The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-04
BY FORCE OR OTHERWISE
WANTS EQUAL FOOTING WITH
GERMANY AT KIAO CHOU.
GREAT BRITAIN TO ENFORCE HER RIGHTS
The Manchester Guardian FeIis What England
Proposes to Do--The Little Island Meets
the Chinese Situation With Some
Stiff Alternatives.

Manchester England, Jan. 3.-Ihe
Manchester Guardian to-day says:
.The government has categorically
stared that Great Britain will refuse to
recognize amy special rights granted at
any Chinese port to any particular pow
or. Any port opened to one power must
he opened to all or opened to none. Ii
Russia has been granted the right to
winter ships at Port Arthur, Great Brl-
ta;n will enforce her rights to the same
privilege and her ships will winter there,
whether China comedies or does not
concede the right
Continuing the Guardian says:
IF Germany obtains a naval station
at Kiao-C Chou, Great Britain insists
upon having lease of ground Tor
naval station at the same port and she
will support every other power making
the same claim.
% contention Of the government is
that the most favored nations clause
in the British and all other treaties with
China forbids any special concessions of
the nature contemplated by Germany at
Kiao-Chou and prevents nations from
acquiring benefits in which the others
have not share.
lhe government has also declared
that the same principle applies to such
transactions as railway and mine mono
poles. Taking her stand on the trea-
ties. Great Britain refuses to acknowl-
edge such concessions and will insist
upon similar railway and mine rights
and viii use, such force or defend them
as may be necessary.
This declaration does not apply to ces-
e. 70 xxrai h N ~
treaties do not refer, but relative to this
contingency. the despatch of Great
Britain to China says that when it oc-
ours graver questions will arise. The
government will then consider the man.
ner in which British interests can best
he safe-guarded, and the form which
the compensation to Great Britain for
the special advantages of other nations
must take.
''It is recommended that a similar de-
claration has been delivered to the
Chinese and other governments by Ja-
pan"
RUSSIA NEEDS JAPAN.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 3.-The Novisti
publishes an article strongly urging a
Russo-Japanese alliance, as the best
means of guaranteeing their mutual in
terests and the maintenance of the poll
teal equilibrium. 1t is understood this
view is favored in Russian official cir
cles, in which it is felt that such an al
lance would contribute to avert serious
complications in the far East.
RUSSIA TRICKED CHINA.
London, Jan. 4.-The Shanghai CORE
spondent Of the Daily Mail says: "The
Russians tricked China into consenting
to an occupation of Port Arthur by rep
resenting that the British feet was
coming to capture it. They also asked
the Chinese to prohibit the English from
landing. The latter refused; but any
Englishman going ashore at Port Ar
thur is Swallowed by the Russians"
STATEMENT PERHAPS CORRECT.
London, Jan. 4.-Up to a late hour to-
night the statement of the Manchester
Guardian this morning has neither been
confirmed nor denied, and the general
belief il that, whether an actual note
has been dispatched to China or not. the
Guardians statement fairly represents
British policy.