Administration, were to-day afieially nominated as delegates of China for the forthcoming Sino-Tapancss telegraph negotiations. The ap ointments will be formally com~ municated by the Chinese Goverament to the Japanese Government in a fow days.
It is reported that in the forthcoming negotiations with Japan the National Government. of China proposing to include four cable ines, namely Shanghai-Nagasaki, Tsingtao-Sasebo and Chefoo-Dairen lines, and five Jand''lines in Manchuria, all of which now under Japanese control, Jas subject agenda in the negoti tions. To this proposal Japan said to be ready to discuss with China regarding the disposition of these cable and land lines and, therefore, the negotiations will be opened in the near future, Among others, the question of the Shanghai-Nagasaki cable will be discussed at the outset of the nego tiations, it-is said in the Japanese circles, which, however, predict prolonged and: difficult negotiations 1n view of the ambitious Chinese intention to recover all of the lines at once—Rengo.
THe Walchiaopa has been "re quested by Chinese merchants 'f> lodge a strong protest with. the Dutch Government against an in crease in "wharfage dues" on Chintese landing in the "Dutch "Eagt Indies from next year. The crease, which is proposed -by "thy Datch ast Indies Government, amount. to from 60 to 160. gull and will be paid only by people from ithe Far East, says the Chinese press,
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