The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-07
EUROPE'S FINGER IN CHINA.
England, France, Russia and Germany
TO Act in Concert.

OF Them DoinR So Yet-England In
elined to Let japan Reap the FRUITS of
Her Victory, but May Send 10000
Troops to Protect Her Own interests.
Special Gable Letter.
London, Oct. ct can be stated on au-
thority that the developments of the past
week in eastern affairs will lead to con-
certed action on the part of the European
powers. On Monday last Mr.. N. r.
O'Connor, the British minister at Pekin,
warned the foreign office by cable that the
condition of affairs in China was such
that the government was not able to
guarantee protection to the foreign resi-
dents at the treaty ports, and the mis-
sionaries in the interior of the country.
The minister, in the same dispatch,
stated that the Chinese imperial council
was disorganized, and that the collapse
of the government was not looked upon
as an impossibility, and he advised that
instant action be taken for the protection
of the lives and property of British sub
jects in China.
The substance of this dispatch was at
once communicated by Premier Roseberry
to the governments of France. Russia,
anu NNAAA4eAhSi Win AllG SuB StSlAOl llAdL
! the powers cooperate in increasing the
guard at the treaty ports, and in meas
| ures for the protection Of the mission
| aries.
When the cabinet met on Thursday
| friendly responses from all three of the
powers named had been received, and
| these so thoroughly cleared up the situa-
ton as to enable the ministers to give the
| premier and the Earl of Kimberly, secre-
| tary of state for foreign affairs, a free
| hand to take whatever steps in the mat
| ter they might consider necessary. No
| question of Intervention between Japan
! and China has arisen, however.
| 1t is reported that preparations are be-
! ing made to send 10000 troops to occupy
| the leading treaty ports, and if the pres
| ent intention is carried out parliament,
| on reassembling, will be asked to grant
| a credit of f40O0,000 to cover the expenses
| of the expedition. The offers of media
! ton between China and Japan are all
| widely divergent. The truth of the mat
ter is that it is the general belief in
| official circles that the members of the
cabinet are unanimously against any
| foreign interference, and so far as Great
| Britain is concerned, favor allowing the
| japanese to reap the full fruits of their
| victories, unless, of course, they seek to
| injure the commercial interests of Eu-
rope.
Since the holding of the cabinet council,
instructions have been cabled to the
| British minister at Pekin and to the
British consuls at all the treaty ports, to
send to the mission stations in the in
terior imperative directions for the with
drawal of all the missionaries to the pro-
| tected coast districts. The consuls are
| empowered by their instructions, to call
| for assistance upon Vice Admiral Free
| mantle, commanding the British fleet in
! Chinese waters, who is authorized to
gnraH hon 70 10 a.
| the Chinese rivers, if such action be
| deemed necessary to cover the withdrawal
| of the missionaries.
The instructions also direct that all
| missionaries, without regard to nation
! ality, shall be protected. The few meager
| kilograms thus far received by the minis
| ter and the consuls from the nearest mis-
| sion stations, indicate that the mission
| aries there are determined not to desert
| their posts, but to continue their work in
| the face of all risks The large protestant
| inland mission in China is engaged in the
| provinces of Se-Cheun and Hi-Pei, in
| which provinces anti-foreign riots have
| most often occurred. The managers of
| this section, instead of withdrawing the
| workers under their supervision, are
| sending fresh drafts of missionaries to
! the various sub-stations in their district,
| they having received advices that there
! is no more cause for fear of ill-treatment
!
| this station also has four stations in the
province of Pe-Chi-Li, in which province
| Pekin is situated, and these four sta
! tions employ GA missionaries, no one of
whom, so far as is known, is preparing
| to retreat. The same may be said of the
| Catholic missionaries, who in numbers are
| largely in excess of the protestants.
In New-Chang and Mookden, which are
near the center of the district where the
war is now being carried on, there are
stationed twenty-three Catholics and sew
enteen protestant missionaries. The lat
est mail advices received from these
points state that the churches and houses
of native converts have been pillaged and
burned, but that the foreign residents
have meanwhile remained unharmed The
position of affairs debars the admiralty
from sending explicit orders as how to
dispose of the vessels covering the ports,
but Vice Admiral Freemantle has been ad-
vised to station gunboats at Che-Foo.
Ichang and Hankow, and also at the
furthest inland port, Chung Kong. At
Shanghai the indo-European police force
| will be increased, on representations
| made by British shippers there.
The British governor at Hong Kong re-
Gently asked the home government for n
decision upon the question whether or
not rice was to be considered as a con-
traband of war The Earl of Kimberly
secretary of state for foreign affairs. tel
egraphed negative answer, and ct the
same time warned the Japanese authori-
ties Of the refusal of the government TO
admit that rice was contraband. Settle
ment Of this question was shirked during
the Franco-Chinese troubles, and the de-
cision now is against the interests of the
Japanese and will not tend to increase the
friendliness Of that nation toward Eng
land.
Private advlces to the Army and NAVY
Gazette explain away the Japanese
charge that Vice Admiral FreemantIe
signalled TO the Chinese the approach Of
the Japanese fleet. The British vessels.
IT is said, used their search lights I'M order
to reveal their nationality and thus pre-
vent an assault upon them by mistake.
Queen Victoria receives frequent re-
ports on the condition Of the czar, and i'm
parts the news freely to the court. A
special courier arrived at Balmoral on
wednesday with autograph letters from
the czar and czarina. The sum OF the
authentic news Is that the czar
IS suffering from granular con-
tracted Kidney with functional dis
order OF the heart, occasional oppression
OF breathing and insomnia He