THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN EMBROGLIO.
A STORM IN A TEA-CUP. [PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.! London, March 15. — Kinder' s siding has been strongly reinforced, as trouble is imminent unless the Russians retire. The respective guards of both nationalities are in close proximity of one another. Later' news states that the Russian forces are entrenching at the siding, a Hong Kong regiment confronting them with fixed bayonets and awaiting instructions. . United Press Association.— 4sy Eleetrie I Telegraph — Copyright. Received March 17, 5 5 p.m. London, March 17. — A Roster's mes> sage states that the Russians occupied the railway siding Kinder was constructing at Tientsin. Major-General Barron hesitates to act in General Gaselee's absence. He is consulting Sir E. Satow. The Russians declare the siding interferes with the projected road through the territory conceded to Russia. In the House of Commons, Lord George Hamilton said the authorities on the spot at Tientsin were dealing with the siding difficulty. British officers throughout the operations in China had shown such excessive conciliation that it was unnecessary to specially instruct them in the matter. BeoMved March 18, 8.47 a.m. Be bun, March 17.— The Reichstag has voted 123 million marks for the operations in China. General von Gossler announced that Count Waldersee commtnded 64,000 Allies, including 17,750 Germans and 12,850 British.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11636, 18 March 1901, Page 2
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213THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN EMBROGLIO. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11636, 18 March 1901, Page 2
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