THE CHINESE QUESTION
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. COPYRIGHT). Hongkong, May 18. The British troops occupied Shanchau, in the Kaulung province, and hoisted the British flag. The troops have now return»d to Hongkong. Pekin. May 18. The Russian Mimster insists on an extension of the Pekin railway concession, and China is expected to yield unless Britain supports her. London, May 18. Lord Salisbury, addressing the Railway Benevolent Institution, ridiculed the idea that foreigners participating in the Chinese railway concessions would seriously imperil British interests.
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Waikato Argus, Volume VI, Issue 437, 20 May 1899, Page 2
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