inclose herewith an extract from the Intelligence Report of Mr. H. H. Fox, British Acting-Consul at Wuchow, from which it will be seen that, as regards the Province of Kwangsi, disturbances are principally confined to the hilly districts; but that along the Tonquin frontier conditions are fairly satisfactory, the trade route from Wuchow, viâ Nanning to Posé, remaining open.
I have, &c. (Signed) JAMES SCOTT,
Inclosure in No. 1.
Extract from Wuchow Intelligence Report for the period from October 1, 1902, to January 31, 1903.
THE accounts of the so-called rebellion in Kwangsi, which appear from time to time in the newspapers, are not only greatly exaggerated, but usually quite inaccurate. There is now no organized insurrection against the dynasty, whatever there may have been three years ago, but disbanded soldiers, bad characters from the Kuangtung Province, and homeless country people have formed themselves into robber bands, who roam about the mountain districts, burning, plundering, and levying blackmail, and who manage, by the celerity of their movements and the natural difficulties of the country, to set the authorities at defiance.
The present state of this province may be aptly compared to the condition of Central and Southern Italy during the Austrian war and the first years of the new Monarchy.
It is very difficult to obtain any definite information about the operations which have boen conducted against these brigands by the Government troops during the last six months. Apparently, the bands in the country between Nanning and Posé have been, if not destroyed, at any rate dispersed; and the two main branches of the West River, the northern leading to Posé, and the southern to Lunchow, which form the commercial arteries of the province, are now open to traffic.
Similarly, the country between Wuchow and Kweilin, the capital, is, on the authority of a Russian priest who has just come through from Hankow, free from disturbance.
[1918 -
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