The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-27
TURNS ON CHINA.
England Alters Her Previous
Policy Toward Russia
And Bears Down Heavily on the
MOngOIianS.
ISSUES ULTIMATUM
And Concentrates Her Fleet at
Wei-Hai- Wei.
China Caught Between the Lion
and the Bear.

London, Aug. 27.-The Pelzin cores
pondent of the Daily Mail says:
The situation has become acute. The
relations between the Tsung Lii Yamen
and Sir Claude Mcdonald, the British
minister, are strained to the point of
rupture. Sir Claude Mcdonald has in
timated that any failure by China to
observe Great Britain's wishes will be
accepted as a casus beIli.
In support of Sir Claude Mcdonald,
the fleet has been concentrated at Wei
Hai-Wei and Hankow and all the war
ships under 5000 tons have been nobi1-
lied in the Yang Use 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, substitute
ing for it a policy of spheres of inf1u
ence. Diplomatic conferences have been
of constant occurrence in the last few
days.
Lord Salisbury insists upon the rec
ognitiOn by the other powers interested
in China, of the boundaries of Great
Britain's Sphere of inhuence.f
In the same instrument, whereby
Great Britain recognizes Russia's pos
session in Manchuria, Russia, is reQuir-
ed to acknowledge the paramountcy of
England in the Yang Use valley and
guarantee that our territorial require
ments shall be permanently respected.
Great Britain is willing to drop her
protest in respect to the New ChWang
railway, but Russia is required to can
eel her agreement with China that the
country having the largest financial in
terest arbitrate in disputes connected
with the Pekin-HankOW railway
The negotiations are confined to Pc
kin. The British ambassadors at st.
Petersburg and Pekin are in close COM
nunication.
The Daily Nails Hong Kong cores
pondent, telegraphs:
The British consul at Kiung Chau
Hei Nan has asked the American consul
at Canton to urge the viceroy to send
soldiers to NOdea, near HOi How, to
protect the lives and property of Amer
lean missionaries there, who have been
obliged 20 flee for their lives from No
dea and seek the protection of the Brit
ish consul at Hoi How.
Today the American consul at Can
ton notified the viceroy of the state of
affairs and requested him to immediate
ly telegraph peremptOry orders to the
officials of the disturbed district to dis
perse the rioters and protect the lives
and property of the Americans.
Reports just received from Hal Nan
indicate renewed excuses on the part
of the Triad society who, strengthened
by horde of pirates, looted and burn
ed a number of villages in the Hoi How
district on August 10. The British con-
sui appealed to the Tauo Tai to protect
the threatened Americans and soldiers
were dispatched who succeeded in rescu-
Nodea to Hoi How
The Copenhagen correspondent of the
Daily Mail asserts he is in a position
to confirm the statement he recently
made that a compromise has been ar
rived at between England and Russia
in accordance with which Russia gets
her way on the railway questions and
England gets concessions in other direc-
lions.
1.-THE relations between England and
Russia" the correspondent says, ARE
very satisfactory, the Russian conces-
sions fully meeting English wishes"
A special dispatch from Shanghai
says:
Violent scenes are reported to have
occurred between Sir Claude Mac
Donald, the British minister, and M.
Pavloff, the Russian charge d'affaires,
owing to the latter's commanding the
Tsung Ii Yamen to revoke its agree
ment with the Hong Kong bank under
pain of the cars strong displeasure.
The Chinese are inclined to obey M
Pavloff, seeing that the British confine
themselves to verbal protests.
The position is now worse than ever.
All the Russian ships have returned to
Port Arthur, while the British vessels