Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-12-29
CHINA'S LONG DELAY.
No Answer Yet to the Foreign Demands
for Redress.

SHAssHAI Cbins, Dec. 30 The uncsr
tsinsy q. 10 the q aal decision ard action OF
| he Chinese governmsnt concerning the
demands made upon il bs the United Sta,es,
Fra ee, G rnany, snd Gresl Britain. fess-
tive 10 the oursges ecmuiiTted b. mnos
d1ripg the past six months upon foreigners,
still remains Unsettled.
fhis delay 10 eharsc ,eristie of the Chinese
Official, .bo believes thoroughly In xn old
saying, perverted to resd Always pu. { q
until tomorrow what can be dane today ;"
Delays are nsver dangerous TO the China
man, and while foreign Interests suffeI
greatly 81 4 mis- ssionsries are prevented from
returning 81 t1sis mission work, hs 10 slos-
ly gaining bis design. aud the foreign min
i.ters ssem (, submit tAcitly 70 the wishes
Of Chins, regardless of .he loss inf cied
upou ihelr country men BY such q course.
A few weeks longer and winter viii 40 com
pietely block sli csmmuuicsuon with Pexin
that The negotiations will necessarily have
to be dropped until the coming sp,iog-
Meauvhle the suspense snd uncertainty OF
future action Consequent upon suvh pro
crsstinstion 10 rui0iny fore'ga business aad
mission work
The probability Of war with China
see ms greater now than in the early fail
Ch,us seems resolved to stscd upon he,
dignity and srsat As little redress SIS posei-
be, and. To maintain her position, Is max
ing every effort 10 Increase her armies and
10 supply them with the latest improved
arms and munitions Of war to be procur d
In Europe. The fofts are bein, remods led
and put in slste io- active service, and
unusual energy ,s said to be shosn in tha
navy ysrds At weiheisoi, Foo Cho. and
Port Arthur N ref Ting the men-of war ard
pr.psrtng snpplie, and sores for the entire
Hssu
The vtceroy, Ii Huna Chang, the Prime
Minister of China and the real head ard
ouliers cf The empire, has begun 10 take
an sciive interest IN these sfairs, a7d with
his ususI ereIsy ard activity. IL pusbiug
preparations . very rspijly The rsiiwsys TO
b. bull for military ru-p1ses slorg the
S.b<risn frontier seems che pFincpi work
uadsrtsksn just now. IL sppesrs that Chins
looks upon Ru-sis as the first foreign
"a ion liable 10 commence hostiiiiies against
her, and hes CO she regrds the mpiedoh
of these military roads the fret Sots 10 be
done The troops along the route OF these
railways have been considerably reinforced
ard arms Of the latest patterns issued to
them.
Ths people Of the province OF Hunsu,
The tecnon which the foreign minIstsrh
~i.h open TO foreign trade, nave become
r,sive, aud openly defy the government
Thi, is due soisly to the great antssopi.m
OF the pcpulsce 30 the int oiuction Of for
eieners. l. recent intervl-- the viceroyt
ii Hum Chang, expressed himself IS very
much alarmed BY the attitude # tie people
of Hunap, where the mobs had killed 'ev-
eral Of the lncsl officials, and toe a1verh'
ment was having the greatest tticult" In
controlling them. He thought that tha
action Of these people might pfeoipitste
trouble with he foreign powers, ut said hH
should use biz utmost endesvH protect
ing foreign lives and property, snd hoped
10 settle sstisfactoriliy all demands which
might re suit trom the acton Of these m b5
H. spoke very bitterly Of The attitude tsk
en- bv 6 rmsny with regsrd - the reo' NJ
stacks mad. upon foreigners. No Ger
mas had been il Ired In lbsse attacks,
Tor s1y of heir property dssrr}ei- Cn.na
had uiss}s been friendly to Germany ann
he bad always regarded the GeImsn minis
ter IS personal friend AID Vet Ggrmsay
bad most u9grstsfully ,io' the Doi'ei
States, France ard England in mixing un'
pleasant demands upon China
Several of the highest officials in Chi n
huve been conspltsd aud their views re-
ported to the Pekin cabinet. The general
sentiment 10 not TO open Hunsn TO fofeigl
intercourse, dor 10 grsnt another p1rt 10
foreign trade. The Chinese seem 70 have
overlooked all the benefits they have here
tofore AMI kre still defiving from i5ter-
course With foreign nations, and 10 have
fully determined upon st least not extend
ing these benefits, o., perhsp-, are cherish
i-g and nur.iDg their old desire Of driving
he foreign barbarian from the sacred soii
of tie empire.
They ether fail to reslizs, or. perhaps,
are indf rent to the fact that the pursuance
OF this line Of action ~il surely iav Iivs
China 10 war With the combined foreign
p1vers, in which caee the dsmsga ir q cte
upon her would be almost beyond enmpr-
hension. and would result in CREST haDilis-
ton 10 her.
H,xerer II 10 very doubtful that the
advice Of these efieisls Sill he yur cd, fc'
the more veighty sad sxperisucs1 cJunsels
o. l. Hurg Chsng will probably continue
the pressnI coursg Of the empire and will
prevent any serious conflict With foreign
nations I. will b. ,emsu bsrt d hist when
two years sgo, Russia aud China vera upon
,he very verge of hestiiilies over Russia's
designs upon C0res, = csucus Of Governors
Of provinces VS. hali, and the msi iprity
s5vocased declaring var; but Ii hurs
Chang, seeing the probable Outcome of
such var. succeeded in overriding the
wishes Of the war party and maintained
pesee.
Almost set a. she now /, 10 si;h en-
emics, China will undoubtedly giant the
demznds made upon her, though Of u,Ha
she will delay this action u3til the isst
msment possible, std even then oBlv srsl,t
l. when necessity actually sboys her tie
coqfsqusnce Of further delay With the
coz binsd powers upon the SEA coss', France
r,e.sieg nsr southern DO der sioHs t1s
To- quin frontier and R1ssia svsr sncrosch-
ing from the north and east. vita her eyes
ssE firmly upan the sfnexFtI9n ef Co'%s
ard the province Of X rim. 1t seems ,hst
tie crafty Chibsasn is about driven - hI.
lsss re,res. and mast very soon De hTorgls
TO ssy, with the alternative OF psscesb y
cobeedins such demands as are msde upon
him or Of ensssing 10 & sar which ca
only erd in hIs humiiiston aud the enforce
nsns then of such eopcs ssions - = vte.ori-
Gus enemy may choose 70 6ensEd from =
PROSTATE sad possfiess foe.