CHINA AND THE POWERS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4319, 30 March 1901, Page 5

CHINA AND THE POWERS.

THE RAILWAY DISPUTE. LONDON, March 28. The Berlin correspondent of the ‘‘Standard” states that the action cf Ceunt.yon Waldorsete (officer commanding tho allied army) in connection with the disputed railway siding at Tientsin will be limited to the prevention of military conflict. Diplomacy between Great Britain and Russia will have to settle the question of ownership of the land.

RIOTERS EXECUTED. LONDON, Alarch 28, Eight anti-Christian rioters have been beheaded at Chang-sha-fu, in the inland province of Hu-nan, south of the Yangtso river. (Received Alarch 30. 0.52 a.m.) LOiS-DUN, Alarch 29. Six Chinese Viceroys and seven Governors protested against the Alanchurian Convention. OFFICIAL STATEAIENTS IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. (Received Alarch 30, 1.22 a-m.) LONDON, Alarch 29. In the House of Commons, Lord Cranhorne (Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs) stated that Air AlcCleavy Brown, Commissioner of Customs in Korea, had not been dismissed. A settlement with regard to the matter was probable. In tho House of Lords, Lord Lansdewne, Foreign Minister, stated that tho Anglo-German agreement applied to all of China, including Manchuria. Britain, said his Lordship, was indisposed to carpingiy criticise Russian arrangements which would temporarily protect her interests. The Manchuria published versions of the Convention appeared to infringe British rights thpre and elsewhere; .wiser Russia published the text of the Convention, dissipating suspicions. Meanwhile Great Britain and Germany had, said Lord Lansdowne, advised China to refrain from private separate agreements.