CHINESE QUESTION.
RISING AGAINST BRITISH EXTENSION. CONCESSIONS TO GERMANY. FURTHER RAILWAY EXTENSIONS. (by electric telegraph-copyright). (Received October 21, 10 6 a.m.). Shanghai, October 20. Five - hundred troops have been despatched from Canton to Sunou, beyond Kaulung. on the strength of a report that the population is arming to resist the extension of British territory in the district. (Received October 21, 10.55 p.m.) Shanghai, October 20. In connection with the Kiaochau frontier settlement, Germany has obtained from China a concession of the Loisan mountains and Tahatur harbour, with a sphere of influeuco extending over 50 kilometres surrounding the territory. The British Chinese Corporation has contracted for the construction of a railway connecting Suchau, Hangshou and Ningpo on the terms identical with those on which they contracted to construct the railway connecting Shanghai, Suchau, and Nanking.
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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 357, 22 October 1898, Page 2
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134CHINESE QUESTION. Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 357, 22 October 1898, Page 2
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