, 1898-11-23

EeSpaLCne@ from shanghai SC0l0 JntL III u
recent sp mch Admiral Lord G. Beresford
s aied that very grave dangers threaten Bril-
fish Commerce in tire Far East as long as,
Russia dominates the military position and
China continues effetc. He insisted upon
the cesslty of a finn policy, including the
Chinese "lmy Iefolm and a commercial ALI
a!Hce tween England, the United St"lts,
Germany and Japan, so as to ple>erveCRlnas
integrity and the Open Door policy.
The Daily ChroulcIe', in ~ editorial, pro-
tests against Presto, mt McKihley's navigation
order, confirming he .'Puerto.Rico" carrying
trade to .veseeIs of American register,
which kills at a single stroke CanNdl'n
shipping AMI The exchange Of 'molusses for
fish etc. 1t further states that it raises q
gave question whether the United States
WI open the door of HE Philippine trade
OF close it y an cbscurantist policy worse
than that of France, Russia or Spain, and
possibly even chilling the AngIo-Americ""
entente.
Ihe New York Times, in an editorial,
condemns the order comparing the policy
to Lord Norths, wLich caused The American
revolution. a
A Telegram from S~msgossa reports that
delegates nom az Chambers. of Commerce
at a meeting IheIe condemn fhe delay OF the
pmis Conference pg futile and meanwhile
ruinOus 10 II ode.
A despatch from The Madlid correspondent
OF lie "StandaId' states that SPAN will sign
tn" tIcaly of peace under protest, ana Will
refuse any indie mnity if it is deemed made
quate. The same policy will be adopted
regarding The final settlement Of the west
India debts, and the GoHernMtnl Will III
form The Cuban and Philippine bond hold
ers that they must look for their dues to tB)
~O,ro, oCou,,SoY .r,.nrni,,,i ~ otnt NoIiaCtInu
taxes.
1T is considered that the effect Of this
reputation will fall chiefly upon the
Spaniards; the Bank of Spain alone holding
eighty million Of dollars OF Cuban bonds
with an imperial guarantee. :
Paris news reports that on Sunday a vIo-
leut explosion occurred at the Chompeaux
Restaurant near The 8ourse. 1T is said that
it was caused by gas, but it is attributed 10
Anarchists. One lady was killed and several
of the employees Of The restaurant seriously
hurt. The damage to the restausant etc. is
considerable.
A despatch has been received at Washing
ton from Manila reporting that The Spanish
Warships"Isla de Cuba end "lsla de LuzOn,
sunk III the Cavite battle, have been relocated.
Colonel Sanguilly, a Wember OF the Com
mission named by HE Cuban Assembly to
OOHIGI Will Iuo AuCllCdu -
rived at New York yesterday TIA! other
members of the Commission are expected
to arrive today and will at once proceed TO
Washington.
At the Stock Exchange in London yester-
day it was the general opinion that the
laIe of discount of the Bank Of England
would be advanced today in consequence OF
the Bank of Germany having raised Its !dlS'
count rate to 6 per cent.
New York, 2lst November.
Flour City Mills for the West Indies, per
barrel, S. 90 to 1926
Meal, best kiludried, pr. barrel, Sl.92 to 1920
New SEASONS Pork, $93 to
Heavy Mess Pork, $83 to SO a
(Orystols per Id. 4 ZIG {
sugar Fair toe RI. Mscdo:test 3 1916
MoIasses, Eng. Islds.' per gal. no quotation
Exchange New York & london t4.82 to J
London, 21st November
.CDem. Crystal per cwt. ii to 1916
Sugar ! Muscovadf, los. OIL. to los. Cd.
Ger ma n beet IS pr.tt.f.ol. lth. 3D..
Rum. Dem. pr. gal. Is. to Is. LII.
cocoa. Trinidad, Good Middling Red pr cwt