The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-06
Cessi0n of Kaio-Chou to Ger
many to Be Followed by the
Seizure of Hai-Nan---Eng-
lands Position.

order to induce the reichstag to sane
ton a big navy. The Daily Telegraph
suggests that England should join with
the United States in guaranteeing q
Chinese loan.
ROME, Jan. 6.-It is understood that
cruiser will be dispatched to Shanghai
in response to the request Of the 1tai-
ian residents there for protection N
the event of trouble, but there Is no
idea Of sending a squadron.
BERLIN, Jan. 6.-The Reichsanzeiger
appears too late for evening paper
comments here, but according to an In
terview with government official the
fact that Kiao-Chou has been taken on
lease by Germany should refute the
view that her occupation commences q
partition Of China or that other power g
have any right 10 the legality OF Ger
many's proceeding. The official in
question also emphatically denies that
the clause giving Germany the right to
choose another port was a sort of BACK
door to enable her to withdraw without
loss Of prestige should Russ, claim the
territory. The matter, he de Jared had
been arranged without imperiling good
relations with Russia and that the
clause bore no other meaning than the
one on it's face.
LONDON, Jan. Especial dispatches
from Shanghai today say that J. Nc
Leavy Brown, the British Corean Gus
toms agent at Seoul maintains a firm
hold Of his post, and that M. Alieff. the
Russian agent, who has been endeav-
oring to supplant him, has been unable
to obtain control of the finances. owing
10 the fact that all the funds are vested
In Mr.. Browns name in the Hong
Kong bank at Sha a
tuition honors Mr.. Browns name only.
The negotiations between Sir Claude
NJ. Mcdonald, the British minister at
Pekin, and the Chinese foreign office
with reference to the questi ons ar;stng
from the Russian occupation of Port
Arthur are proceeding. The idea OF
an alliance with Great Britain Is re-
ported to have excited intense enthu-
slasm In Japan. The MARQUIS Ito's
cabinet, it is added, will endeayor to
promote an Anglo-Japanese alliance.
BERLIN, Jan. 5.-The Reiehsanzet-
ger this evening announces hat ac-
cording to a telegram from Pekin an
understanding has been reached he
tween Germany and China +. ,1rt!ng
the cession of Kiao Chou bay TO the
former. The arrangement It is sail ia
8 T'ertiH1 V a. follows.
1t is intended by the cegsion to render nos
sible for Germany the fulfllment of her lust
.ka Wtsn Ior the possession, in the same way as
otner powers, of base for trade and navj.
CATION ~, IN Chinese waters. The cession of
n Hiao @ Snou pay to Germany takes the form
OF lease for an indefinite tina Germany
Is m at liberty to erect on the ceded territory
an the necessary buildings and establish,
ments and to take the measures required for
their protection. The ceded territory com
prlses the whole of the inner basin of Kiao
Ghou pay, SO far as the high water line the
Larger headlands, situated south and north
OF OF the entrance of the bay to the point where
they are naturally bounded by mountain
ranges, and also the islands situated within
ana IN 'front.' OF the bay. No obstacles are to
pc raised by China to any measures Germany
deems necessary for the regulation of the
water courses. China has transferred to Ger
many, for period not stated In the teIa-
gram, lease Of all sovereign rights over
me- 5ne eeqed 5e territory. If for any cause Kiao
objects Germany has in view, China after
arT1vng MJ1 na5 at an understanding with Germany,
coast which Germany may regard as Sn more ore
suitable fer her purpose.