New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-09

BURYs INACTIoN 49, ENGLANDs NEW
NILE CAMPAIGN-sPAIN's FINAN-
CIAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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London. Jan. S.-The German Emperor has led
the chorus Of rejoicing in the Fatherland over
the publication Of the agreement for the acqui-
sition Of Kiao-Chau Bay. There Is no religious
refrain. for the main motives commercial
and imperial; nothing is said about the few mis-
sionares whose wrongs excited more pous hor-
ror and prompter retaliation than the awful
woes Of hundred thousand Christians in Ar
mena. The missionaries good enough
Morgans until after election" The exultant
Emperor whose cleverness has been persistently
underrated in England. has obtained the SOW
eregnty over OF the best harbors in North
err China. which can be strongly fortified and
converted into a naval base He has increased
German prestige in the far East and commands
loyal support at home for his new naval and
commercial policy. The mercantile classes In
Hamburg have already taken fire. and are talk
ing OF establishing a second steamship line in
competition with British ald French lines.
Industrial Germany is behind the Emperor and
forecasts n great expansion Of trade as the d.
l'NN consequence or MS StdteSmdnllkc course IN
befriend!ng China when Japan was victorious.
England awaits with increasing mpatience q
sign from Lord Salisbury. but he IS more silent
and more nscrutable than ever There are no
symptoms Of feverishness in the Foreign Office;
the Cabinet Is not summoned and the Ministers
are shooting on the moors and finding recrea-
tion in country houses. The announcement that
two British ships had anchored eff Port Arthur
wac n welcome indication of vigilance. and SINH
lar tidines from Kao-Chau will be hailed with
delight. The truth IS clearly discerned that con-
cessions from China for trading purposes and
coaling stations must be regarded as valid but
the English press. speaking for the nation de-
clares that ports opened to one Power must be
free 10 all, and that there can be nothing like a
commercial monopoly. This assurance is awaited
with undsguised anxiety; it interests alike Eng
land. America and Japan. which have the larg-
est share Of the Chinese trade
This drama Of the far East Ike a Chinese
play. is enacted in the dark one fash OF lime
hght has revealed Germany in possession Of a
point Of approach to Peking; another burst Of
illumination has disclosed Russia in occupation
Of Port Arthur; the next glimpse Will probably
explain what France has gained in China by
her secret alliance with Russia; sooner or later
Lord Salisbury will come out Of his dark closet.
II is already clear that IL will be a puppet-play
on the lines Of the Turkish drama: there will bs
no partition OF China but another European
concert of inaction for enabling the sick man
to live and borrow money freely from all his
physicians.
The darkest underpot Of this Chinese drama
is the Interior policy OF Japan. That enterprise
ing Power is building a great navy and is in
such haste that she has purchased two power
full cruisers from Chill now lying in English
dockyards The most intricate motive Of the
play will be Japans relations to the new con-
cert with its evanges. coalitions. rvalrles and
intrigucs
Lord Charles Beresford who is crying ship
ahoy.' and dancing hcrnpipes at York suits the
present temper Of the English people; he is a
breezy figure like the gallant William in
"Black-eyed Susan" He tells the constituency
which he is wooing with passionate ardor. yet
with discretion. that the English people
two-thirds OF the commerce and one-ifth OF the
surface and fourth Of the population Of the
whole world, and that Britain must defend her
possessions. A canvasser with such talent for
making statistics pictorial deserves to enter
Parliament. and he will probably win the seat
The Liberals ought however. 10 make amends
for the loss Of York by carrying the Southeast
Durham constituency affected by the disas-
trous engineers strike Lord Londonderry.
whose Indignation was excited by the Employ
ers' Liability bill, no longer sulks in his tent,
but has opened the Unon!st canvass by ex-
planning that what he said was true. although
he did not intend TO hurt the Cnionist party.
This was not auspicious opening Mr.. John
Burns has warned the working classes OF York
that they ought not 70 support Liberal candi-
date who has been cooperating with the mas
ters Of the engineering trade in their warfare
upon Trades Unionism. Organized labor Is sui
len after its crushing defeat In the recent
struggle. and has opportunity OF punishins
the Liberal candidate for York and imme-
dlately revolving against the Unonis,s in Dur
ham,
England is compelled TO show that she II
mistress Of the deserts, as well as OF the seas
The advance on Khartoum has not been re-
sumed but an emergency has suddenly called
for strong renforcements at Berber for de-
fensive purposes. and the Egyptian Army, stin-
ened with British battaons. is nov moving
thousand miles up the Nile, while the garrison
of Lower Egypt is replaced from Malta ana
other stations The military arrangements ar"
admirably ordered but the dangers and dihl-
cultes Of the Empire in the Soudanese desert
are apparent The Dervshes have only TO find
their Stonewall Jackson In order 10 repeat the
Shenandoah Valley raids against Dongola and
render the main lines Of communication ana
campaigning untenable.
Last weeks rumor that Fashoda. on tie Up
ner Nile. had been occupied by a French MILL
tarv and scientific expedition Is not vet con-
armed but after the recent warnings from The
Foreign Office a demonstration OF this kind will
he bitterly resented by England, which has Writ
uallv proclaimed a Monroe Doctrine Of her own
from the mouth Of the Nile TO the Cape OF Good
Hone From the West Coast Of Africa have
come tidings Of the annexation OF Salaza. where
th, Germans have apparently been forestaled.
A large section Of the Gold Coast Hnterland
has been brought under British control How
the great African empire, which is constantly
expanding. can be maintained and defended
without large increase OF the army and the
adoption OF conscrpti)n. the most conservative