St. Petersburg, Sept. 7.
The Russian Minister in Peking Baron Krupepsky, has presented a Note to China intimating that as Chins has not answered the Russian representations with regard to the revision of the Treaty of Bt. Petersburg of 1981, Russia regards the treaty as being extended for another decade, but in order to meet the wishes of China, Russia will abolish from January 14 on the Russian side the privileged free trade zone
of the Russo-Chinese frontier and will not object to the rimultaneous abolition of the privileges on the Chinese side.—Reuter.
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