The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-11
Speculation as to What Will
Be the Outcome of Recent
OutrageS.
TROUBLES ON THE CONTINENT.
Bulgaria and Macedonia May Yet
Cause Much Strife Among the
Powers.
copyrighted, 1895, by the New York Times.I

LONDON, Enc, Aug. 10.-In ordinary
times the popular English interest in mis-
sionary endeavor is largely confined to
amused observation of the way some
twenty rival organizations hate and fight
with one another here at home. When
something like this Chinese horror occurs
it is seen that England is at heart very
keen about the whole missionary idea.
Even scoffers, who in private say plenty of
rude things about the Zenana mission and
kindred devices for expending upon. re-
mote thankless strangers energies and
money which might be much better en-
poyed among England's own heather at
home venture no dissenting note. In the
papers now many columns daily are de-
voted to kilograms, old letters, new inter-
views, extracts from books, to everything,
in fact, at all bearing on the subject, and
it is obvious the entire nation is much
moved by the tragedy.
1t is read here with some surprise that
the Hongkong and Shanghai colonies are
bitterly denouncing the action of the Brit
ish Government, and it is taken for
granted by all that those excited colonists
do not know what they are talking about
and that the English admirals and the
officials on the Chinese station have re-
ceived satisfactory instructions long be-
fore this. Not much is being said as to
what England will do, but it has not es-
capped attention that very likely her action
will involve permanent increase of Brit
ish responsibilities in the far East.
Although the English are full of the
mission spirit, they have, like the mission
aries they send out, practical side to
their sentimental ardor. England has
played rather curious part during the
past eventful year in China. People here
generally supposed it was right and
achieved what was aimed at, but all the
same it is apparent that other non-com-
batants got lot OF spoils out of the thing
and England brought away nothing. This
has produced an uneasy sense of unnatur-
alness and one can note everywhere
latent underlined notion that the massacre
at Kucheng, if it had to come, could not
have come at more opportune time for
England to intervene and assume an active
role at Peking.
Both from st. Petersburg and Paris
come indications that Germany has backed
out of her partnership with Russia and
France in the China-Japanese business,
and along with these appears the state
ment that the Pope has asked the German
Emperor to take over the duty of protect
| ing the Catholic missions throughout
China. If this latter be true, it will be
strange indeed, for France always had to
herself the monopoly of this function, and
the Vatican, of late in particular, appeared
very glad to concede it.
| So little is known yet of the British in
tentions, or of what new aspects the disor-
| der in China may assume, that nobody can
| have the least idea of what course events
may take, but the possibility of interna-
tional politics getting mixed up with them
| is worth keeping an eye on. Here in
Europe things drift, and though no special
peril is visible people continue to be ner-
vous and apprehensive. The universal
| tension is exemplifed by the furry of ex-
| citement in the Continental press over the
expected appearance of the united British
and Spanish squadron at Tangier. Here
| the matter receives slight attention, but
across the channel it is treated as some-
thing very disquieting. 1t is announced in
Madrid that this demonstration will be q
protest against the recent favorit1sm shown
| by the Sultan of Morocco to the French, in
allowing them to have a Consul at Fez,
| which no other nation has been able to Sc
cure. Apparently some such purpose does
underlie the action, but these displays of
coercive torce are continually recurring off
Tangier. and as rule no one minds them
in the least. Now the European atmos-
phsre is so charged with electricity that
people suspect lightning bolt in every
passing shower.
It is now said that Prince Ferdinand
will return to Bulgaria Monday, and it
| is naturally supposed that we will then
| get a more definite idea of what is going to