AFFAIRS IN CHINA.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 64, 19 March 1901, Page 2

AFFAIRS IN CHINA.

GUARDS REDUCED AT KINDER’S SIDING. AN EQUAL FORCE. ROWDYISM OF FRENCH SOLDIERS. * ASSAULT A BRITISH OFFICER. By Telegraph—Pross Association—Copyright London, March 17. The Guards at Kinder’s siding have been reduced to 27 on oach side during negotiations for the adj ustmont of tho difficulty. Owing to French soldiers creating continuous rowdyism, they havo boon forbidden to enter the British concession at Tientsin, unless on duty. Mocklor, the British divisional staff officer, was assaulted in the French concession yesterday. THE FIRST KNOCK TO RUSSIA; WHAT THE TIMES CORRESPONDENT SAYS. DR MORRISON NOW HOPEFUL. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received 12.52 a.m., March 19. London, March 18. Dr Morrison on Saturday stated that the Manchurian Convention, practically, installing Russia in 'Chinese Turkestan, turns tho whole position which Great Britain had toiled to render impregnable on the north-wes-tern frontier of India. On Sunday Dr Morrison cabled that according to Chinese officials Russia abandons its claim to oxclusivo rights n Mongolia and Turkestan, and relaxes tho stringency of the control of the civil administration in Manchuria. This constitutes the first check to Russian diplomacy since Lord Salisbury withdrew tho British ships from Port Arthur in 1898.