The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-06
BRITISH EDITORS AROUSED
NEWS OF THE GERMAN COUP NOT
WELL RECEIVED IN LONDON.
j. McLeavy Brown still in Charge Oi
Iy to Be Ousted Again.

| the strip OF CnlneSe territory recently
grabbed by the Kaiser's war ships. Accord
ing to dispatches from Peking. the Chinese
government has been induced by some
means. whether by persuasion or intimida-
ton is not known here, to cede the stolen
| territory to the grabber. What effect this
action will have on the proposed loan of
$SOOOO,OOO of British gold to China has not
| been learned. Concerning the cession of
| Kiaochau bay, the Reichsanzeiger of Ber-
| lin says, after confirming the report: ut is
| intended by the cession to render possible
| for Germany the fulfllment of her just
| wish for the possession, in the same way
| as other powers, of a base for trade and
| navigation in Chinese waters. The cession
| of Kiaochau bay to Germany takes the
| form of lease for an indefinite time. Ger
| many Is at liberty to erect on the ceded
| territory all the necessary buildings and
| Establishments, and to take the measures re-
| quired for their protection. The ceded ter
| ritory comprises the whole of the inner
| basin of KiaOchau bay, so far as the high
| water line. the large headlands, situated
| south and north of the entrance of the bay
| to the point where they are naturally
| bounded by mountain ranges, and also the
| island situated within and in front of the
| bay No obstacles are to be raised by
| China to any measures Germany deems
necessary for the regulation of the water
courses. China has transferred to Ger
many for a period not stated in the tele-
gram a lease of all sovereign rights over
the ceded territory If for any cause Kiao-
chau bay should prove unsuitable for the
objects Germany has in view, China, after
arriving at an understanding with Ger
many, will cede another piece of territory
| IN ba wi ri
as more suitable for her purpose"
A dispatch to the Times from Peking,
dated yesterday "wednesday, says that
Germany has taken a lease of Kiaochau
for fifty years. 1t says also reports are
| current there that a French occupation of
| Hai-Nan island is imminent. The Times
says. editorially, this morning: 1T would
| be simple to assume that the Reichsanzeig-
| ers dispatch tells the whole story; for it
! quite omits to say what China gets in re-
| turn. To the world at large, however, the
| material fact is that Germany, by physical
| force, has obtained naval station. This is
| the fact that must guide other powers in
determining their own policy. The talk of
| a lease is a mere saving of appearances.
| There is no doubt that both Germany and
| China are aware that it is a practical ces-
sion in full sovereignty. 1t provides a fur
| ther argument in favor of an English
| guaranteed Chinese loan"
The other morning paper editorials gen.
| orally are in the same strain as that of
the Times They point out that the contract
| is one in which Germany apparently gets
| everything and China nothing while the
| question of the safety of the missionaries
is entirely dropped. Nothing, however, is
| said about railways or mines.
The Standard says, editorially: England
| need not be ruffied, because she can claim
exactly the same privileges as Germany.
| This is the logical and unassailable posi-
ton the government has taken up, and it
is not astonishing to find that it has made
a profound impression in Europe as well
as had a satisfactory reception in America.
| Whatever Mr.. Sherman may say the mer-
camille community is well aware that Eng
land in claiming equal rights for all is
| fighting the battle Of the American mer-
chants and traders as well as that of her
| own subjects"
The Daily News says: 1.-THE real point
for Lord Salisbury to consider is the pos
| sibility of Germany claiming the right to
| erect a tariff wall against other powers"
The Daily Graphic calls the seizure of
| Kiaochau "a felonous act' and says that
| Emperor William with incredible levity,"
| has reopened the Chinese question and put
in jeopardy the relations of Germany with
Russia in order to induce the Reichstag to
sanction a big navy.
Despite the action of the Chinese govern
ment in regard to Kiaochau bay, there is
general feeling in England, and it is re-
iected on the Stock Exchange, that the
| situation in the far East is improving. 1t
is believed the proposed Chinese loan of
| 5000 0OO will be guaranteed by the British
| government The Pail Mall Gazette refers
| to the "ascendency of money over the
mailed fist" and says: Great Britains
vessels are anchored off Chemupo and at
Port Arthur This is quietly implying that
Great Britain will have a voice in future ar
| rangements. Further the latest telegrams
clearly Indicate that she has plenty of
| friends. Aside from the Japanese, nations
like the United States whose interests are
| purely commercial, are well disposed to-
wards our government and are opposed to
trade exclusiveness."
Ernest Terah Hooley, who negotiated with
China simultaneously with the ]. Peirpont
Morgan and other syndicates, is not con-
cerned in the present loan.
Special dispatches from Shanghai say
that j. McLeavy Brown, the British Corean
! customs agent at Seoul maintains a firm
| hold of his post, and that NJ. Alexeff, the
| Russian agent who has been endeavoring
| to supplant him. has been unable to obtain
control of the finances, owing to the fact
that all the funds are vested in Mr.. Browns
| name in the Hong Kong Bank at Shanghai
which institution honors Mr.. Browns sig
nature only. The negotiations between Sir
Claude NJ. Mcdonald, the British minister
at Peking, and the Tsung-Li-Yamen (the
Chinese Foreign Office with reference to
the questions arising from the Russian oc-
cupation of Port Arthur. ARE proceeding.
| The idea of an alliance with Great Britain
is reported to have excited intense enthu-
siasm in Japan. The Marquis Ito's Cabinet,
1t is added. will endeavor to promote an
! Anglo-Japanese alliance.
The question has been raised here as to
Herr behring's right to succeed Sir Robert
! Hart as director of Chinese imperial mari
time customs. The Daily Chronicle says:
/ '"rhe agreement upon which the last Chi
nese loan was fioated in England contained