Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03
ALL ORIENT EXCITED OVER
SEIZURES IN CHINA.
JAPAN GROWS PRUDENT
Papers Advise the M.kado to Lie Low
and Watch Progress Of Events
Dysantery Severe Among the Japs
Washington Diplomatic Circles
Have Their Eyes on the East.

/ 0OOs
1cers anu passengers OF the Steamship
Victoria, WHICH is just IN from the OIL
ent, say that all is excitement ON the
other side OF the Pacific. People in all
walks OF life expect That there will
lie a clash amons the great powers
ever the seizures of the different ports
of China. The British flagship Con-
tuaw at Hong Kong mas been ordered
to begin no work that would detain
/ her in port for more than "A hours.
/ The japanese LaperS are anxious for
England to make some movement, but
advise Japan to take prudent atti-
tude and watch the progress of events.
The German a0mirai, n proclama-
! ton to the residents Of the districts
seized by Germany, advises them to
continue their peaceful avocations and
warns them that any breaches of law
will be punished. There were at Ma
gaski ON December 8, nine Russian
Warships, two American cruisers (the
| Olympia in dock, and the Boston,, and
the British cru ser L'AmOrtal. The
nine Chinese bandits who took part
! in the murder of the Chinese priest at
Yen-C hau-Fu, which Germany gave as
the cause of the seizure OF Klao-Chau
bay, have been apprehended and much
plumber recovered.
There were 89,427 cases OF dysentery
throughout Japan this year to Deem
9, 23,310 Of which proved fatal. There
was quite Let of excitement in Shan
| ghai last month over the tightness OF
the money market and the shortage OF
silver which resulted in the failure of
the native b.nk with Liabilities Of
| 100000.
Washington, Dec. 30.-The rapid
movement OF events in the far east
/ continues to be the absorbing topic In
diplomatic cilc-es here, particularly at
the embassies and legations OF the
powers which are aligning for all APP
parent struggle for Chinese territory.
There is no futher talk of the United
States as a possible factor in the con-
test, as the recent understanding at
cabinet meeting is accepted as re-
moving this government from the field
of controversy. At the same time, an
eminent authority on international al
fairs says that the situation might de-
yelope to such a point that the United
States would be called Upon to go mucn
further than to protect American In
terests at treaty ports in China. THIS
situation would come, he said, II the
scramble for Chinese territory went to
the extent of the extinction OF China
and the complete absorption OF the old
empire by foreign nations.
A leading Japanese diplomat says:
Gall the powers have known for the
last year that secret treaty was
made last year between Russia and
China by which Russia was to have
the right to winter fleet at Port
Arthur. For that reason the presence
of the Russian fleet at Port Arthur
does not lead the other nations to fear
that Russia has begun movement OF
territorial aggression ON China. On
the contrary, Russia and China are
nearer together than any other two
nations in the present contest, and if
China is to get any outside relief it
will come from Russia.