Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-03
England Faces Grave Situations in
China, Egypt and India.
BOLD TALK OF MANCHESTER PAPER
Troops Dispatched to the Nile
Against King MeneIek.
+ [ G II 7 l n G IN INDIA

The government has categorically stated
that Great Britain will refuse to recognize
any special rights granted at any Chinese
port or any particular power. Any port
opened to other powers must be opened to
all or open to none. If Russia has been
granted the right to winter ships at Port
Arthur. Great Britain will enforce her
rights to the same privilege and her ships
VIII winter there, whether China Consents
or does not concede the right"
Continuing the Guardian says
III Germany obtains a naval station at
kiao Chou, Great Britain insists upon hav-
ing lease of ground for a naval station at
the same port. and she will supper; every
other power making the same claim.
Favored Nation Clause.
The contention of the government is
that the most favored nation clause in the
British and all other treaties with China
forbids any special concessions of the na-
ture contemplated by Germany at kiao
Chou and prevents nations from acquiring
special benefits in which the others have
rot share.
The government has also declared that
the same principle applies to such transac-
tions as railway and mine nonopoiies. TAX
ing her stand on the treaties, Great Britain
refuses to acknowledge such concessions,
and will insist upon similar railway and
mine rights and will use such force to Sc
cure or defend them as may be necessary.
This declaration does not apply to ces-
sions of territory to which the existing
treaties do not refer. but relative to this
contingency the dispatch of Great Britain
TO China says that when it occurs graver
questions VIII arise. The government will
then consider the manner in which British
interests can best be safcguarded and the
form which the compensation to Great
Britain for the special advantages OF other
nations must take.
Supported by japan.
1T is reported that a similar declaration
has been delivered to the Chinese and other
governments by Japan
RussO-Jnpnnese Alliance Urged.
ST. PETERSBURG. January 3.-rhe
Novosti publishes an article strongly urg
ing a Russo-Japanese alliance, the best
means of guaranteeing their mutual in
tcrests and the maintenance of the political
equilibrium.
1t is understood this view is favored in
Russian official circles. in which it is felt
that such alliance would contribute TO
very serious complications in the far east.
Powerful at Hong Kong.
HONG KONG. January 3.-The British
warship Powerful has arrived here
The Powerful is L first-class cruiser of
over l4Voo tons displacement and 1900
indicated horse power, with an estimated
speed of about twenty-five knots. She car
ries crew of $40 men.
Chinese Official Recalled.
PEkIN, January delayed in transmits
son).-The Chinese authorities spent three
hours at the German legation today dis
cussing the recall of the commandant of
Tsao Chou province of Shan Tung. who is
charged with having used threatening Ian
guage to a German missionary and finally
consented to summon him to Pekin for ex-
animation, also promising that he should
not return to Tsao Chou.
The Trouble In Egypt.
LONDON, January 3-It is semi-officiaI-
ly announced in this city that the move
ments of British troops in Egypt are en-
tirely due to the news of the threatened
northerly advance of the Dervishes, and
that they don't imply an immediate ad-
vance in the direction of Khartoum.
The Cairo correspondent of the Daily
Mail says, as part explanation of the Brit
ish advance up the Nile, that it is believed
French expeditions have arrived quite close
to Khartoum. According to the same au-
thority, the British force VIII be COM
manded by Major General Sir Francis Gren-
fell.
me ItOlHc correspondent OF the DAILY
Mail says:
Il learn from private sources that the
Italian foreign office has received informa-
ton that Emperor Menelik has summoned
the Abyssinans to arms in support of
French enterprises in equatorial Africa and
especially the plans Of the Russian Count
Leontefr, governor of the equatorial prov
inces of Abyssinia.
"Mcnelik himself is setting out at the
head of an army, and it is believed the
movement masks an expedition against the
Anglophile Ras Mangascia, whose province
Tigre, the Nesus wishes to annex also
hear that Menelik, calculating upon the
remissness of the Italian government, pur-
poses an advance toward the coast"
The Daily Mail, commenting editorially on
the foregoing dispatches from Rome and
Cairo, suggests that the Marchand expedi-
tion has gone beyond Fashoda and reached
khartoum. 1T is impossible" says the
Daily Mail. "for the expedition to have
fought its way there. and 1t can only have
arrived in alliance with the Khalifa, thus
creating a very serious situation"
A dispatch from Cairo, via Paris, on FRI
day announced that French expedition
had occupied Fashoda, on the Nile about
was reported among the natives that the
French were descending the river.
CAIRO, January 3.-The British gun
boats made a reconnaissance past Shendy
and Metemme. the Dervish posts between
Berber and Khartoum, on Sunday last.
me Dervishes Kept up a smart fire from
DOtn Da1kS Oh tne ME. Inc RunbOatS
ceeded twenty miles south and captured a
number of boats laden with grain
still Fighting ON the Frontier.
A dispatch from Calcutta says: The
ZakkaKhels have blocked the road from
Ali-Musjd to Lundi Kotal, preventing the
establishment of communication with Gen.
Sir William Lockhart. The enemy is very
active and has fired on the Oxfordshire
Regiment, which is engaged in convoy duty
ut khyber Pass, wounding Col Piowden
and Lieut.. Owen. Some of the men, being
hampered by the task of removing the
wounded. had difficulty in gaining shelter.
Three men were killed and twelve dnclud-
ing Capt. Parr, were wounded In subse-
quent fighting. Finally they were joined by
another company and retired into the
walled Enclosures, where they are awaiting
reinforcements.
1t is reported from kurram that the Az
ridis are assembling in tribal council with
a view of concluding peace
While Gen. Hammond was examining the
enemy's caves near Lundi-Kotal, after the
recent fighting, shots were fred at the
group of officers standing with him Lieut.