Asiatic Quarterly Review (Full Title: The Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review, and Oriental and Colonial Record): Volume XIII, No. 26 [‎549v] (223/238)

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Summary of Events.
of Tien-tsin, regarding the collection of the liktn dues at present collected
by the Provisional Government. The latter agrees to pay the foreign
Customs 700,000 taels per annum in twelve monthly instalments, com
mencing on March 1 last, during the continuance of the Provisional
Government, and on its cessation the whole revenue derived from the dues,
the staff, the books and offices, etc., shall revert to the foreign Customs,
the collection of the Tien-tsin likin being thus brought under the foreign
Customs control.
Russia has informed the Chinese plenipotentiaries that she refuses to
amend the Manchurian treaty.
The condition of the interior of Manchuria is said to be unsatisfactory
and the animosity to Russia is increasing. The Russian troops in the
province number about 63,000 men.
A rebellion which broke out in the Nan-ning district threatened to
become grave, many soldiers having joined the ranks of the insurgents.
Marshal Su has arrived at the scene of rebellion from Hu-pei, and has
defeated the rebels at Lang-chau.
Cheng Te-yi has been appointed Chinese Minister to Great Britain in
the place of Sir Chihchen Lofengluh.
Korea.—T he Government has officially notified to the French Minister
that it considers the loan contract of last April void and ended through
lapse of time, and the absence in the contract of power to transfer loan
rights to another syndicate or any third party.
Japan.—T he foreign trade of the country for 1901 shows 251,750,000
yen of exports, and 255,500,000 yen of imports, against 198,750,000 yen
and 282,500,000 yen respectively for the preceding year. The outflow of
gold was 800,000 yen.
The question of the purchase of railways by the State is now being
revived, and it is understood that the Premier is in favour of this step on
strategical grounds.
The Budget shows ordinary revenue amounting to 225,000,000 yen,
and ordinary expenditure to 177,500,000 yen. The surplus, together with
38,000,000 yen obtained by selling the Chinese new indemnity bonds, and
15,500,000 yen taken from the Chinese old indemnity and miscellaneous
sources, is proposed to be devoted to redeeming the national debt, building
railways and telegraphs, and restoring the naval maintenance fund.
The capital of the newly-established Credit Mobilier (10,000,000 yen)
was subscribed three times over.
An important agreement has been concluded between Great Britain and
Japan, the text of which will be found amongst our “Notes.” The
Emperor, in connection with the conclusion of the agreement, has con
ferred titles on several of the Ministers, and has made Baron Hayashi,
Minister to Great Britain, a Viscount.
The issue of Exchequer Bills to the amount of 10,000,000 yen has been
highly successful. The application reached a total of 15,500,000 yen.
Philippines.—T he situation in the islands appears to be slowly im
proving, but some time must elapse before the number of American troops
can be materially lessened.