According to " Peking letter, it is rumoured in the Capital that in' consequence of the Government's presumed acquiescence in the demands of Russia in nehuria, the German Legation tentasent a demand to the Waiwupu re-Jing special privileges in the Yangtze Yalloy and on both banks of that river fron Qhinkiang to Tehans, in Mupeh pro. de Chih-tung.
AN rthern dispatch states that H.E. Viceroy Chang Chih-tung, being a persona non grata with the majority of the mem-
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