The Archive · 1926

FAR IN ROAD-MAKING

To the Editor of the "Nonri-Cla Datty News."

On November 14, 1860, Gen. eral Tznatico (7 Ignatief) caused the Chinese to sign the Treaty of Peking, coding to Russia the whole of what} now called Siberia, thus completely shutting ' China from the sea north of Korea, The Treaties prove conclusively statement that Russia relieved China of these immense stretches her territory by force and fraud.

Referring to Mr. ILAJT's ssu; gestion, that it is now too late to raise the question of Siberia, should be remembered it was Jat about that time some of the concessions were leased to foreigners, If it is not teo late to raise the question of the concession status, it is not too late to raise that of Siberia, Tam, ete, Epwan S, Lirtux, Yangtze River, Dec, 28, 1926, Sm,—Apropos of your article in today's paper about the roads in the French Concession, and the question of suitable material for the up of the roads, a conference was held in Manchester, at the College of Technology, on Novem= ber 26, under the joint auspices of the Society of Chemical Industry, Institution of Gas Engineers, and the Coke Oven Managers' Astocia~ tion. At this conference Mr, W. Gordon Adam dealt with the ques: tion of distilled tar for roads, and said that, "owing to the introduction: of tar in rond-making to-day, weather had but tittle effect upon any properly made read." (The ftalies are mine). I would com: mend this statement to those officials of the Council who complained out the difficulty of obtaining suit able material for road-making, T am, ote, LIP. Kia,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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