Show ARMING themselves in contravention of treaty the chinese are importing weapons washington march ac B H war ner british consul at leipic germany to afao state department that an austrian company has just received an order for BO large a number of email arma for the chinese government that it will take the company several years to fill the order even bif additional forces 0 to whom it has given employment this la only one of many have come to the state department within the six months that both n garmany and austria tho arms makers have been busy supplying tho chinese modern arms and ammunition the fact hae attracted attention here because it was provided that tho treaty of which closed turf doxer brou trou blee that for a term of year the 1 port atlon of arms into should be stopped absolutely the purpose wae to reduce the capacity of tho achl nese peasantry tor mischief through lawless uprisings against foreigners and as the danger Is now believed to be no less than it was at the end of the boxer troubles the officials here alow with regret ahls laxity of tho treaty provision with the signatory powers |