The Trouble in China.
London, February 28, Vice-Admiral Sir C. A. Bridge succeeds Admiral Seymour in command of tho China Station. Tho Peking-Shanghai railway will remain under British military control until the evacuation of China. March 1. Russia is pressing Li Hung Cluing to coir-ent to her demands in reference to M ischuria. Japan. England and another Power have remonstrated with China negotiating the matter direct with St. Petersburg. Arrangements have been made for the withdrawal of 10,000 of the French troops from China during the present month, The Railway workshops in Tongshan, on the Shanh-iikwan lino, have bet n restored by tho British to a satisfactory state. March 2. The foreign Ministers have decided that Italy shall retain tho Customs buildings at Pekin, as they are needed for the extension of the fortification of the Legations area. Germany his intimated to Li Hung Chang that it is inexpedient that China should make separate concessions to States or companies, giving away valuable assets, while imr obligations towards the Powers collectively are nut clearlv defined.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 119, 5 March 1901, Page 3
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174The Trouble in China. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 119, 5 March 1901, Page 3
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