The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19
WILL THEY DIVIDE CHINAY
GERMANY mas an UNDERsTAND-
ING WITT RUSSIA.

Henry's theatrical send-en-Thsy oay IN
Germany That Europs Needs China's Ossl.
IrOn, and T~rade-EnEiish Papers EnraGoa.
Special Gable Dsspatoh to TEE SUE.
LONDON, Dec. 1a.-It II now an indisputable
fact that Germany has an understanding with
Russia in regard to the partition Of China. tits
also known that st. Petersburg 10 dlspleased
with Emperor williams theatrical send-o6 of
Prince Henry. Russia would have preferred
something more In keeping with Russian official
reticence. but the Cars disploasure viii not
hsmper the carrying out Of their scheme.
To-day's Vienna despatch reporting that the
Russians have landed at Port Arthur and taken
possession 10 not confirmed. It In not likely to
be true. for tho Russian policy c~ontemplates
pacific, diplomatic. and unopposed procedure,
giving the sick man Of Asia tho same treatment
that she has found effective In dealing with the
Rick man OF Europe. The only possible ~explana-
tion Of the reported action ut Port Arthur
would DO that It il not Russia's intention that
Germany shall actually initiate tho partition
OF China. A Russian diplomatist thus describes
Che situation;
Nobody can help foreseeing o possible out
break In China. Therefore It is necessary clear.
iy to define our spheres OF influence and our
possessions and likewise those of Germany.
Thus we might give Germany carte blanche for
the development of her commerce in China,
while We remain the friends and defenders of
China
Abdul Hamid II. knows that friend and defend-
or. Austria has evidently been made tho conn.
dant of both powers and the news 10 likely to be
broken gradually to the rest Of Europe from
Vienna. Go~luchowski's organ gives downright
Justification to Germany apart entirely from
the question Of the missionaries. Thus says the
Fremdenbldtts article;
AFTER the Japanese war tho people in Berlin
waited for some 9 ign of Chinese gratitude. for
instance. during Ii Hung Changes visit to that
city. But 1t never came. Their disappointed
hopes will now be realized in another form.
The English press follows the German under
taking In China with the same unfriendliness It
manifested with regard to the German colonial
acquisitions in Africa. Tho English long ago
grew accustomed to competing In distant lands
with Russians and Frenchmen, but the new
rival 10 inconvenient on account Of his growing
exporting power"
The chief German national paper. the Vienna
Deutsche Zeitun0. is gleeful over EnRland's
plight, and cries: "Pale fear will penetrate
John Bulls marrow. The fallaoy that Britannia
rules the waves is now gone forever. Tho hour
OF the German world policy has struck. III
q historical moment"
The famboyant toasts at Kiel promise o new
era crowded with glory and prosperity. Finally,
Emperor Williams visit to Bismarck. seeming
10 associate MIN Wltn tho emperor . pOlcy,
has stirred all the hearts Of Berlin. but till
these hearts are cooler 1t 10 too boon to toll
whether an appeal to the pockets of the prao-
teal German people will be effective.
Prince Henry's speech In response to the En-
peror's toast struck o false note. which for O
moment threatened to cover the entire enter
prise with an air Of unreality. Many believe he
was suffering from an overdose Of champagne.
His reference to the Emperor 90 q " wearer Of o
1890 . L-.n. .-l a. l. .G.,k ~
person" may have been the sailor brothers
banter over the Emperor's divine right dis
ease. for Henry is a capable and sensible seaman.
and 10 not cursed wi b o temperament that could
entertain such myetical folly. Whatever mood
may have minated him, 1t was unexpected In
Berlin. for the ~strictest official newspapers.
otherwise fulsome, carefully avoided his cpl
theta. The Catholic Germania said coldly that
It was unable to grasp tho Princes meaning.
and would reserve Its until his mean.
ing was made clear. His meaning has not
been made clear. and probably the Govern.
ment 10 anxious to forget the incident. The
Government takes quito q different line
from justifying the expedition a. holy or
the Emperor as clarifying q crusade. It
rather urges the commercial Wow that Eu.
rope needs tho enormous deposits Of coal
and the immeasurable stores Of metal Of all
sorts that are now hidden In China, and that the
v "a
1t 10 also limited that Franco and England may
Join in tho partition. leaving central China
greatly reduced In size. This 10 very doubtful,
Is far 40 England 10 concerned, for Russia and
Germany know absolutely that they have the
power. II they have the will. to exclude Eng
land from their arrangements.
The sense or England's exclusion and igno-
rance of what action the Government intends
has driven tho Tory papers of London wild
with rage. Thus the chief evening supporter Of
the Government says today, As for the pub
lilo part Of the story. the rantinI speeches are
slllier than the worst fustian Of the French revo-
lutionary ~orators, and all these sudden jour
neys. dramatic ~partings by torchlight. and tho
rest of the amateur theatricals-can they DO
read without bringing to mind those nocturnal
wanderings OF the poor stage-struck King of Ba-
variG In q sledge shaped like q swan and lighted
with electric lampsi II It ended there nothing
would remain to DO said. But II the actions Of
the German squadron In the far East ara to DO
controlled BY an unsound mind. then the pros
pect 10 very serious. It would DO quito easy for
such . force to bring q great revolution"