Nor are these the only disturbances we have to record.

In a recent number we told you about the attack on one of the government
officials in the Fochi Valley.

There has been a fresh outbreak in the same place. A number of coolies
or porters, who were carrying provisions, were attacked and robbed.

This time the attacking party did not meet with such success. The
military commanders have been on the alert since the last outrage, and
no sooner was the news of the attack telegraphed, than a body of cavalry
started in pursuit of the offenders.

They were overtaken before they had time to reach their hill dwellings,
and fifty of them were captured and brought back as prisoners.

It is little to be wondered at that these various disturbances, coming
so closely one upon the other, should be causing the Europeans in India
a great deal of uneasiness.

It may be that the memories of the mutiny make them a little
over-anxious, but the situation is certainly very serious.

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There is a report that the Siamese have invaded the French possessions
in Indo-China.

The French colonies in Asia consist of Cochin China, Tonquin, Anam, and
Cambodia, and since the year 1896 a large portion of Siam has been added