Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-08-12
LORD SALISBURY SCORED.
a. p.,er. Attack Him for His
Failure in China-Tnlk OF fos-
sibiIity of Wnr.


1ONDON Aug. 1a-All the morning pa
ners. including the supporters Of the gov
ernment. attack Lord Salisbury for weak
ness in dealing with the Chinese question.
The Daily Chronicle says:
.eWhat is to be the result nonoos can
saw. There is room for the siooniest lore!
holdings. Does the country realize that' ior
want OF 4 little foresight ana III 'iies'
Great Britain may ere long De Piunseu ~
to a colossal war? Such, without tne ieas'
doubt or exaggeration, is the appalling pos
sibility."
The Daily Mail says: ,
..Tbe door is closed The proudly boasteo
British lion does not exist In the iahs'se
| valley II is a mistake; and, LOOKING 10
! ubat Lord Salisbury has done in Egypt
| his failure in China is ineSplicapie.
| The Standard says:
..These repeated humiliations are oecohn-
| ing intolerable. >, A
| Tn the house of commons to-day NIX. "a
Ea,four. the first lord of the treasury
| o,d Government leader admitted tnat the
statements in the Peking dispatch TO the
| Iondpn Times to-day were sunstah..aiiS
correct and said that the matter was en-
earine the serious attention OF the govern
| ment.'' This statement was receiver Will
cheers. r.. ,.h,ad
| hot IL
no, assent to all the conditions demanded
~. +be Russian charge d'affaires regarding
~. contract for the Niu Chang railroad
ax+onsion loan. these conditions being IN
direct conflict with the terms OF the signed
contract and designed as blow at BTU
ish concessions.
Tho Pakine correspondent of the Times
says:
.Raron de vinck the Belgian minister
!; Yesterday sent dispatch to the tsunf
: I Ii yamen asserting that NJ. PayioH. th'
Russian charge d'affaires. and VI. Gerard
the French minister, had joined him II
urging the tsung Ii yamen to disregard TN
r | atternpt of the British minister. Sir Clauo
l Macdonald. to prevent the ratihcation
: the Peking- -Hankau contract
1t is confidently asserted that. despite IN
: British endeavor to obtain revision OF IN
t contract. an imperial decree Will lssu
forthwith for its ratification. The ur
S friendlv role of the Belgian ministe
a throughout merits the strongest cohden
d nation.
# According to special dispatch frol
n Shanghai. it is reported there that Franc
has obtained Chinese promise to lease hs
the Man-Tai district OF Foo-Cho"' u
e rether with the right to repair her wa
l. ships in the Chinese government dock Sa1
- at Foo-Chow.
u PARIS. Aug. 1.-THE papers are full
n significance of the Chinese question. III
lie Matin says: =,
r. I'm China, the greatest game In II
B. world is being played, and French inte
=. vention should be efticacious and decisive
% The Sior has a sensational article. hea'
lg ed: "War Between England and Russ
d. Imminent"
The Journal des Debats says:
g ENGLAND is now seeking an arrangeme
to with Russia That understanding is impo
s. sibl, unless Russia remains mistress of Il
be North and England is insured against h
OF influence on the Yangtse river. In shol
-. the lines of the section are beginning
Vi be marked along which the disrupti
,r- would occur whenever China falls to piece
th Clearly. neither France. Germany nor j
IL pan could hold aloof from such an agre
ment.
-, The article hints that France would su
he port Russia in the event of war, and sa!
Ia in conclusion:
an France will be content with the sou'
oro,-;,cac lor5eripe on TOnUuin.