The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-06
No Monkeying Will Be Permitted
in the China Business.
THE TALlEN WAN AFFAIR
Consul Erastus Day Tells Lot of Fairy
Tales at Bradford-A Well Armed
Expedition Sent to the Up
per Nile Valley.
,opyright 1sas by Assoclated rress.

but little further reliable information
regarding China will be obtained un-
| til the ministers have a chance to
| sound their assailants during the
course of the debate in parliament on
the address in reply to the speech from
| the throne. The explicit statement of
| the queen. furnished to the associated
! press on Thursday last is. however
| official in sight of the facts and shows
that the press has wasted IA consider
| able amount of hysterical alarm. which,
curiously enough, is more prevalent
among the government supporters than
| among the opposition papers. After
ALL the perturbation will not have been
wasted IL IL serves to convince the gov
ernment of the terrible earnestness of
the country over the matter and how
II Will resent any weakness or bung
| ling.
1t must be remembered that the
whole Tallen Wan story never haa a
| shadow Of official sanction. As cabled
10 the associated press on Thursday
| last, Great Britain has never demand
| ed that Talien Wan be made treaty
| port. IL was merely one of the sug-
! gested constituents of the bargain and
| II 1t should be withdrawn ii can only
| he because IL is a barrier to the nego-
| tiations for the loan. The object of the
| condition was to checkmate any
scheme for the Transformation of Port
| Arthur into a closed Russian port and
the object was equally secured by ex-
| acting from China and Russia together
pledge In regard to Port Arthur. SINH
lar to the pledge exacted from them in
| regard to Corea before the evacuation
| of Port Hamilton and this will prob
| ably be the upshot. The semi official
| statements distinctly point thereto,
! notably the specific assurance early in
| the week In regard to the temporary
| nature OF the Russian occupation of
| Port Arthur. which was accompanied
by the friendly assurance that Great
| Britain is not bound to Japan by any
warlke alliance. In short. there is
every reason to believe that Great
Britain does not intend TO recede an
| inch from the position which has been
| taken up by Messrs. Balfour. Chamber
| lain and Hicks Beach in the name of
the Marquis of Salisbury.
In the course of an interesting adj
| dress at Bradford. before the chamber
| OF commerce of that place on Thursday
| last. the United Stats consul Erastus
5. Day. applauded the Marquis of Sails
| bury.s doctrine of free trade in China
| He said that America had every sym
pathy with IL and that the people of
Great Britain and the United states
ought TO lead in shaping the worlds
thought and action. Continuing, he
| said they sought the opportunity TO
achleNe great things.
Speaking of the tariff. Mr.. Day said
the overwhelming nreponderance of
sentiment i'm the United States was in
| favor of the protective theory. The
Wilson bill. he added had sickened the
people of the tariff for revenue only
theory and that II would not be wise
for the manufacturers of Bradford 10
hope for the speedy enactment of an
other Wilson bill, which closed too
many mills In the United States To be
retired
Henry Norman, a bitter opponent OF
the government. writes in the Daily
Chronicle that II would be unfair to
criticise the Marquis of Salisbury so
long as he maintains the treaty os
Tien Tsen of 1866 and added:
In this demand we are rresi stable.
At last the people of tho United states
have learned that we are not the land
grabbers, gold seizers or monopoly
hunters which some of the Western
senators and Irish politicians represent
us. They have realized that our aims
are theirs What we want. they want,
free access to the great untouched mar
kets of the far East. They desire COM
merce untrammeled by the jealousies
military and political, of the continen-
tai nations. That is precisely what we
are ready TO fight for. to secure for
ourselves and for them. Japan, who
will fight Russia some day. as surely as
to-morrow's sun rises, is, by necessity.
on our side, The Germans. in spite of
the political intrigues of their govern
ment, are also with us. and sooner or
later France will give way, or we must
fight her. The hour has arrived to
permanently settle the Chinese question
with Russia The British were never
before so aroused and should we yield,
We shall lose the chance of at least
standing shoulder to shoulder with the
other English speaking great nation.
We should wait quietly until Lord SAL
isbury tells us how the game is going.
and when he has spoken the country
will speak and do"
There will be an unusually deter
mined attempt during the coming ses-
sion of parliament to carry the wom-
ans suffrage bill. II has no prospect
of success, however. until the question
assumes the form of government bill.
Queen Victoria has granted the
Princess d D'Hhuleep-Singh Lady Ann
Coventry, precedence over all English
duchesses.
The American race horse Keenan,.
which was purchased by Lord Will nm
Beresford and re-sold TO the Mahada-
iah Aga Khan. has arrived in Bombay
in good condition.
The Cavendish expedition, which is
about To leave London. is a most strik-
ing example Of how young and wealthy
| Englishmen with a fondness for pOrt
and exploration, combine the tasks with
empire making. Henry Cayendisn.
relative of the Duke of Devonshire. has
already spent $500 000 in preparation for
the expedition Although nominallv
private. its aims are towards the upper
Nile. where the French are supposed 10
he operating. and are well KNOW 10
nigh government officials. As mater
OF fact. the route was suggested BY the
chiefs Of the Intelligence department of
the war office. and the foreign office
mad the scheme under consideration sCr
some weeks. The force which will ac-
company Mr.. Cavendish will be better
armed than any body of men which has
ever entered Africa. II viii take with id
. 35a.0o0 rounds Of ammunition and a
number Of seven FOUNDER Maxim rapid
fire guns. Mr.. Cavendish expects TO
reach the upper Nile in three or four