The Chinese Question.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 11287, 4 August 1898, Page 2

The Chi nese Question.

i^HAIRGE'-AGAiNst LI eSnG ' '"■/: *OHtANG\ V: -r*> j, ; ; - I PER; RBESB vASSOCIA^IOd. |J, London, August 2 — TheStandariii states' that Sir Claude' fyaoDonald has accused Li Hung Chang ;o£ 'betraying China to Russia. ' ' _ •"•"■ ' ; "> l ''•--; "" • -• v- ; - Li flung ba's ''threatened- -Russia 'that be would dfcinand Sir Claude MacDbnald's recall. "" "/' ' '/r/ r '• ■' *-~' w - ■ ' Li Hung will Bun,e.r,se;de the late Prince Kiing as President of Tsu'ag*U*Xa'meji. j ,_ United J'tess.^Asaciaaj^B^ByJElectric j r^ -; ; ;;K^^^4^ l Jjnf HT j ' i >.&^NaWAin'Aniiiß'^S^A^^}»benßio,'n of time has Deen obtained in"cWneoticW with thefiudingjpir capital for the con?-^ B^ruotipn ' 9^ Jo Tientsen Railway! on -the jjroupl^ifiat- IMs sup-, po; tel 6y & British syndicated '(* "' , Wegotiatio'nsr^yftn^tHe', HongkongShanghai Bank! for a Moan of sixteen mi:lion taels, which'' was to, be given in return for a contract for the extension of ,the Shankaikwau" Railway to Niu-Ohang have* been' abandonea^', 'The','.abandonmenfc was maaVin de|ererica to a protest from Russia thaitv borrowing from , foreigners is contrary^ to w tho RusooCbiutse agreement.^ .""-•*•- \The < Commissioner who waa to arrange, the t purchase.,, of for a ,f£riSiian liailway to .Kiritt has! been obliged to return- to- Port Arthur, the ! nativeß revolting against & forced sale at low prices. T