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7 II. ESTILL, President.
BACKDOWN BY GREAT BRITAIN.
FRANCE, GERMANY AND RUSSIA
AGAINST HER IN CHINA.

AVtthdrnvmI of the Demand for the
4 onening of TIA Lien Wan as a Free
: port ResuIt-LOrd Salisbury to
4 Confer with His Colleagues as to
,he Best Way to Beat "a Retreat.
London Editors HOwIing About the
q Premier's Weakening.
4 Berlin. Feb. Am article in the st.
<petersburg Novoe Vremya, which has at
racted the attention of Europe, declared
4 hat France and Germany supported Rus
e. determination and opposed England's
zHith reference to Ia Lien Wan, and hence
F1ord Salisbury, it is claimed, is obliged
H. consult with his colleagues before the
j assembling of Parliament as to the best
wav to beat a retreat in order for Great
$Britain to avoid a conflict with Russia.
Z London, Feb. 2.-Afternoon newspapers
Ho-day comment in the most severe terms
Sbpon the alleged withdrawal of Great
xBritains demand for the opening of the
Z hort of Ia Lien Wan. Some of them are
5 las follows
The Globe says: mo wonder If the op-
s ztional humiliation when it's supporters are
xunable to find a reasonable excuse for it.
4 The public was led to believe that Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach and other cabinet
ministers meant what they said, so the
ministers have only themselves to thank
&if they lose prestige at home and abroad
Through the withdrawal of the Ia Lien
4Wan demand. England, with her vast
+ naval strength and enormous resources,
has the game in her own hand; if the min
sisters will only play it with the necessary
( spirit"
y An official statement on the subject, just
ISSUED, is as follows: mo communication
can at present be published concerning the
Times Ia Lien Wan report or the nego-
tiations as a whole. The negotiations thus
far are absolutely confidential. Many tel
8 egrams from China contain statements
4 not merely going far beyond the govern
y ment's Information, but in some instances
are quite at variance with known facts"
/ The Times Ta-Lien-Wan announcement
3 has created much surprise and excitement
among politicians and was eagerly dis
s cussed at the clubs. The Liberals Wig
orously denounce the reported backdown
Z of the British government while the con-
servative members of the House of Com
s mons did not conceal their bitter disap-
pointment Many declined to believe the
report until it should be officially con-
8 frmed, and prominent conservative this
4 afternoon offered a Liberal opponent to
pay substantial sum to a public charity
8 if the reported backdown should be con-
4 frmed. The Liberals declare 1t would be
a humiliating surrender to Russia and
severe blow to British interests and pres
4 tise.
d The members of the late cabinet are al
ready communicating with each other
with the view of using the matter as a
point of attack upon the government dur
! ing the debate on the Queens speech upon
Il the reassembling of Parliament.
London, Feb. 8. a. ma wave of indig-
nation has swept over the press through
out the country at Lord Salisbury's alleged
backdown at Ia Lien Wan. Conserva tives,
no less than liberals, bewail the supposed
retreat from an unassailable position on
the ground that Great Britain, supported
by the United States and Japan, might
safely have defied Russia.
lt is understood that the government is
angry with the Times for revealing the po-
sition
The Standard this morning, in the course
OF an editorial, expressing its regret as
sumes that since there is no official infor-
nation to the country the Times version
Of the situation is correct. 1t thinks this
will be painfully felt in the course of the
pending bye-elections, especially as the
wider surrender"
The editorial concludes by advising the
government to let the country know as
speedily as possible exactly where it
stands.
M0NEROFF BEGINS HIS WORK.