CHINESE DIFFICULTY.
(pep. press association —copyright),
Received tins day, at 9(21 a.m. London, May 28
Another indication of the speedy return of the Court to Pekin is that the China Merchants’ Company of Shanghai is t ransmitting tribute for rice to Tientsin. The Times’ correspondent at Pekin reports that British peace proposals are likely to he adopted as the basis of the edict, in which Chinese indebtedness will ho admitted at four hundred and fifty million tae I s, plus interest. The Allies will then begin the work of evacuation. China is willing to comply with the terms laid down.
Received this day at 9 21 a.m. London, May 28. VValderseo has reduced the area of foreign occupation. Tho Morning Post states that the Yunnun Syndicate has secretly projected a loan, having secured the right to construct a railway from Seoul to Pingyang. The French Government supports project and tho contract awaits tho sanction of tho Emperor of Korea. Received this day, at 1116 am. „ London, May 28. The German quarter Pekin, is to be experimentally entrusted to the Chinese authorities for a fortnight.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 29 May 1901, Page 2
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184CHINESE DIFFICULTY. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 29 May 1901, Page 2
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