Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-03
IIRED ONARUSSlAN SHIP y
CIRCUMSTANCE MAY BE EXPLAINED
=, ,,rc Chang Recalled to Powcr-oH'-
nose troops Rerruitins-cone"ss''"'
to Russia and Germany

80, Ton "A sensation has been
,a,,sod bv n rumor from Plymouth 'h"'
,ho english admirals have fired on
,,,,.s,ar ,nan-of-war in Chinese waters
Nothlng is known as 10 'he
tho foreign office or admiralty 49,
The morning papers publish a"o
.,oteuent that England Is pressi"s
chira to declare Port Arthur
lot II ia supposed the presence VI
prtish warships there Is intenceu ~
- sradom Of access for trading yes
sels. c,1trD.
Ii HUNG CHANG REcALLhD ,c
,,,anro Ian. 2.-The Records IA
,or,a (Wash) special says nv
r,o,,,er fndrapura has arrived from
Ionan bringing the latest advices IT.
uarding the Oriental SITUATION
Ii Hung Chang has been recni'',u
power at Peitin, the emperor ai'o
Inner Council desiring his assis'aii f,,nr
chang recently started to ms estates W,
orrntint of III health, but he mas nov
returned to Pekin. and the soNerI,int, al.
has taken up for considerhtioii, h h'
memorial on the military anu ,,,nriol
lenses of the empire. rms iheii s' ia'
1vas prepared on Earl LIS return from
america and Europe, but II mas re-
manned in pigeon hole until now.
Thousands of troops are being re-,
cruited in the Interior and 1t is intenueu
10 double the number of battalions IN
ali the Chinese maritime provinces
within thirty days. The emperor nia
received forty-eight secret memories
regarding the defense of the empire,
from high military and civli oitlcials
throughout China All China Is awah-
ening. .,,o
Chinese maritime ports express the pc
lief that u partition of China among inc
movers is Inevitable. In Shanghai IL Is
reported that France will receive For
mosa from Japan as part of the terri
tory allotted her Japanese papers de-
clare that part OF the program 10 De
impossible Of contamination.
CAPT. Brussatis and others OF the
German cruiser Cormorant were re-
Gently pelted with stones and mud by a
Chinese mob while land ing at WI
Chung in one of the cruisers boats,
flying the German ensign. The ofhcers
were landing to pay a visit to Viceroy
Chang Chin Tung, who, on Germany's
demand, has made prompt ana satls-
factory apology, the apology inciuding
n salute to the German Has OF twenty
one guns.
II is claimed that the Chinese com
rnnnder at Kaio-Chou was tricked into
surrendering by the German adinlral,
who offered his word that the emperor
of China had consented to the occupa-
ton of Kaio-Chou and would regard
any resistance as an act of rebellion:
The Jiji-Shimpo, the most influential
paper at Toxic says that according To
reliable authority, Russia, France ana
Germany have reported an understand
ing whereby Russia is to take Korea
and North China, Germany the shan
Tung districts, while France will get
Formosa and parts of the Fookien
coast. This story come from Hong
Kong and is not generally credited.
RAILWAY TO PORT ARTHUR.
London, Jan. 3.-The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Times says: 1T
is reported that China has given con-
sent to Russia to make surveys for q
railway to Port Arthur as n branch of
the Russian Trans ManchusS railway,
and not n mere extension OK The chi
nese Tlen-Tsin railway
1t In also stipulated that the route
is to avoid Mukden, the capital city of
the Tartar dynasty. Mukden is the
capital OF the province of Liao-Tong,
Manohurla, and is also forty miles
northeast of PelSin. 1t was the last
residence of Manchuria sovereigns be-
fore the conquest Of China, and is the
place where the early emperors of the
regning dynasty are buried.
CHINA GIVES UP.
London, Jan. "A dispatch to the
Times from Pel;in, dated Friday, says:
The arrangements with Russia for the
guaranty loan are actively proceeding,
and when completed the Russians, on
the plea of supervising the collection
OF land tax Will obtain the right to
enter every yamen in the empire
Berlin, Jan. 1T is announced that
China has yielded to the demands Of
Baron Heyldn, German ambassador
at PelSln, for the dismissal of the COM
mandant of the Chinese garrison at
ao-Chow, province OF shnn-Tung,
because he used strong language to
the German missionaries there. The
Chinese government has telegraphed
dismissal of the commandant.
According to dispatch to the As
Isolated Press on Saturday Baron
lieykin in making his demand for the
Dismissal of the commandant insisted
that a copy of the telegram of dis
missal should be laid before him by G
o'clock next Thursday evening. The
Tsung Ii Yamen requested the en-
bassador to grant them until o'clock
that evening Saturday. before ma
king reply to the demand. where
upon he threatened to leave Peltin.
RUSSIAN THE MORE IMPORTANT.
st. Petersburg. Jan. Att is an
nounced that NJ. Kuril Alexieff has
been entrusted with fun power to pro-
mote the development of the CONNER
cal relations between Russia and
'iS"' VI tpiiipetltIon with l3r1tlSh and
Japanese influences and to aid in fur
thering the prompt construction of the
projected orthodox church In Seoul.
The Novoe Vremya, cummentine
upon the respective positions of Me
l;eaYy Brown and M. AielSleff under
inc compromise effected by an ar
rangement according to which the two
VIII work the Corean customs together
says; Nobody Will regard MIR
crown as the representative of the
tritish flag. He is n mere official In
we service Of the Corean government
uIeetlng tho customs. NJ. Alckiefr will
attend in higher sphere as adviser tc
u,s Corean ministry of finance"
The Novostl says: ANY serious con.
llet between England and another
power would be certain to excite re.
Delion among Great Britain's Aslatie
SUBJECTS. The only course open &c
Sient britain is to fully maintain the
s.atus quo in Asia. and presery,
friendly relations with Russa.'