Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-02-01
THE CHINESE QUESTION
0flCial Statement Of Terms Made by
China with Germany.
British WarShlps Watched by Russian =
What Japan Wants United States and
Italy Favor British Policy.

meut in the Germsn Reichstag
on the conclusion Of terms with
China. The Governor of Shan.
tung province is forever dismiss
ed from high office, another oflici
al will be removed and the muir
derers of the missionaries punish
I'd. China had promised to pay
so, 0 taels for material losses at
the mission. Also to build three
churches at cost OF 10000 t.els
for each. t. have imperial tablets
on them showing their protection
by the Chinese Emperor. An.
other $4,000 taels is assign
ed to build seven resi-
dences for the Catholic prefecture
A special imperial edict is issued
for the protection of the German
missions.
China" Baron Won Bulow ex-
plaiued, "bas thus complied with
all our demands. Bishop Amer
regards the imperial protection
tablets as extremely advan' ageous.
The privilege is rarely accorded
and will considerably heighten
the prestige of the Catholic mis-
sionaries in the eyes of the Chi
nese.
"The German Government be
lieves it has done all that is neces
sary for the prevention of further
outrages. The best guarantees,
however, are the permanent pres
ence, under the treaty, of German
men-of-war and garrison at
Kiaochow, by which it is hoped
the authorities and population of
China will not again forget that
no wrong done to German subjects
will be allowed to pass unpun-
ished."
Baron Won Bulow, in conclu-
sion, said that the negotiations
with reference to the construction
of railways and the working of
coal mines were proceeding favor
ably. The Government chose
Kiaochow because it was not too
near the French ana British
spheres of interest or Russia's
sphere of power. Kiaochow was
not an Ell Dorado, but expert
judges predicted for it a sound
and steady commercial develop
ment.
The following semi official an
nouncement was made the same
day as Baron Won Bulow's speech:
THE statements regarding Ger.
mapy's intention to open tue port
of Kisochow 10 the commerce of
the world are practically correct.
Germany desires that ITS policy
in China should be of a liberal
character, not interfering with the
commerce of other nations.
The Washington correspondent
of the New York Herald says
there is reason to believe that the
moral Influence of the United
States will support Great Britain
in her efforts to keep China open
to the commerce of the world.
Attaches of the Chinese Lega-
ton at Washington are very much
pleased at the attitude assumed by
Great Britain, as they appreciate
that she will have the moral in
fuence of the United States and
other nations trading with China
which have no territorial designs
on the Celestial empire. The
policy which Great Britain has
lnaugurated means that she feels
confident of the contiuued int
gritty of the Chinese Government.
A dispatch from Nagasaki says
the British aud Russian squad
rons are strictly watching each
others movements. When the Bri
fish battleship Centurion, the
flagship of the squadron, LIFT Maya
saki she was Swallowed by the
Russian gunboat Sivootch
The Japanese fleet is still AT
Yokosuka, but is expected to sail
shortly for Wei-hsi-Wei. No Sc
rious developments are looked
for.
The London Daily Mail says
that Japan intends to test whether
Talien Wan is to be au open port
or under Russian control.
The new Chinese cruiser Hichi
was launched on January "a at
Baron William Armstrong; ship
building yards at Newcastle-on
TYNE.