Show I LEASE OF PORT ARTHUR Russians Will Take Possession of the I Chinese Fortress Today Pekln March 27M Pauloff the Russian Rus-sian charge daftalrs signed today the agreement regarding the lease of Port Arthur and TaLlenWan and the railway rail-way concessions Port Arthur will be given over tomorrow ChinChow will remain Chinese but the Russians will establish a small station sta-tion in the environs China will retain sovereign rights generally and Port Arthur and TaLIenWan will be open to the warships of all nations Rerardlnir the customs the Russians reserve themselves the collection of the dues but nothing is divulged as to their eventual destinotlon The Russians will probably take the forts at Port Arthur The Chinese have decided to open FuhNIng province of FoKtua as a treaty port London March 28The Dally News says this morning i understands that j after Fridays cabinet council orders were dispatched to the British fleet in Chinese water to rendezvous In the Gulf of Pechi LI with a view of strengthening the diplomacy of Sir Claude MacDonald the British minister minis-ter in China The Pekin correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says Sir Claude MacDonald MacDon-ald has advised China to refuse to lease Port Arthur as it Is unnecessary since TaLienWan has been conceded but China has replied that she is powerless to resist the Russian demands de-mands If Sunk In the Mersey I Liverpool March 27The British I steamer Tynemouth Castle from Car i thagena March 1 for Moslyn quay has I I been sunk In theMersey in collision i with the British steamer Glanmyr 1 bound for Cork I I I Fears of o4Grave Calamity Yarmouth England March 27 Grave I fears art entertained herd for the safety I of tho trawl fleet numbering 200 vessels J They have been exposed to the fury of I the sale on the Digger banks and only I one boat has returned The wind Is I f I blowing at the rate of CO miles an hour |