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AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
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No. 1.
SECTION 1.
(No. 96.)
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received May 28.)
(Telegraphic.) P.
RUSSIAN railway settlements in Manchuria.
Peking, May 28, 1909.
The question of the administration of the railway settlements was the subject of a preliminary agreement between China and Russia, which was signed here on the 10th instant. Copies of this agreement, as also copies of notes exchanged at the time, have been sent to you via Siberia in despatch No. 190 of the 23rd instant.
The treaty rights of other Powers are fully recognised in the notes exchanged, though they would appear to be somewhat infringed in the agreement itself.
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Provisions are made for the compilation of detailed rules for municipal govern- These regulations, which will deal with such matters as police, taxation, &c., will probably be drawn up at Harbin, and I am of opinion that the foreign consuls should be duly consulted in the matter, and that the regulations should be submitted for the approval of the diplomatic representatives in Peking before being put into effect. In this opinion my American, Austrian, and German colleagues fully concur, and we are asking the authorisation of our respective Governments before communi- believe that such action on our part cating our views to the Chinese Government. would not arouse any protest from the Russian Minister here.
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