Show hs RUSSIA THE portsmouth THE ml all chinese stores and at principal points west of har bin closed by hussla Rus sla y peking the situation at II arbIn manchuria banchu raa arising front from th insistence of hussla that she pil administer minister the local municipal government look on a I 1 critical phase a few days ago ago w lhnn ben the russian authorities closed all tho the chinese stores and ancl uBea seii at tho the principal points tn in the railroad zone west or of harbin because of 0 t the re f it sall ot of the owners of those these lish ments to pay taxes imposed by tho the for some unto tile the negotiations in polling poking between russia hussla and china concerning concern ng the he ad ministration of harbin havo have beeh bech at ata a deadlock and china has alleged thit that the administration of harbin constituted a violation of at tho the portsmouth treaty sir john jordan ind and W W respectively tho the british and american ministers to china lately notified tho the russian legation hero that while great and tile tho united states did not astro in tiny way to interfere in the tha relation between russia and china they would be under tinder tho the at 0 their previous treaty nations it if the question of at tho the municipal control of was raised la in this action sir jolia john and mr rockhill nock Roc hlll khIlI acted separately toly it Is reported horo here that all business other than llian foreign over tho the railroad la Is at a standstill the foreign in 1108 1908 amounted in collections to 1 |