OPEN DOOR IN CHINA.
CLAIM BY RUSSIA. EXCLUSIVE USE OF SUNG ARI Pi IYER. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. (Received June 1. 9.34 p.m.) Tokio, June 1. It is reported in at, Russia is claiming the exclusive right to the navigation of the river Sungari in Siberia and Manchuria. The diplomatists hero consider that it' this claim, be allowed it will impair the principle of the open door in China for the commerce of all. nations. The Chinese Government is objecting to Russia's claim, and it is considered in Tokio that it should be supported in that course. The Sungari is the must important river in Manchuria. It flows through part of Siberia, then through Manchuria, and finally joins the Amur. It is navigable beyond Kirin, in Manchuria, mud with the Amur forms, a great \vatet\vav, except (hiring the ice period. There is a large local traflic on it.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13193, 2 June 1906, Page 5
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