The Archive · 1902

Differences About the New Treaty

London via Bombay, 2nd August, There has been a disagreement g between the British and the Chinese Treaty Commissioners at Shanghai, the Chinese Commissioners objecting to the British regulations for Inland Navigation, and the British Commissioners insisting on Sir James Mackay's scheme in its entirety.

The "Times" says that the hitch in the negotiations at Shanghai, should not souse excessive surprise as the methods of Peking are well known, and China can less afford to wait for a higher import tariff than Great Britain for merely prospective advantages.—Reuter.

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

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