The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-04
CHINA TAKES IT IN
1t Is Said the Emperor Will Sign That
Treaty.
JAPAN ISN'T PARTICULAR
The Demand For Territory on the
Mainland VIII Be Greatly ModI-
fled When RatiflcatIons are
Finally Made.

SnanSnai, May o.-ln accordance
with the special imperial edict issued
to prevent the possibility of the Japa-
nese entering Pekin. the Chinese have
cut the river entertainments near Pekin.
Miles of territory have been flooded
and 100 Chinese drowned.
The British minister to China. NJ. N.
OConnor, has gone to PelSin to make
an attempt to recover from the Japa-
nese government arrears in pay due
foreigners serving in the Chinese
army before the outbreak of hostili-
ties.
1t is reported in Tien Tstn that the
German syndicate which took UP the
with China and the Hong Kong and
Shanghai bank Is making arrange
ments for a loan.
Paris. May 3.-The Japanse minister.
I'm an interview published In Figaro to-
day. is quoted as saying the interven-
ton OF other powers In the crrange-
ments for peace arrived at between
China and Japan is only a small DIFF
ficulty. China. he adds. has every in
terest to ratify the treaty, and leave
Japan to arrange the other matters
with the European powers. The min
lister also said that the Japanese most
desire the payment OF indemnity and
commercial concessions upon the part
of China to Japan.
The Journal Desbates learns from an
authentic source that japan has decid-
ed to abandon her demand for terri
tory in the Laio Tung peninsula except
Port Arthur in return for compensation
| elsewhere.
Tien Tsin. May 3-The emperor of
China has decided to ratify the treaty
of peace negotiated at Shomineski.
Ratifications will be exchanged at Chez
Foo May 8. The Mikado ratified the
treaty April 20.
Prince Kung. president OF the Chi
nese council of ministers and leading
the foreign ONCE, absent on a sick
leave for some time. will now resume
active control OF the government de-
partments under his supervision.
| Yokohama, May 3.-Japanese dele
Gates. Count Ito. president OF the coun-
ilof ministers. and Count Myoji. Japa-
nese envoy en- route TO Chez Foo in
order to exchange ratifications of the
treaty of peace, have been ordered to
wait at Port Arthur until the emperor
of China ratifies the treaty.
London, May "A dispatch to the
| Times from Odessa says it is officially
announced that Russia has made ev-
| cry preparation to begin hostilities IL
Japan refuses to modify the terms OF
the treaty Of peace with China.
Russia's Side of It.
st. Petersburg. May IA semi off,
cial statement has been issued here
dealing at length with the situation
of affairs in the far East. 1t declares
that the maintenance of the status quo
on the Chinese mainland is a political
| necessity. Whatever the issue of the
present struggle. a realization OF Jap
anese claims would entirely abolish
the fictitious independence of the Cor
cans and place in Japan's hands the
| key to China's capital. Moreover.
Russia and France would be compell-
| ed. in their own interests. to ward Off
their frontiers any cause for perma-
nent uneasiness or serious crisis.
The statement says that Germany
has developed over her commerce in
those regions too much to see without
| misgivings German commercial houses
exposed to continual disturbances.
These three powers. which have COM
municated their views to Toxic and
know how to enforce respect for them.
| do not intend to deprive Japan of the
/ fruits of her victory. but her civiliz-
| ing progress will sooner or later be
menaced with destruction unless IL is
based upon the principles of civilized
| nations.