RUSSIA AND BRITAIN.
RUSSIA'S CLAIM. [FBI riHSS ASWHJIATIOH.] Received 18, 842 <us. Lohsos, March 17. Lord George Hamilton states tbat Russia claims tbat their concession orer-rides tbe railway's proprietorial rights. KICOTUTIOKB FOR ADJUBTMINT OF DIFFICULTY. GUABDB RBDUCKD OH &ACH SIDB. Received 18,10 46 pm. London, Mirch 18. The Guards at Klodcrs Siding hare been reduced to 27 each side during negotiations foradjustmsntof difficulty. BFFBOT OF THK MANOHURIAN CONVHNIION. A IIKNACB TO THE IS DUN FRONTIER. BUSSIA GIVING WAT. A UHBOK TO RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY. (Received 19, 12.52 a.m.) Lohdon, March 18, Cel. Morrison en Saturday stated that the Manchurian Convention, practically installing Russia in Chinese Turkestan, turns the whole position which Britain had toiled to render im- ~" pregnable in the north-western frontier of India, On Sunday Col. Morrison cabled tbat according to Chinese officials Russia abandons her claim to exclusive rights tn Mongolia and Turkestan, and relaxes the stringency of control on the civil administration of Manchuria. This constitutes the first ch»ck to Russian diplomacy since Lord Salisbury withdrew the Britisa ships from Port Arthur in 1898.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 52, 19 March 1901, Page 3
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176RUSSIA AND BRITAIN. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 52, 19 March 1901, Page 3
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