The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-09-28

WASHINGTON, Sept 27.-Reports com i.
Ing here to the officials and to the din
lomatic represen tatives OF eastern
countries indicate that the Slavonic or
Russian influence is becoming dominant
ana that the Anglo Saxon or English
| Influence which has hitherto been un.
permost in the development of the east
Is being systematically and surely elm
mated from the control OF China and
| the esst.
inis evolution is regarded as CT great
| importsncs. The advance OF Russian
influence and the retirement of tho
| British has come by almost impercep-
| tlble stages, none of which has been
| sufficient In itself to attract marked
attention, but all of them combine
| toward complete Russian supremacy.
Az the close of the recent war, Russia
aicsated the evacuation of the Liao
| Iung peninsula and the great fortress
OF Port Arthur, which had been cap
tured by Japan.
IL ia now believed, by those in q po-
| sition to be officially informed of the
situation, that 1t is the ultimate pur
pose of Russis to occupy Port Arthur.
and that tho formal evacuation by the
Japanese will be followed before long
| by Russian entry under Chinese an.
proval, After Russia had dictated the
| retirema ant OF the Japanese from Port
arthur tho Russian government sd
vanced the vast sum necessary to paw
| the nfst lnstalment Of Indemnity 10
| Japan
The amount reached 500, 600, 600 in
gold, including the war indemnity and
| the payment for tho release OF Port
| Arthur. This has boon ollowed within
| the last few days by reports of the es
taollsh meDt at Shanghai of Russian
bank, which would be q medium of
China's financial dealing with Russia.
| Those are some of the principal events
which were regarded by those in official
| positions rs tending towards Chinese
| dependence on Russia. While Russia
| Is thus making her hold on the ea,t
secure the English influsrce Is being
thrown OFT by succession Of events,
some or them thrcate ming to occas ion
serious trouble.
The Chinese have dismissed Sir Rob-
ert Hart from the head OF the customs
department. Sir ROBBERS WAS the prin-
cipal representation of English influence
In China. He had modelled the Chinese
customs service on English lines and
offlce1ed 1t with foreigners.
His title WAS conferred upon him by
the queen by reason of his conspicuous
service In China. His retirement has
been followed by demand by China for
the recall of the British minister at
Pekin, tho ostensible reason being the
nealousness of the ministe r In the re cent
Investigation of riots against foreigners,
though those conversant with the facts
say that the real reason was the infiu-
ence of Russia.
A striking illustration OF the change
IN China has come to the attention of
the officials here. An Americ an gentle
man recently arrived in Washington
after having been in China for some time
negotiating for the building OF a rail.
road with American capital. He found
the Russian influence 80 strong that he
went to the Russian EN- basssdor at
Peklng to learn If the American pro.
Jet would be viewed with favor by the
| Russians
The ambassador said: Eyes; Ameri.
cans and American capital will bs well
come In tho development OF China, but
British capital is not wanted " In the
most emphatic manner the ambassador
made known his opinion that British in.
nuence in China was at an end, that
Russia had openly entered upon her
course of controlling and deve oping
| China.