The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-27
Celestials Between the Devil and
the Deep Sea.
THREATS OF THE POWERS
MUST DECIDE BETWEEN ENG
LAND AND RUSSIA.
Violent Scenes Between the British
and Russian Ministers-No Mat
ter How China Decides, She Will
Invite ADMINISTRATION Between
Russia and England Are Cordial.

from Shanghai says: Violent scenes
are reported to have occurred between
Sir Claude Macdonald, the British
minister, and NJ. Pavloff, the Russian
charge d'affaires, owing to the latter s
commanding the Tsung Ii Yamen to re-
woke its agreement with the Hongkong
bank under pain of the cars strong
displeasure The Chinese are inclined
to obey NJ. Pavloff, seeing that the Brit
ish confine themselves to verbal pro-
tests.
The position is now worse than ever.
All the Russian ships have returned 10
Port Arthur, while the British vessels
are assembling at Wei-Hai- Wei and
Chez Foo. Extreme activity prevails
ashore at Port Arthur.
The action of the Russians at New
| Chwang indicates an intention on their
part to remain there in strong force,
whether they build the Tien Tsin rail-
way or not.
SITUATION ACUTE.
The Pekin correspondent of the Daily
| Mail says: The situation has become
acute The relations between the Tsung
/ Ii Yamen and Sir Claude Macdonald,
/ the British minister, are strained TO the
point of rupture. Sir Claude MacDon-
| aid has intimated that any failure by
China to observe Great Britain's wishes
will be accepted as casus belll
! In support OF Sir Claude Macdonald
! the fleet has been concentrated at WEI
| Hai-Wei and HankoW, and all the
warships under 5000 tons have been
modified in the Yang-Tse river. The
naval demonstration is solely directed
against China, as it is semi officially
| stated that the existing relations With
Russia are cordial.
Lord Salisbury has abandoned the
| policy of the open door, substituting Tor
| it policy of spheres of influence Dlp-
lomatic conference have been of recent
! occurrence in the last few days. Lord
Salisbury insists upon the recognition
by the other powers interested IN
China of the boundaries of Great Brit
aims sphere of influence. In the
same instrument whereby Great Brit
ain recognizes Russia's position in
Manchuria, Russia is requested to &C
knowledge the paramountity OF Eng
land in the Yang-Tse valley, and guar
antee that our territorial requirements
shall be permanently respected.
Great Britain is willing to drop her
protest in respect to the New Chwang
railway, but, Russia is requested to
cancel her agreement with China that
the country having the largest finan-
cial interests should arbitrate in dis
putes connected with the Pekin-Han-
kow railway.
The negotiations are confined to Pc
kin. The British ambassadors at st.
Petersburg and Pekin are in close
communication.
REPORTS DISCREDITED.
With reference to the sensational
Chinese dispatch to the Daily Mail and
to a news agency here, it should be
he Palxin
respondent, DR.. Morrison, who has been
conspicuously alert throughout, always
getting information ahead of the for
eign office has thus far telegraphed
nothing on the subject.
The appointment of NJ. Pavloff as
Russian minister to Corea would
seem to indicate better relations be-
tween Russia and England. NJ. Paw
loft has been the active agent OF all
Russia's advance in China
The Copenhagen correspondent of the
Daily Mail asserts that he is in po-
sition to confirm the statement he re-
Gently made that compromise has
been arrived at between England and
Russia, in accordance with which Rus
STA gets her way on the railway cues
tons and England gets concessions in
other directions.
THE relations between England and
Russia the correspondent says, ARE
very satisfactory, the Russian conces-
sions fully meeting England's wishes.
All the information obtainable tends
to show that the dispatches sent here
from New York confirming yesterdays
cablegram that England has been pre-
pairing for a naval demonstration in
the event Of grave Anglo-Russian
complications, is merely gossip. The
London newspapers and diplomats
ridicule the statements made, and say
that apparently there is no specific An
g1o-Russian issue at present on which
ultimatums and naval demonstrations,
such as mentioned, could be based.
SAMPLE OF FAIRY TALES.
London, Aug. 26-The London cor
respondent of the Paris Patrie wires
his paper that the special mission of
Lord Charles Beresford to China in
the interest of British commerce in
cludes the conclusion of an offensive
and defensive alliance between Great
Britain and Japan, by the terms of
which, in case of complications with
Russia, Japan undertakes to invade
Corea and to place the japanese fleet
at the disposal of the British govern
ment.'
According to the most unquestionable
authority, Lord Beresford has been
furnished with means necessary to
cause the downfall of Prince Ii Hung
Chang" and also lis bearer of an au-
tograph letter from Queen Victoria to
the empress dowager of China" All
this is regarded in London as utterly
but is fair sample of the
fairy tales now in circulation regard
~, re In l1a f.ay. 90, CT