A REPORTED CONCESSION.
A BRITISH OFFICER SABRED.
EMPEROR PERSISTS IN REPUS aL TO SIGN CONVENTION. Received April 3, 9.28 a.m. London 1 , April 2.— The Daily Express reports that British and Italian capitalists associate&ia-a Poking syndicate secured a while back tho ratification of an immense concession comprising the richest coal, iron of p, and petroleum field in the Shansi and Honan Provinces. It is proposed to bring minerals to the Yangtzse Valley and erect mills there among tho dense population of that region. Seven Frenchmen at Tientsin sabred Captain Bsrnett, of the Madras Infantry. The wounds are not dangerous. An Indian sentry was shot in the thigh in the darkness. He twice returned the fir*. It k believed the assailants were foreign soldiers. Dr MoiriFon reports that the Viceroys of the Yangtse provinces, Lin Kunyi and Chang Chihtnng, warned the Imperial Court that they will disregard the proviniona of the Maachurian.. convention even if signed by the Emperor. I Li Hung Chang has urged the Emperor to reconsider his decision not tosign the convention. The Emperor replied that in view of the unanimous advice of the ohief provincial officials of the Empire the decision of the Throne was irrevocable and that the convention cannot be signed. Received April 3, 9.65 a.m. London, April 2.— M. De Giers has been instructed not to allow Russian flags to be hoisted at Tientsin siding pending a settlement with Russia.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11648, 3 April 1901, Page 2
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236A REPORTED CONCESSION. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11648, 3 April 1901, Page 2
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