China,.has leased to. Great-Britain two. hundred square miles around Hongkong, including the'territory on the-mainland: behind Kowloon to a.line joining Mirs Bay and Deep Bay, besides the waters of these bays, and the island of Lani A RUSSIAN CONCESSION,
the Right Hon. G. N. Curzon, Parlis-Speak in the House of Commons mentary Foreign Secretary, stated that according to Count Muraviefi's dispatch Russia maintains Chins's sovereign rights in Port Axthur and Talienwan, and respects the treaties between! China and: other. countries, implying a scrupulous maintenance of the. status quo, while foreign men-of-war and merchant ships will continue, to enjoy! access for all ports in China.
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