Tokio, September 8.
According to telegrams received from Peking, the Chinese and Japanese Commissioners have agreed upon the adoption of the Chinese proposal regarding the route to be followed by, and the Tapanese estimate of the cost of, the Kuangchengtze railway.
It is asserted in Tokio that this report is prematare—Our Own September 10.
Viceroy Hea Shih-chang of Manchuria has refused to receive a deputation, the purpose of which was to urge that the Chinese Government should lay the Kuangchengtze railway instead of leaving the matter to Chino-Japanese exploitation—Our Own Correspondent.
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