New-York tribune., 1897-01-11
rop THE PARTITION OF CHINA.
,ouANCE FROM TIEN-TS1N GRAvELY
n,scrssED BY THE BERLIN PRESS.
,x,7y OF THE pREiHrNp MENAcEp-sIcNIFI-
..xcr or sHIsHHIN As PRINCE loBANoFws
,.ccrssoR-ACs1RN AND THE TURK
rsu sETTIEN FNT-THE SULTAN
THANKS THE KAISER.

TiiANNS TIE kNlSfk
lin Ian. lo-An extraordinary story regarding
'.ar,;tjon Of China among the leading European
re ~ which has been gravcy discussed in the
IVar press originated in Eugen Wol;s letters
w" w. 1ien- -Tsn TO the "Tagebatt." Herr Wolf has
90 lacked audacity as correspondent. Upon
~ ~ slender basis of the Russo-C Chinese Railway
.n,enton he built up a new version of the often
"a n, and rs often contradicted Secret Treaty"
,. fanciful superstructure of it's results China
= ., he dealt with like Africa. The cant about
.obsres Of influence is applied to the whole of the
CELESTIAL Empire. Russia's sphere is to extend TO
,e yellow River. the German sphere from the Vel
,nu River TO the Yangtse- Kianc. the English in
ssnj,elv south OF the Yangtse- Kiang. and the
rcsnch nor,hward from Yunnan, meeting the Eng
nsh sphere
The partition was suggested rather as a CONNER
s,l than political division. in which. IT will be
osse-ved the American intercs; was ignored Not
shred Of truth. not even Of probability, justihes
iris romance. The Russian Ambassador at Peking.
copnt CaSsin. who is credited with achieving a
.,smendous diplomatic triumph by first securing
bs Russian sphere of influence in the North.
has. according % 81 Petersburg advices. obtained
,o.hjng beyond a dimnutlon of frontier dues 10y
one-third as a concession In connection with the
Eastern Chinese Railway. II is questionable
whether this privilege can be worked without its
treaties with China containing the most-favorcd-
nation clause
Count Goluchowski. Austrian Minister OF Foreign
Affairs. will arrive IN Berlin on January II. The
os.rsihle object of his coming is 10 take part in
a meeting O. the members Of the German order of
the Red Eagle Of which he wears the decoration of
,,e Grand Cross but ii is known beyond the pos
s,hniiv Of doub, that the real purpose OF his visit
,s n confer with the Emperor and Prince Won
uohenlohe the Imperial Chancellor. upon matters
affecting the position OF Austria In the Dreibund.
The radical changes in the artillery arm of the
German military service which it is the intention
~ he Government TO afec, If the assent OF the
Peichsag 10 the proposals for that purpose can hc
ob,ained Will force the pursuit Of similar policy
in the army of Austria-Hungary. involving an esti-
n,,ed M expenditure of at leas, OcOOoOo horns IT,
as the result Of the conference of tie Emperor.
%ount GoluchowSk and Prince Won Hohenlohe. thu
Kaiser should advise simultaneous reforms in the
armies of the Powers sgnatcry TO the Dreibund, II
viii be a question to how far in that direction
sns,ria will be able to assent, while it Will be Il
matter OF still greater doubt as to whether ltaly
will he able to meet the financial demands which
the reforms required will entail.
The nomination by the Russian Emperor OF NJ
shshkin as the successor of Prince Iobanoff in the
Office of Russian Minister OF Foreign Affairs. with
Count Muravief as his coadjutor. occupying the
posjtion previously filed by NJ Shishkin has greatly
darkened the outlook from the Dreibund point or
view Count Muravieh was at one time secretary
Of the Russian Embassy in Berlin. and is known TO
be an intense partisan of France and pronounced
Germanophobe.
settlement of the difficulties in Turkey cannot imply
an extension of the Austrian Empire. The Bal
kan Peninsula this inspired journal SAYS must
he handed over 20 the Balkan peoples. The ques
lions concerning Asia Minor and Egypt can be
settled under q Franco Russian and British entente
and Consiantinople made free port.
The Sultan has sent Grumbkof Pacha to Berlin
as the bearer of autograph letter 20 the En-
percr expressing the thanks of the Sultan for the
attitude assumed toward him by the Kaiser in pre-
venting encroa chments upon his prerogatives.
The committee of the Deutscher Segler Nerband
has fixed the Kel International Regatta for June
g. extending July !. inclusive. The Norddeutscher
Regatta Verein meets az Cuxhaven on June q. and
again ~ Kiel July and L. The International
REGATTA promises to be the greatest event OF the
kind se5r In German waters
va members of the Reichstag who represent the
A:at interests do intend to endanger what they
have got by asking for more They will oppose any
rs6uction in the bounty grants alteration in the
arrangements for 1861. and they have majority
q the Reichstag with them. The export OF German
sugar the United States assumed enormous
proportions last year. From January 10 November
last the totals 2997 l91 double cor metre) hun
dredweghts, against 413 54 in 1895 and 615n1 in
Hi. The sugar exports 10 England during |
these periods has largely fallen off.