The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-06
CHINESE MAY BE cHASTlSED.
JoHN BULLS WARsHIPS STILL IN
THEIR RIVERS


Chang Cheh Tung to BE Presented
with the British Demands by Ad-
miraI Butler in Person without
Paying Any Attention TO the PeISin
Government PrOper-The Nature of
The Demands Not Made Public Yet.
Special London Letter.
London. oct. 5.-Though the foreign Of
fee processes to be satisfied with the full
and prompt acceptance by the Pekin gov
ernment.of the ultimatum forwarded to it
bv the British government, demanding
the degradation of Lui Ping Chang. vice
roy Of Sze-Chuen, for his connection with
the Sze-Chuen riots, the trouble growing
out of the overt hostility of the Chinese
to British subjects, is not over. The move
ments of the British squadron in the
Yang -Tze-Kiang show that the tension in
the relations between Great Britain and
China has hardly been lessened by the
punishment of Liu Ping Chang. Vice Ad-
miral Butler, instead Of ceasing to demon
strate the pressure that is being brought
to bear on the Pekin government, keeps
under orders the British war ships at
every point where they were stationed be-
fore the Tsung Ii Yamen apparently con-
AeoIus has gone to WI Chang, where Vice
Admiral Butler is charged to present to
Chang Cheh Tung, the viceroy, the de-
mands relative to the inquiry into the
Kucheng massacre. Chang Cheh Tung is
a notorious hater of foreigners, and Wu
Chang is the center of the production of
the pamphlets and placards melting the
populace to the murder Of Christians. No
act of hostility that would justify Great
Britain in demanding his dismissal from
office can be traced to him, despite his
known antipathy to foreigners. The exact
nature OF the demands that will be pre-
sented to him has not transpired. A
strong feature OF Vice Admiral Butler s
mission is that he is directed to deliver
lne British dispatches directly to Chang
Cheh Tung, Instead of negotiating through
Pekln. 1t is expected by the foreign office
tnat the yiceroy Will concede the demands
Prime Minister Salisbury has directed
Sir Nicholas O'COnnOr, the British minis
ter to China, to expedite his return to
London. Sir Nicholas viii so to st. Pc
lersburg as ambassador in place of Sir
j.. c. Lascelles. He will be in London in
Noyember, when a new minister to China
will be appointed.
1t is evident that Great Britain is de-
termined to conserve and expand her trade
and other interests in China. In order TO
effect this end, important changes will be
made in the duties of the members of tho
legation at Pekin. Besides the secretary
OF the legation, a special commercial at
tache will be obliged to make an annual
tour OF the treaty ports. The secretary
Will Visit the chief conSulates, and the
commercial attache will receive the Brit
ish residents, learning their grievances
ana watching the course of trade As Sir
NlcholaS OConnor suggested these, moth
ing will be done in the matter until Lord
6las.
It is rumored in diplomatic circles that
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British am
baSsador to the United States will sue
Geed LORD putterin as ambassador to
France. Sir Julian's preference for Wash
ington over some of the better paid Eu-
ropean posts is not concealed, but if he
should be offered the blue ribbon of the
British diplomatic service he would, it is
said, be certain to accept it.
A clique of old-time liberals, mostly
members of the reform club are resenting
tne proposed tranSference of the control
OF the party to more democratic hands
The National Liberal club, backed by in.
teresteq wire-pullers, Is trying to squash
the projected conference ON party reorgan-
ization. The political committee of the
National Liberal club is desirous of avoid
ing internal squabbles and is inclined TO
abandon the conference, and in the face
Of the demands of every liberal and rad
ical association in the country it will be
obliged to proceed. The conference will be
held at the end of October 1t will con-
Germ itself solely With plans for party re-
organization.
Inquiries made in Mincing Lane to-day
elected the information that France is now
practically out of the sugar market, ex-
porting little or no sugar. This is due it
IS said, to a corner" in beat sugar. The
absence of the French product has had a
sympathetic action on the markets and
has been a factor in raising the price to IL
shillings per hundred weight-an advance
OF is Cd within few weeks. A larger "cOr-
ner" than that of the French syndicate
was, it is supposed, recently attempted. A
great insurance company of London was
approached with proposition that it in
to the value of 100000 sterling This COM
pany canvassed other companies with
view TO getting them to cover part of the
Ilsk. Inquiries however, rendered doubt
ful what quantities of sugar had been
actually purchased and a question arose
as to whether SPECTATORS meant to operate
on this insurance. The proposal, there
fore, fell through, but it caused much talk
In the sugar market.