Peking, 9th February.
The Russian Minister at Peking, Mr. Lessar, has acceded to the amendments proposed by Prince Ching, and in place of the demands previously made, he has demanded of the Chinese Government that the Russo-Chinese Bank shall have the sole privilege of mining in any part of Manchuria. This demand was met with strong representations from other Powers to the Chinese Government, and vigorous and decided opsition, on which the Russian Minister ostensibly withdrew this demand, and is now urging the Russo-Chinese Bank to negotiate for itself for this privilege with the Chinese Government, so that the Russian Government. may thus evade the objections of the other Powers—Our correspondent.
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