Ching and H. E. Wang Wen-shao, are very busily engaged with the Manchurian question, which they intend to have settled before Their Majesties arrive at Peking, resuming the attitude originally adopted in the Spring when the objections raised by Japan obliged Russia to withdraw the Convention.
The manner of the present Russian Minister towards China is more conciliatory than that of his predecessor, but as it depends on the course taken by Japan whether Russia modifies her demands or not, it is certain that the Plenipotentiaries are relying on Japan.—Our Correspondent.
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