THF SITUATION IN CHINA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9100, 19 March 1901, Page 3

THF SITUATION IN CHINA.

FJectrio Telegraph-Copyright— Unit d Press Association. LONDON, March 18. The guards at the siding constructed at Tientsin by Mr Kinder have been rednced tc 27 on- each side during negotiations- for the adjustment of tha difficulty. Owing to French soldiers creating continuous rowdyism, they have been forbidden to enter the British concession at' Tientsin, unless on duty. Mockler, a British divisional staff officer, was assaulted in the French concession yesterDr Morrison, the Times correspondent, on Saturday stated that the Manchurian Convention, practically installing Russia in Chinese Turkestan, turns the whole position which Great Britain had toiled to render impregnable on the northwestern frontier of India. On Saturday Dr Morrison cabled that, according to Chinese officials, Russia abandons its claim to excessive rights in Mongolia and Turkestan, and relaxes the stringency of the control of the civil administration in Manchuria. This constitutes the first oheck to Russian diplomacy since Lord Salisbury withdrew the British ships from Port Arthur in 1898. LONDON, March 18. The Standard states that Count Alexieff is at the bottom of the Tientsin incident. He is constantly creating difficulties.