Wo understand that the Shanghai Taotai has formally demanded from the Russian Consul-General *he custody of the two Rovian interned cruiser that they may be tried by the Taotai him self, according to International law.
Kuling to be an International Settlement.
ANanch'ang, cal dispatch states that ities have at last given formal consent to the making of the well-known summer resort of Kuling into an Intern: Settlement, on payment to the Chinese Government of the sum of Ts.. A Chinese officer, graduate of a Military Academy, has been recently sent by the Governor of Kiangsi to Kuling to make a topographical map the place, a mark out the boundaries of the Settlement.
The Fate of Wanchih.
This place which, it will be remembered, was recommended by Viceroy Chang Chil tung in 1902 as a good site for a arsenal to take the place of the Kiangn: Arsenal, was last Friday by their Excellencies Viceroy Chou Fu and Commissioner Tieh Liang. From what Ereelloncige hold a very poor opinion of othered by " Wuhu correspondent their
the place.
H. E. Tang Shao-yi, Special High Commissioner to Tibet, left outsin on the 26th instant for Wuchang to hold a conference with Viceroy Chang Chih-tung, and will also visit Nanking to see Viceroy Chou Fu before coming to Shanghai, "n route. His Excellency is expected to arrive hers from the Yangtze on or about Christmas Eve, 22nd December.
The Demand for the Custody of the Murderer.
With reference to the Taotai's formal demand on the Russian Consul-general for the custody of the Russian sailors concerned in the murder of the Chinese Chou Séng-yao on Thursday last, as already noted in this column yesterday morning. there is one significant sentence, namely: "That these sailors, instead of being thankful for their good fortune in escaping from death and danger (at the hands of their foes), should on the contrary turn around and ruthlessly slay an unoffending person is-a crime of the blackest hue and deserving of the deepest indignation from every one."
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