Peking Feb. 4.
The Prince Regent has ordered the Waiwupu to open negotiate us with the foreign Powers with s view to an iteration of the Pesce Protocol of 1901, io order to render possible the recwnetraction of the Taku forts.
Greece has made a declaration indioating "more amenable attitude on the Near Eastern question. This statement has brea acknow-ciged by the Powers. In the meantime the protecting Powers have intimated to the Greek Goverament that if Grete conds deputies t> Athens, they must not he admitted t" the National Assembly.
It is stated in Vienna, that the promised visit. of Avchdake Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hongarian throne, to St. Petersburg, will take piece only alter the closing of 0 Austro-Rus-in entente, for which pourparlers are jast being began The death ix avnouvced of Privy Councillor Dr. Koappe, late Geman Consal-General in Shanghai Feb, President Fal'iéres has expressed to the German Emperor his thanks for his gift to the Paris sufferers.
Parther bring about an earlier convening of a National Parliament, A namber of the representatives will stay in Pekiog oil April, and will try to get into touch with' the Manchus friendly to reform, Meanwhile the deputies have telegraphed to powerfal members of the gentry in the provinces and to in-Chi Tirntxia in April to assist them in their efforts, A committes of the Kirin gentry has arrived here, in order to protest against the building of the railway from Kino to Chientao on the basis of the Chinese-Japanese agreement of September Inst. Tt was duc to the protest of the Kirin gentry, that the boycott aiost the Japanese in Manohuuis collee: ions are being wade in Germany|" hich ix by no means yet ove room for the relief fund. ted some months ago, and The issue of the Imperial German, d}sod the Prassian Consols 2 been h Japan may arise from the energetic oversubscribed. position token by the Kirin gentry in The mail whi left. Shanghai the railway question.
Tairen and Sit Feb. 7. delivered io Berlin on the 6: b instant. al Fe ing have proposed to the Prince von Waldthansen, the German Regent that an independent Naval Office to the Argentine, whi lias been be created and a commission be 00- scorodited to Buen Ayres vince 1904, wated with it, the members of which has been be the Viceroyk of Manchuria, to Karlsrobe, where Vice Adi liangkiang, Hakaang, Mioche iaogk The Regeot has Herr von asked the Grand Council to discuss thin successor at Bnenon proposal.
Ayres is Baron von dem Barche-IIad-Tie Board of Finances has ordered denhaasen, Privy Covncillor at the bee foe Clonmel a vincial authorities to take im-
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