The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-21
London, Eng. Dec. 90, 1897.


An unconllrmed report Is current here
that part of the British fur Eastern
squadron will be stationed ut Wei-IIai-S
Wei this winter. If true, this Indicates
that Great Britain Is working in iiar-l
mony with Japan. The latter power!
still occupies Wel-TIal-Wei, pending
the settlement of the Chinese war iri-1
demnny. y S3 /:
Ihe evening papers are much dIs-S
turbed over the situation. What do we
get?' Is the burden of their complaint
and they all insist upon tho necessity
for Immediate action n u 81
INC Gi@be says: Russia and Germa-
ny now have the two most Important
Strateglcal positions In northern China
and Great Britain, whose conifnerciaI5
interests there are rsten -tiineS tgreater;s
must be content with the crumbs from
thc ST. Petersburg and Northumberland
I'he Pail a!all Gazette echoes the
Standards inquiry as to Americas 5ats$
titude, and says: IA :5s 81 5sss
or course the PARTITION OF the coas &.
which Is bound ITO come, will not he i
confined to Russia and Germany. Every
naVai state In the world is actively con-
cerned In the disturbance of the cquili-S
Drium In the far East. Great Britain,
FRANCE. and Japan especially. But the Z
UnNed states cannot be treated as
quanti!y 10 be ignored. The tame ac-
dulescense with these seizures Is s#not
worthy of our past and is fatal to our
iuture We may remark that we shallS
not be without sympathizers, as the
Japanese will most joyfully back anyB
scheme TO redress the bitter humilia-A
tr!u thcy nave suffered at the hands
of Russia" f-.Ef n K 1sS
Advices received here from Paris show
that France is awaiting Great Brltain,sgIii
action. If Great Britain follows The
lead OF Russia and Germany and Soc-S
cuples seaport, France will forth.g
with follow suit. lH@, lss1lEs
The officials of the Chinese embassy
mere DO not conceal the belief that tine II
powers are Intending. to seize ChInesas
ports They discredit the report bhats
Hrca' britain has been requested TO as
sumo proteotorate over the Yarif,.S.
Use Valley and the West river sav,,,e. II /
they have no information on the sun
1ect, and would know if the runorf 4
was true. 5TIi n T5r7.l,ts b ~
SIR Halliday Mccartney, the English Il
secretary of the Chinese Embassy t7yv;a Z. &
asked to-day il Russia's possession AZ &%
Fort Arthur would be tempora ry.3 and 4
ne replied that this plea was usually
made preteNt for occupation "a, 81
The newspapers are still tbusily dis-5
cussing the partition of China. 5trhas &
Dally Malls dispatch from Shanghaf&
denying that Russia has seized PORT
Arthur, probably only means that thas II
RUSSIANS nave not yet actually Land ed IS
nhe reports concerning the Daphne rs
ana the British fleet wlnterlng atsSYei49sss
Hai-Wei are officially denied, but 1T IS 8
alleged. with some authority, that thes
Government knows of Russia's occuIrasg 4
tion of Port Arthur last Friday, ana
that the Cabinet sat three hours "a is.4a
cussing the situation. Is "a ss42E
ST. Petersburg Dec 2o.-The Noyosft ts8
declares the occupation of Port thur
has nothing poltica! behind it, adding:
1T must be matter of indifference
to the powers who are not plannfnS
seizures of Chinese territory as "a, u
which point the Russian squadlonMi
chooses for its winter station
Berlin, Dec. 2o.-The Paris correspo CORE q
dent of the Cologne Gazette telegra 81 I 81
that paper that he learns on sSreliabie
authority that the Russian ocounat On s.
of Port Arthur was CONNECTED dSwfthEtf1ss$
visit there of the British wa f5g ST III 81
Daphne, n week ago when. In spite 6f 81
the protests of the Chinese the Ra pi, rt,sss;;!
entered the inner harbor, allegedlyS t6sg
ascertain whether there We're Russiif ii 3
ships thre. China complained pfs Il t7ls u
incident to the representatives ofs Etha
powers at Pekin.5
The British Far Eastern sqnadron 9Sis IS
said to be at Talismoa n and accords
ing to the correspondent s5 quo felis Il 49,
shortly expected at Port arthur. 359
The Cologne Gazette regards stlis d. +ss
cupaton as merely a continua nod 81
the co-opera tion. Of g erniaIl III
sia in Eastern Asia.
Yokohama, Dec q. II sussia lid 8 siys
heis japan of the temp socoa stor 9 y !
OF Port Arthur and a. lar ge d i IA N isss
squadron has left n q gasa u. Il
co15Ess ss
Paris Dec;s 20. n 4 und fAfb Sd
prslsasiaarS qpirys Z! II 81
mad sinst Ii ssss3:s
has IN
lal Tor tsl al W. cSur III rs