CABLE NEWS.
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WAR IN CHINA
RUSSIA IMMOVABLE. (PBB PBBS3 ASSOCIATION.) Received 6. 3.7 a.m. London, June 5. Russia has dee'ded cot to withdraw her troopsfiom points between Peking and the sea, and she also retains a force atSbanraikwan.
CONFLAGRATION AT PEKING. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S DEPARTURE POSTPONED. BRITISH INDEMNITY PROPOSALS ACCEPfED.
Keceirei 6, 916 am. London, Jute 5. A great fire is raging in the Forbidden City at Peking. Japanese and, Americans are protecting property. Count Watdersee has postponed his dtpirtnre from Tientsin pending an inv B'igttion into the Taku road affray. The Standard's Berlin corre s po:dent saystba British proposal fcr Chinese bon-'s representing tho indemnitees *o each Power lias been accept d, the bonds being guarnn'eod by five psr csnt of maritime cu>toms, gold duthp, and psitions if junksalt tax*s. Thee sources of reveoue wili l.e under the control of an Interna'icnal Committee at Tientsin.
Received 6, 10.48 pm. London, June 6
Lightning cau ed the Peking fie, which d«stroyed the archivts at Winjing Hall aod the Impeiial Library. The Imperial palaces escaped.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 117, 7 June 1901, Page 3
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175CABLE NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 117, 7 June 1901, Page 3
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