AFFAIRS IN CHINA.
A COMPROMISE SUGGESTED. PES TVk'ya ASSOCIATION. | 1 Received 13, 1.36 p.m. London, August 12. . The Times' Pekin eorroppondent says Great Bri'aia objects to minor Powers having equal representation with herself on the commission for recasting the tirift, Sir E. S itow proposes as a compromise that each shall separately negotiato a tariff eecuring favoured treatment. He intimates that Great Britain objects to any Power securing superior influence by helping China to pay the indemnity before 1910. Received 13, 2.38 p.m. Hlng Kong, August 13. Thi are discontented at the hous9 tax, and object to contribute to the indemm ! y on the ground that their provinces were not concerned'in the outrages agaisst foreigners. A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT. Received 14, 0.55 a.m. j , London, August 13. I T he Minister has agreed to the draft ! protocol of the Chinese tariff, fixing a 5 per cent, ad valorem duty during! j October until it is transferred into a specific duty by an expert Commission. ! The frost list includes rice, cereals, flour I and bullion,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 185, 14 August 1901, Page 3
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173AFFAIRS IN CHINA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 185, 14 August 1901, Page 3
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