The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-31
MORGAN FOR ACTION.
BELIEVES AMERICA MUST
ACT IN CHINA'S CAUSE.
Interests of This Country In the "Flowery
Kingdom" Too Great tn be JeopardIzed
by European Control of the Realm
England waking Up.

New YoRK, Dec. 2s.- According 10 n
Washington correspondent of the
Herald, Senator Morgan Of Alabama,
OF tho committee on foreign relations
said last night that II would be i'm
possible for the United States TO re-
main complacent, should European
nations undertake the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Of China. lie went on: ''If partition
involves tho abrogation OF treaties
this country would be left to make
terms again with each European M.
ton separately In the territory TO
which its sovereignty extended.
Therefore unless the powers am-
bilious for territorial extension
take into count the importance
OF American commercial relations
with China, II will be necessary
for the government to intervene
In self-defensc. II the ccssion is abso-
Lutte, then American interests must be
taken care OF through the treaties be-
tween America and the countries TO
which the absolute cessions are made
respectively. IL the territory is given
up merely for n time there will be u
mixed responsibility md IL is : good
time for intervention and the exercise
Of American diplomacy. The German
occupation Of n part Of China end the
prospective occupation Of other parts
by various European nations Is an
effort to complete a Gordon of offense
TO American m from Vlndivo-
stock to Marscilles or to Liverpool.
That Gordon is being stretched to con-
tract the trade OF six hundred millions
Of people who have direct trade and
intercourse with the Pacific ocean.
There Is q great deal in tho Chinese
problem that vitality interests Ameri-
cans and which seems to demand Inn
mediate consideration from the State
department and Congress-"
BRITISH wARSHIPS FOR COREA.
LONDON, Dec. cs.-A special dispatch
from Shanghai says: 1t Is reported
that seventeen British war-ships are
of Chemulpo, Corea, southwest OF
Seoul, supporting the British consul's
protest, really amounting to an ulti-
mstum against the Kings practically
yielding the government Of Corea into
tho hands OF the Russian minister.
The protest is especially directed
against the dismissal of McLevy
Brown, British adviser OF the Corean
customs, In favor Of tho Russian nom.
inee. The news has produced con.
sternation at Seoul, which Is height
cned by the knowledge that Japan
has a fleet OF thirty warships awaiting
the result Of the British representa-
ton that japan fully supports.
Japan Is irritated by the arrival Of
Russian troops in Coron, md 1t Is DO.
lieved that she will oppose the IN.
According to adviccs from Toxic,
Japan has offered to assist the officers
ut Pc kin In drilling the Chinese army
and to consent to q postponement of
tho war indemnity. Many Of the vice.
roys and Pekin officials favor the pro-
posal.
According to n dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Shanghai, it is reported
there, from reliable sources, that o
British force landed at Chemulpo or
Saturday and caused the re~instate-
ment OF McLcvy Brown. Tho same
dispatch refers to n native rumor
that the union jacl. has been hoistcd
on an island in the mouth OF the river
Yang Using"
The Pcisin. correspondent of the
Times says: The government refuses
10 place the Likin under foreign con-
troll rs security for the loan proposed
by tho Hong Kong and Shanghai
bank, and assert that unless the loan
Is procurable without this condition,
arrangements will forthwith be made
for a Russian guaranteed I per cent
loan OF 100, 00o, 900 teals, to be issued
at % net
The security would be tho land tax
which would remain under Chinese
administration China In return would
give Russia n monopoly OF tho rail-
roads and mines north of the great
wall, open u port to aid railway traffic
and would ngreo that tho Russian
should succeed Sir Arthur Hart rs
director OF Chinese imperial maritime
customs II these conditions should
be permitted, British trade interests
would suffer severely.
BERLIN, Dec 2I,-An inspired Chi
nesc organ published here says that
the Chinese emperor in order to avoid
the reproach OF having lost territory
will lease Kiao'Chau to Germany / N
perpctuity at a low rate with all the
rights OF sovereignty that England
exercises ut Hong Kong,
stole Money From u Letter.
KANSAS Cry, Mo-, Dec :S.-A man
In Carrollton. Mo-, last week opened
n letter belonging to II. Staifer OF
that town, took from IL a money order