Peking, Oct. 12.
The following is the official summary of statements, made to various foreign Ministers by Dr.
W. Yen, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Philip Tyau, Counseller at the Waichiaopu, with regard to the arrangements for the administration of the Russian Concessions and Russian Government property in China (1) The Presidential mandate of September 9 produces no rupture of China's treaty relations with Russia but merely an interregnum.
(2) The mandate does not contemplate the abrogation of Russian treaties or of the rights derived from them, (3) The arrival and presence of the Verkhne-Udinsk mission in Peking has no connexion whatsoever with the Government's withdrawal of official recognition of the Russian Minister and Consuls.
(4) The Chinese Government proposes to take over temporarily the custody of Russian Government property and, pending the resumption of formal treaty relations with Russia, the control and administration of the Russian Concessions in China, such property and Concessions to be held in trust until such time as a recognized Russian Government exists.
(5) The Administration of the Russian Concessions shall be
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