Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-31
WAR SCARE IS ON.
Powers Sure to Protest Against
Russian Aggression In
China

Russian Aggression In
China.
London, Oct. 25-The dispatch from
Shanghai yesterday afternoon announc-
ing the departure of a feet of nineteen
Russian warships from Vladivostock for
Chemulpo and Fusan, Corea, and the
Times dispatch from Hong Kong an
nOuncing that Russia has obtained the
right to anchor her fleet at Port Arthur
and construct railroads on the Liao Tung
peninsula (both of which were cabled
exclusively to the Associated press),
have caused intense excitement in official
circles here as well as in those having
commercial relations with the far East.
These most important statements are
looked upon generally as being a sudden
reopening in an unexpected quarter of
the tar Eastern question III it's widest
sense.
The Shanghai dispatch added that the
Japanese fleet in Formosan waters had
been recalled, that several British war
ships had been ordered to Corea and
that preparations for a struggle were
visible on all sides.
The Hong Kong cable message to the
Times caused that paper to remark edi-
torially today: Russia cannot possibly
imagine that the great powers will view
with Indifference such a destruction of
the balance of power, which is almost
| unparalleled in its audacity. China's
option to purchase the railways is a jest
almost too cynical to find place in any
serious diplomatic transaction. Under
the Indicated conditions Manchuria
would practically become Russian prov
ince, while Pekin would be within Rus
sia's grip"
1t is admitted here that the. situation
Sc hat Oh q
news prove true, it would make war
in which several nations will take part.
1t should be added that there is every
reason to believe that the story from
Hong Kong is authentic and all sources
of information agree that the powers
| interested in the far East will find them
selves confronted by condition of serl-
BUSINESS which cannot be over estimated:
The afternoon papers of this city all
publish long articles agreeing that Brit
J ish intervention in the far East is neces-
sary. The ST.. James Gazette says:
Even war with Russia would be less
disastrous than to allow her, without a
| blow, to get such a grip upon China.
She could throttle all the other powers
and choke off their commerce. Unless
Russia and China give the necessary as
surances it is a case for an ultimatum
and perhaps the most serious step our
diplomacy has had since the Crimean
| war;"
The impression is general in the official
| world. and it is re-echoed by the press,
that neither America nor Germany can
allow the Pacific to become "a Franco
Prussian lake." as the Globe puts it..
and it is generally thought that the
to combine to resist Russian aggression.
The Pail Mall Gazette sums up the
startling news from the far East with
the statement that Russia has annexed
China" and that in the course of a long
article on the subject adds: eff this
treaty is to stand, roll up the map of
of Asia" In conclusion the Pail Mall
Gazette urges the reoccupation of Port
Hamilton by the British and the inn
| mediate strengthening of the British
fleet in Chinese waters ''lest Japan lose
her feet at the first blow"
Great Activity in Official Circles.
Since this important news has circu-
| lated, the greatest activity has been
displayed in the government Offices here,
particularly at the foreign Office and the
admiralty. and the coming and going OF
messengers was continuous throughout
| the morning and the business hours of
the afternoon.
At the different clubs the "war scare"
! in the East is eagerly discussed, the
grave situation Of affairs i'll Venezuela
having almost completely dropped out of
| recollection in the alarm of the moment.
Nobody seems to doubt the report that
| by the recently agreed upon Russo China
treaty Russia has obtained rights to
| which the most favored nation clause is
not applicable and which may cause a
great war. The correspondent of the
Times at Hong Kong who sent the SEN
sational news is described by his news
paper as being Sin close relations with
men who are able to penetrate beneath
the surface of things and it is there
fore concluded that the news he has just
sent cannot be disregarded.
Naturally the public mind will be in a
state of great unrest until some official
utterance either denies or confirms the
important announcement which would
leave Great Britain with her hands full
of trouble, large and small. including the
dispute with Brazil regarding Trinidad;
the serious misunderstanding with Vene-
zuela on the subject of boundary lines;
the expedition preparing to reduce the
King Of Ashantee to submission; the still
serious state of affairs in Armenia; the
unsettled state of the Egyptian question,
and now the most grave condition of at
20; in tho for East