THE CHINESE QUESTION

Otago Witness, Issue 2494, 1 January 1902, Page 20

THE CHINESE QUESTION

. « . LONDON, December 23. Prince Chiug "and Wangwen-sha are conferring with M. Les<=ar, with a request for an early withdrawal of Ru^ian troop*- from Manchuria, excepi. a limited railway guard. They oppose the limitation of Chi ne -e troops in Manchuria, and ask for an early surrender of the Niuchwang-Shanghai railway and thff abandonment of the Russian claim to a, mining monopoly. December 25. M. Les«ar, the Ru--ian Ambassador at Peking, has requested Prince Ching to present in writing China's objections to the ratification of the Manchuriaa treaty, in order that they may be forwarded lo St. Petersburg. This request is interpreted as meaning that Russia is willing that the term-> of the treaty shall be modified. December 26. Fifteen members of a robber band have been executed for murdering a German out of Peking. December 27. The Viceroy of Canton, at the instance of Admiral Bridge, is providing a flotilla of river gunboats inarmed by Europeans to suppress piracy on the Kwantung. China claims that Russia should evacuate Manchuria in three vear<-. WASHINGTON, December 26. Mr Hay, finding that China agreed to pay an indemnity largely in excess of America's claims and expenses, proposes to refund 18,000,000d01.

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