New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-23
ENGLAND IN THE EAST
,ouN BULL WANTS TO SHARE IN THE
PARTITION OF CHINA.
SUGGESTING THE JOINT OCCUPATION OF WEI
uAwE1 WITH TIE JAPANEsE-RCss'As
sy,BTLE WORK IN cHINA-MIKADos

SUBTLE WORK IN cHINA-MIKADos
MINISTER DISTURBED.
paL,ne Dec. 22--The Chinese Government mas
granted Russia permission 10 WINTER 9d"
at Port Arthur. Great Britain demands 49,
nro QUO II concessions have oeen maue " 80
Powers. It has been suggested tha' 'ne '"p""
ese and British occupy We'-Hal-"e' Jo,n'.'
The situation at Kiao Chau Bay Is u'O
cerr,anv remains unyielding. and the Chhese
, 49,. .,,,dsd az 70 whether 1t should be
neace or war with Germany emma ieeaiu
p.,, q. ber only friend, and Is asking her ao
,o ,o. Tn snjte OF official denlas, 1t Is re-
cerded as proved that Port Arthur ana hiao
C,hou Raw were promised TO Russia by secret
treetv British influence is NIL. haVlhe suheieu
greatly through the failure OF the loan heso'ia
.,ons China is now negotiating ioah WI"
prss,a The latter demands the dismissal OF the
,,ui,ish railroad engineers in North China, ana II
,s probable that It will be granted. The Geriha"
ar, instructors will be dismissed. at the expira-
ton Of their contracts. and VIII be rePiaceu os
Pussians Russian officers have alreaoy oee"
appointed to drill the armies or Nor'h Ohina'
london Dec. 23-"The Times" In an editorlai
an the situation sarcasticaly asks whether the
German press. in claiming a Russo-Gernah
or,ar+e IN China and EmpeI William in his
snaecb at Grandenz anticipated Russias de-
rnena FOR the removal Of German drill sergeants
FROM, the Chinese Army IT adds. with re1er-
ence 70 the demand for the dismissal OF the Eng
.ish engineers: "Our Peking correspondent says
China ,s hesitating and possibly we may be aole
70 appeal to motives at Peking which VIII
strengthen Chnas disnclinaton to comply Win
the Russian request for the dismissal OF 'he
Britishers."
According to a dispatch to THE Times from
Kobe Japan the news from Port Arthur mas
greatly disturbed the Mikados Ministers. Long
Cabinet councils have been held. and high MILL
tary officials have attended. The japanese news
PAPERS the dispatch says. are nonplussed at
the situation In the far East. while the Ministry
Is involved in domestic troubles connected WIN
its taxation proposals, to which the Diet Is
hostile
With reference to the probability OF Russia al
yancns China money to pay the war indemnify
to Japan ana thus compelling Japan TO eVacu-
ate Wei-Hai-Wei The Times openly recos-
n,zes the advsability OF an Anglo-Japanese
entente arguing that the combined bri'ish anu
1onanesa Aeets would be we'll able TO prevent
q disturbance Of the balance OF power in China
Other London papers express the same opihi'''
The Picking correspondent Of The Times
says:
"rhe Chinese are provisioning Port Arthur
and will reconstruct the forts there. Russia su-
parvising and furnishing the money. In the race
n, this indication of permanent occupation the
necessity Of safeguarding our position IN 'he
Far East increases. .
"The Russo-Chinese Bank. which IS the agent
~ The Russian Government has oHered OhIla
i2O 600 Berdan rifles, with payment hve years
hence China has accepted the proposal