The Archive · 1901

The Manchurian Convention

The Russian Convention concerning Manchuria is awaiting the return of Prince Ching. It__ is now understood that he, and not Wang Wen-shao, is ordered to sign it. There is no large amount of interest taken in the matter. The Chinese suppose other Powrs will oppose it, but in this they are mis-The merchants of other countries only need to consult with Russia rather than China as to trade privileges in Manchuria. There is not much to fear in this, secing that even the British have more trade in Russia than in China.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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