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will Lead to Future Agreements Re-
sardlns Other Matters.
GERMANY WILL DECLARE HER SPHERE.
Hoane ho Valley As Well As Shans Tuns
Province Is Claimed.
AMERICAN INTERESTS ARE NOT AFFECTED
Entry Into all English and
Russian Ports In china.

London. May 1.-The Marquis of Sails
bury, prime minister and minister OF for
eign affairs. and A. j. Baifour. first lord
Of the treasury announced today in the
house of lords and in the house OF COM
mons, respectively. the general drift OF
the Anglo-Russian agreement regarding
the spheres OF influence of the govern
ments OF Great Britain and Russia in
China as they have already been made
Known. Lord Salisbury said he hoped
Russia would consent to the publication
OF the text of the agreement when it ar
rived in a few days. His lordship en-
phasized his anxiety not to appear to at
tach exaggerated Importance to the spec-
&c stipulations of the agreement, adding;
But of course, l attach very great i'm
pcrtance to the signing OF this agreement,
because It is sign of the good feeling 50
desirable between the government OF Rus
STA and England"
His lordship also expressed the hope
that the good feeling would extend to tho
peoples OF the two nations, This agree
ment, he said. was valuable as preventing
the possibility of collision between the
two governments in China and there
future agreement for a long time to come
trust that 1t will lead to future agree
ments in other matters"
Berlin May lit is the belief In political
circles here that England, having roln-
pushed the open door In China and given
her adhesion to the sphere of influence
policy there, Germany must follow suIt,
The Tageblatt today says: The first
consequence of the Anglo Russian agree
ment must be that Germany. too, must
declare the Hoang lio valley to be her
sphere It would be far reaching error
were Germany TO coniine herself to the
province of Shang Tung''
Washington. May Lord Sallsbury's
speech last evening in reference to the
agreement reached by Great Britain and
Russia as to China was read with the
greatest interest here. The prevailing
sentiment is one Of relief, because by this
agreement has been removed an element
that threatened to involve in hostilitics
two great nations with which the United
States was DESTROYS to live on the most
friendly terms.
There Is some curiosity to know just
how the commercial interests Of the
United States are likely TO be affected BY
this important arrangement II may nc
stated that the highest official authority
here does not accept the view set out in
some of the British newspapers that the
| United States has lost It's chance In China;
that the door Is TO be shut against us; and
that we have deserved this exclusion by
falling TO substantially assist England in
securing the open door policy as to all
China.
| II is said that 50 far az the English
sphere in China is concerned, the united
States will have free entry, commercially,
while assurances have been secured from
Russia that United States commerce will
be treated on terms OF equality with Rus
sian commerce in any portion of China
that may come under her influence.
ST. Petersburg, May 1.-The Anglo Rus
sian agreement with reference to spheres
OF influence in China Is not in the form OF
a convention, but is set forth in note,
duplicates OF which have been exchanged
4 between the Russian minister OF foreign
I, affairs, Count MuravleiT, and the British
ambassador 10 Russia RI. Hon. Sir Charles
Scatt. The preamble states that both
countries agree to uphold the Integrity and
independence Of the Chinese empire