The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02
The Situation in the Fer East Said to
Be Grave and Daily Growing
More Complicated.
COREA NOW DENYING RUSSIA
ONE OF THE CZAR'S FRIENDS DIS
: MISSED FROM THE MINISTRY.
China Trying to Make Peace by Offer
ing to Divide "a Loan Between
Russia and Britain.

LONDON, Feb. "a dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Nagasaki says the far
Eastern situation is very serious, and it is
| believed that Japan is actively preparing
for war.
A dispatch to the Standard from Kobe,
| Japan, says the Emperor of Corea refuses
| to reside at the Russian legation, and the
| pro- Russian foreign minister has resigned.
The Times correspondent at Kobe says:
There are repeated rumors from Seoul that
the Russian agent, M. Alexeieff, is trying
| to persuade the Emperor of Corea to re-
occupy the Russian legation 1t is reported
also that as result of the agitation against
Russian influence a pro-Russian minister
has been dismissed"
The ST. Petersburg correspondent of the
Times. says: Representatives of the Dis
conto Bank, the Deutsche Bank and several
other Berlin firms have been here several
days, and have only just departed. 1t is
reported that a Russo-German loan to
China of 100, 100000 roubles has been conclud-
ed, but the report requires confirmation in
detail" dispatch from Picking says:
1.-THE Tsung-Li-Yamen proposes to divide
the loan equally between Great Britain and
Russia"
The British war ships according to dis
pdbCil W TIC OdllN MAIL lIOul OIdISHdl, lett
Port Arthur of their own accord The same
dispatch says it is reported that three Rus
sian cruisers are steaming off Ta-Fu, at the
mouth of the Picking river, on the GULF of
Pe-Chi-IG.
The Daily Mails Hong-Kong CORE
spondent says that kilograms from Hainan
announce the revolt of tribes in the interior
of the island.
Germany. according to a special dispatch
from Shanghai, demands that Port Arthur
and Ia-IfeQ- Wan he made free
The Picking correspondent of the Times
says that Great Britain has definitely with
Drawn her demand for the opening of Ia
Sir Richard Webster the attorney general,
speaking at Ventor. Isle of Wight tonight
on the Chinese trouble, said that the United
States was supporting England's policy with
surprising unanimity. He declared that if
Great Britain were compelled to fight for
this cause and should lose the British peo-
pie would have quick and glorious death,
instead of the slow starvation which the
loss OF trade would mean to the nation"
Russia May Make War on Britain.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The Herald's Lon
don correspondent cables the following:
There is a startling dispatch in the Daily
Telegraph to-day. 1t comes from ST. Peters
burg. This papers correspondent there has
had interviews with Russian admiral, now
chief of a squadron' ana With an eminent
Russian dplomatist Their declarations,
therefore, if true, have semi-official weight
You must remember that the Daily Tele-
graph is not given in general to taking"
This is what makes the st. Petersburg dis
patch SO serious. Practically the decara-
tons it contains amount to menace on
the part of Russia toward England; that
unless England chooses to acquiesce in the
policy being pursued by Russia in the far
East war is inevitable. Ii this dispatch is
not a fake, Russia has thrown down the
gage. 1t remains to be seen whether Eng
land will take it up or back down. The
dispatch is, if true, SO important that /
send it to you in full:
Il have had conversation with a Rus
sian admiral, who has been appointed to the
post of chief of squadron, concerning the
situation in the far East. This officer in the
course of his remarks said: Nearly the
whole of the marine forces of Russia will be
dispatched to the far East, for it is neces-
sary for Russia to place herself in a posi-
ton of naval strength in Chinese waters
equal to that of Great Britain Russia will
not permit the opening of a new port either
att Port Arthur or at Ia LienWan. We
shall soon see that Germany will say the
same thing with regard to Kiaochau and
the Bay of Sara-Sa, while France will pre-
vent the opening of the Siam gulf and
Nankin as free ports. Russia France and
Germany will permit no European power to
carry out any such attempts against their
lHlcItSlS UPON inc pIGltAl OI ClCOu1dRiQR
China European trade, for under that con-
dtion the power in question would become
the real mistress of China. directing both
her politics and her finances
Il also called upon celebrated Russian
diplomatist, who said: The conditions of
the loan Of G1200O0O0 which Great Britain
has offered to the Chinese government are
directed principally against the interests of
Russia and France and for this reason our
ambassador at Picking will, together with
his French colleague, struggle to prevent
China from accepting the British overtures.
by the opening of Ta-lien-Wan as a free
port the value of Port Arthur as a naval
station would be diminished. In the spring
Great Britain will no longer occupy herself
with the Chinese question, and will certain
ly not take the offensive. finding as she
will. the necessity of devoting her strength
and her energy to India, where revolt
infinitely more serious than the SepOy nI-
tiny is about to break out. Thereupon Rus
STA will be able without difficulty. to pene-
trate through Afghanistan and the Pamers
to the Indian possessions of Great Britain,
to whom she will dictate terms. We have
enough troops and well-fortfied frontiers,
with outposts well connected to the rear
with our reserves by railways and tele-
graphs. and we could, in the course of a
few days, place upon the Afghan frontier
an army Of 10000 men, You perceive that
all the chances are on our side and we do
not fear the threats of England "