report, believed to emanate ing. lately asked on behalf of a Russian syndicate, for permission to exploit certain petroleum deposits and copper mines in Chinese Tarkestan, It is needless, perhaps, to state that the Central Government refused to entertain the idea, LU HAI-ADEN, Director-General of the Tientsin-Pakou Railway, was expected to leave Peking on a tour of inspection of the proposed railway, and will make a stay of a few days in Nanking, which lies opposite'to Pakou, the Sonthera terminus of the line.
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