, 1898-08-27
WARSH|PS
CONCENTRATING AT WEI-HAI-
WAL FOR A NAVAL DEM
ONSTRATION.
Relations With China Are Strained to
a Point of Observation-Disclosures
Necessary to Bring Satisfactory
Pledges-Relations Between Eng
land and Russia Are Friendly.

Inc situation mas become acute. ! ne
relations between the Tsung Ii Yamen
and Sir Claude Mcdonald, the British
ture. Sir Claude Mcdonald has intimat-
ed that any failure by China to OBJ
serve Great Britain's wishes will be
accepted as a caSus belli.
In support of Sir Claude Mcdonald
the fleet has been concentrated at Wei
IIai-Wei and Hankow and all the war
ships under 5000 have been modified
in the Iang-TSe river. The naval dem
onstration is solely directed against
China, as it is semi-ofiicially stated
that the existing relations with Rus
STA are cordial. Lord Salisbury has
abandoned the policy of the open door.
substituting for it a policy of spheres
and influence.
Diplomatic conferences have been Of
occurrence in the last few days.
Lord Salisbury insists upon the recog-
milton by the other powers interested
in China of the %boundries of Grea
Britain's sphere of influence" In same
instrument whereby Great Britain rec
Ognizes RusSia's position in Manchuria.
Russia is required to acknowledge the
paramOunity of England in the Yang
Use valley and guarantee that our ter
ritorial requirements shall be perma-
nently respected.
Great Britain is willing to drop her
protest in respect to the New Chwans
railway, but Russia is required to AN
Gel her agreement with China that the
country having the largest financial in
tcrests should albitrate in disputes
connected with the Pekin-EIankow rail-
way.
The negotiations are confined to
Pekin.
The British ambassadors at 81. Pet
ersburg and Pekin are in close COM
m~Gnication.
A special dispatch from Shanghai,
says:
Violent scenes are reported to have
occurred between Sir Claude Mcdonald,
the British minister, and NJ. Pavloff.
the Russian charge d'affairs, owing to
the latter's commanding the Tsung Lii
Yamen to revoke its agreement with
the Hong Kong bank under pain Of the
cars strong displeasure. The Chinese
are inclined to obey NJ. Pavloff. seeing
that the British confine themselves to
verbal protests.
The position is now worse than ever.
All the Russian ships have returned to
Port Arthur. while the British vessels
are assembling at Wei-Hai-Wei and
Che Foo. Extreme activity prevails
ashore at Port Arthur.
The action of the Russians al New
Chwang indicates an intention on their
part to remain there in strong force.
whether they build the Tien Tsin rail
way, or not.
NO SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE.
London, Aug. 26.-With reference to
the dispatch from Hong Kong from a
local news agency, asserting that the
entire available British fleet in Chinese
waters had arrived Wei-Hai-Wei to
support the demands of the British
minister at Pekin, Sir Claude MELON
aid of the admiralty explaied that
no special significance whatever is at
tached to the movement.
The %squadrons left Wei-Hai-Wei on
July %, on the annual cruise, calling al
Port Hamilton and the Strait Corea
and at several japanese ports. They
then returned to Wei-Hai-Wei in the
ordinary course.
All information obtainable tends to
show that dispatches sent here from
New York confirming yesterdays cable
gram that England had been preparing
for a naval demonstration in the event
of grave Anglo-Russian complications
is merely gossip.
The London newspapers and diplo-
mats didicule the statements made and
say that apparently there is no spe-
cific Anglo-Russian issue at present on
which ultimatums and naval demon
STATIONS such as mentioned could be
based.
DISBELIEVES PEKIN SENSATION.
London. Aug. 26.-With reference to
the sensational Chinese dispatch to the
Daily Mail and to a news agency here,
1t should be observed that the Times
Pekin correspondent, DR.. Morrison,
who has been consciously alert
throughout. always getting Informal
ton ahead OF the foreign office, has
thus far t~elegraphed nothing on the
subject.
The appointment of NJ. Pavloff as
Russian minister to Korea would seem
to indicate better relations between
Russia and England. NJ. Pavloff has
been the active agent Of all Russia's
advance in China.
REACHED A COMPROMISE.
London, Aug. 26.-The Copenhagen
correspondent OF the Daily Mail asserts
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