Show Reported Ontbreak of Brleands In China Confirmed Con-firmed LONDoN Dec 3Sir John Walsham British minister to China in a telegram to the foreign office confirms the reported outbreak of brigands brig-ands assisted by secret associations west of Jehol end beyond the great wall The minister cays Possibly the insurgents have also been Joined by Chinese Mohammedans from Mongolia Mon-golia It Is reported two or three important towns have been captured and hundreds of natives massacred There is no reason to be ll vo any of the Europeans trcops were killed Six thousand picked men which the government govern-ment has dispatched to the scene ought to be able to quell the uprising No credit should be given sensational stories afloat There is one British gunboat at TsienTsen and another has ascended to YangsteKianj This region is quiet |