The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-08-28
Accord in Action.
Needed Between the United
States and England.

London, Aug. 24.-According to the
Speaker. the weekly organ Of the Lib
erals. the attitude Of that party on the
Chinese mission ousrages is distinctly
10 favor Of active Intervention. Lord
Salisbury, the paper declares, should
obtain an Anelo-American entente. un-
der which the first work should be the
further opening up Of China. The gov
ernment at Pekin would be wise to &C.
ceps foreign aid to restore order. If
only 70 save itself. A family council
of the natioos could. without difficulty.
sentence Chisa to the tutelage Of IA.
tive 2endarmerie, oficered BY Euro
pears This is not yet probable, al
though it would be certain to beuefi.
the central government. bat 1t will
come soon aolesa the Pekiu govern
meos responds to the just demands OF
the powers,
Several American officers have wit
messed the August mauoeuvres 10 Eog-
land and are going home enthusiastic
for similar mobiliza,iops annually III
the United States. They we're much i'm.
pressed to 6ud at Aldershot. just out
side Of London. force outnumberiug
the entire standing army of the Unit
ed States. In this force were 10 600
volunteers, Who are similar In all re-
spects to the American National Guard.
These volunteers we're included III
ninety corps, gathered from al! pats
of the United Kingdom. aud 10 the
opinion of American officers, the uni
form discipline and the contact with
volunteers from vari; US sections OF the
country, as well as their association
With regulars could not be otherwise
than extremely beneficial. Is appeared
to them exceedingly advisable to es-
tablisb an Ameriean field for manoeu-
vres where portions Of the militia FROM
various States might spend few weeks
each summer In service organization
With regulars. If nothing else were
achieved. it would. at least. familiar
ize American officers with large bod
les of men. At present American Of
fcers. however. much theoretical knowl-
edge they absorb, know nothing of the
practical handling of ao army except
when they come to Europe at their own
expense and witness the annual evolu.
tons.
The foreign Office cabled last even
ing to Sir Nicholas r. O'CoDnor. the
British minister at Pekiug, and the
British consuls at Shanghai aud Foo
Chow to expedite their reports Oh the
position of the missions So far as the
Kucbeng outrages are concerned. the
officials are chary of giving informa-
ton. only voucbsa6ng to say that the
inquiry is proceeding and the Consul
Mansfield has not applied for armed
British protection The United Press
is Informed on the highest authority
that Prime Minister Salisbury has
made 90 approaches toward establish
ing an Anglo-American entente on the
Chinese. question. He has been all
along playing an Independent waiting
game, allowing the Washington gov
ernmeut to lead and some time taking
the same line. There is no positive dis
agreement, but the dilatory. tentative
style of the British policy prevents that
harmony of action best calculated to
impress the Peking government.
The Pail Mall Gazette gives promA
ue0ce to . statement of a traveller who
is intimate With the international COZ
ditions prevailing inl China. He de-
clares that the talk about secret soci:
cites being responsible for the massa.
ere is an outrageous and gigantic mis-.
conception. These societies. be de-
clares, are harmless and could be sup
pressed if the mandarins chose to do
So The officials have ample power to
protect foreigners.
The series Of riots that have occurred
since 1891, which riots have extended
throughout China, means that the off,
cials aim to drive foreigners out Of
the country The practice of accepting
blood money a, the rate of $4,000 for an
ordinary missionary, with the fictitious
punishment of men. is not sufficient to
check the plot. If an enormous in-
demnity Of about 81. 900, 900 should be
claimed followed b3 the occupation Of
a treaty por, to collect the customs
revenue on refusal to pay, the Pc
king government would soon abolish
the system of ou;rages Decisive ac-
ton is necessary to dispel the delrsiou,
in Peking that DO power will ever deal
blow, however it may be provoked.
The statement has value as indicating
the general opinion that protests to Pc
king are futile The time is near when
an armed demonstration will de iuevl-