Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-06
CHINA'S HELPLESSNES S
England May Interfere Between the Bellig-
erenta.
erenta,.
~
She IL Accused by Chinese Interests
Of Letting Slip Chances to
END the Struggle.

From the New York Sun.
LONDON, November SIT the. truth
could be told about Great Britain's rela-
tons with China and her attitude toward
the present war q strange story would be
revealed. 1t Is becoming apparent that Chi
ma relied upon Great Britain to prevent this
or any other war which threatened her. 1t
Is to the failure Of this reliance and the fail
ure Of British attempts to check the war
after hostilities had begun. that the pres
ent panic and helplessness Of the Chinese
government are mainly due. The anger
and terror of China is 30 great that she
seems almost on the verge Of openly &C
cusing Great Britain of perfidy.
1t is also made plain today that the Brit
ish government feels the embarrassment Of
it's position so much that 1t is again prepar-
ing to interfere between the bell.gerents.
Sir Halliday Mccartney, the English Sec
rotary of the Chinese legation, who is really
China's most trusted representative in this
country. today criticised the Rosebery gov
eminent in extraordinary language. He
said:
TT will be admitted that England had
considerable interest to prevent this war,
and after 1t began to stop 1t. Lord Rose
berry has let chances of effective Interior
ence in the interest of peace slip In a man
ner altogether incomprehensible. When ia
pan imposes twenty-five reforms on Corea
Lord Rosebery confined the exercise Of his
good offices to a platonic sort of mediation.
What was wanted was strong remon-
STRANGE coupled with an intimation that II
these preposterous demands led to a war
with China Great Britain would not remain
neutral"
He then discussed the Kowshing incident
in strong language saying that Japan
wrote her declaration of war upon the bows
of neutral ship. Continuing, he said:
This was another opportunity that Lord
Rosebery let slip, and for the second time
under his government Great Britain al
lowed her flag to be insulted with impunity.
The incident in the bay of Siam was
warning to the peoples of the east. The
sinking Of the Kowshing will be a second
lesson, establishing the fact that the Brit
ish flag, under the present government, may
be treated as a quantite negligeable."
Sir Halliday Mccartney criticised Lord
Roseberv's interference when It was finally
made as ill-tirned, unprecedented and I'M
authorized. At that moment no Japanese
soldier was Upon Chinese soil, and Macart-
ney sarcastically observed that 1t would be
interesting to learn the precise grounds on
which the premier based his proposal, and
equally interesting to learn the precise an
swer which he received from, say Germany.
In conclusion. he said:
Whatever be the issue of the war, Eng
land will have to pay. That Is, China VIII
recompense herself by imposing proportion
ate duties upon foreign goods. and as trade
with China is, to a great extent, in the
hands of British merchants Great Britain
will be the sufferer"
This extraordinary Interview, IL II creates
the sensation which II seems likely to pro-
duce may be repudiated for diplomatic
reasons. 1t was given TO the London cor
respondent of the kreutz Zeitung today,
and may be relied upon. The fact that the
English government Is again preparing to
interfere between the belligerents Is easily
deduced from an apparently inspired leader
in the Daily News which Is amazingly
frank in explaining the selfish reasons why
England cannot afford to keep Its hands off
any longer. 1t even suggests the terms
which the British Hon will be willing to
grant to victorious Japan.
have good authority for saying that the
initial difficulty in the way of all peace pro-
posals Is that Japan refuses TO recognize
any interceder. She insists that China shall
sue 10. peace herself