The sume paper publishes a ved from a correspondent at Shansi, to the effect that new received there from Peking stating that the Chinese Plenipotentiaries had settled with the French Minister the R. C. claims for losses suffered by them in SI to the total amount of Ts. 2,5 is a great difference between the claims of the Protestant missions, amounting to only Tls. 200,000, which had been settled on the spot a few months ago at Taiyuan, It is unnecessary to state that the Chinese appreciate the significance between the 6th October.
Recent Secret Councils at Court.
A private letter from a well source at Hsian to a certain pers Shanghai deplores, amongst. other things, the decay of the Manchu dynasty. which appears tv be fast. following the footstep of previous dynasties of China, It would [seem that certain powerful Russophile Ministers have for the past month or six weeks been using every means in power to persuade the Empress Dowas to come to some definite line of action. in ward to the Russian movements in Man-!
rer to obviate future complier-us of still more serious consequences the Empire, vis i vis its Northern neighbour. Of course, " conciliatory. attitude is urgently advocated by these Ministers, and matters are alleged to have proceeded ssu far as to lately assume the appearance of a proposed "gift" of the region north of the Kirin province to the Muscovite, on condition the latter guaramtees to protect China from outside sions for the space of the next fifty year With Chinese Turkest a als to be within the of the Russians, the Empress Do tso far stands firm against any such proposals, an the round that Moukden was the crulle of the Manchu race and must, needs be kept for all time so long as the Manel dynasty lasts; as regard Chinese Tu tan and Kuldja, or Di, north of the Celestial mountains (Tienshan), those territories by the fourth Emperor of Lung (1736-99), whose with-bed inj s Forbade that, th should ever be given up to an outside Star These are the scruples which prevent the cession of the provinees above noted. comm, the wishen of Kmporor Kaxog. Hrd have not been consulted in any of the who proposi fact, his Majesty been admitted into any recent frequent geeret_ conclaves Grand Council and Grand presided over by the to discuss the Ruswophiles, who here. are also more reac
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