Evening star., 1898-07-20
GERMANY IN CHINA.
How That Country is Planning to En-
large Its influence.

Prom the Lond2n Telegraph.
Germany's sphere of influence is the
province of Sh1ntung. II the unsentimenl-
a! Chinaman possesses enthusiasm for any
part of his country it il for the promon-
tory state. 1t was th9 birthplace and bur
idI place OF Confucius and Mencius, and
contains Tai Shan, or Great Mountain, on
which Confucius model, King Shun, Of
fcred sacrifices Cn the altar of heaven in
j. o s214. 1t rs the most popUlous province
IN the seaboarI, containing at least Is oOu, =
mD inhabitants; the Chinese allow it So
UFD,Nb. 1t contains mines of coal and iron.
and deposits OF gold, silver. copper. ashes
tOs, galena, sulphur antimony and salt
peter. In the hgh-fiown language of Kiel
the German eagle has emplanted his tai
ons in this land in more sober prose- the
Berlin government has leased the town of
Kiao-Chau, which is unimportant being ap-
pTOaChable only by light-draught junks
the port OF Tsingtao. where a harbor and
docks can be made: the bay on which these
Places stand. and strip of land 100 square
miles in extent. II has further acquired
mining and railway concessions, and is pre-
pairing TO exploit the country with Teuton-
ic thOrOughness.
A German merchant in Tientsin recently
returned from Berlin, tells me that 1000
young men Of the one-year military class
VIII be sent out. They will be encouraged to
learn Chinese, and, If possible to remain in
the country as clerks. commercial travellers
or merchants. This is legitimate enterprise
and likely TO be successful. But in all the
legations here accessible on the subject
hnd Il believed that special privileges have
been secured. including the right to forbid
the construction of any railway in the prov
iuce which the German government does
not approve; and in Berlin II has been semi
off1cially given out that China has also
granted to Germany the preferential right
to the first offer for all other public enter
prises which involve the co-opera ton of any
Ctler nOn-Chinese foreigners in that prov
fnce. Now. unless act "a. above cited is in
allegiance, this is impossible No Teuton can
have right that IS not possessed by every
Briton- One important line, from Tientsfn
= southwards. has been forbidden; but as its
concessionnaire is Chinese. that does not
surprise US, for no Cninaman has rights in
his own country comparable with those OF
those Of the militant European England's =
new naval port. Wei-Hai-Wef is i'm shan
tung. Does anybody suppose we shall ask
herman permission to make railway to
Chefoo Is treaty Port in Shantung.
with a fine harbor which recently held
many of our ironclads. Is 1t to be in tbe
power OF Berlin TO say. we wish that
Chefoo shall not have a railway to the in
Tsingtao. our port?''
These are extreme cases which oIicta +o
show how utterly impossible IL is 10 ALLOW
any such exceptional rights Bur the s,,-
perior limit OF the pretensions If great con-
t!nantal military powers no ona ,,n6nr
heaven yet knows. and il is well 10 antici
pate them In the past. England and tba
United States have done raost OF III. trada
OF Shantung. The merchants of Hone
hong, Shanghai, Australasia and England
Will look TO their governments 10 see that
there is no insidious closing of the door ro
British commerce. enterprise capital and
labor. We do not want 2s,O0 900 possibl =
customers struck OFF our boo,s.