Striking Comment by Mr. Silas Strawn Chicago, Oct. 9.
Mr. Silas Strawn, the Amorieav representative to the Extraterritorinlity and Customs Confeences in China, declared on his return home to-day that further negotiations are impossible for the present because of the difficulty of knowing who and what the Chinese Government is an where it has its seat.
The Customs Conference "petered out," he said. Eleven nations were expected to be represented;—eight arrived in Peking, but left immediately; only three actually met but they adjourned without aecompushing anything, he explained.—- Reuter.
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