DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINA.
NEW YORK, Yesterday. Mr Hay asks, in connection with th© projected commercial treaty, that Pekin be made an open port, with the hope of averting the partition of China. (Received May 6.8.42 a.m.) LONDON, Yester, t. Planeon, the Russian Charge D'AjJairs • at Pekin. signed the Russian demands on April sth. He now denies demanding anything as a preliminary to an evacuation but states that the conditions reqtdred were necessary for protection. Mr. Lessar, the Russian Minister at Pekin is hastening 1 back to Pekin. NEW YORK, Yesterday. The -'New York Tribune" scouts Count Cassini's suggestion that .special Manchuriau concessions are sought by America and declares that the Americans have no desire to sneak in by a specially prepared side door, but wants to enter by a front door which would be open to all the world.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 94, 6 May 1903, Page 2
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