THE FAR EAST.
Presa Association—Electric Telegraph-Copyright.
London, March 25
China has conceded Bussia 25 years' lease of Port Arthur as a naval base, and a similar lease of Talienwan as a fortified open port. The right to construct a railway connecting Petuna, Talienwan, and Port Arthur has also been conceded.
The Times says the terms of the concession are equivalent to cession, and will produce a prof und effect.
St, Petersburg, March 25.
Bussia sends fifty thousand men from the army reserve to East Asia, and the Government has applied for an additional thirty million roubles to strengthen the naval forces.
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Thames Star, Volume XXX, Issue 9027, 26 March 1898, Page 2
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