The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-31
GREAT CHANCE.
That the Kaiserland Might Do in
the Orient.
Ovuortuuity to Construct .
~..ssiasic Line From Antioch
:. pekiag. Connecting With the
wtsochao syst~m ut Peksng ana
rhss Tapping - Rteh Country an9
getting Int" Her Own Province.
!. ..teres,ir,r exposltlan Of the lns.r-

(. interesting exposition OF the inter-
- f.srmauy has and Is seeking ia the
<Ss.>.s empire. Is contained in copy
y ,he Hongkoag Press which has just
r.&n rsce.sea Is tbs Post-Iatelisgencer-
1lrA paper says.
g. o, US realized when Germany oc-
.r,,s~a Ei2ochao IN Snantung. that sac
80 lasgug tne foundation OF great ASH
r.,tn colony which would stretch from
kbs Mediterranean 20 the Yellow sea
ss.,nanv had for sometime been looking
raund far q suitable place ia China where
- could ioca1e u combined naval and
s~ss,nv base ard doubtless her first in
.xr.,aa was 10 lis gotiate witts tlse Chinese
ssv.ynrner.t in q friendly way for II port
su.fed 70 her wants
The locality her agents hrst aspfreo 70
"a. Mrs oay but the objections OF Great
Brstsir. 10 having an opposition port a.
the very door 81 Hongkong caused It's
r.ection. Then Annoy was thought o.,
hut the ouicfy raised at the Thought OK
sreat. part 4aeing annexed by Germany
Led TO tne altering 1t the programme
.~asn Custnoy waA almost selected. bat
shls did moi possess II sufficiently favor
Ais natural harhor and was III turn
s,ysn up. Nature WAS also against Ter
many at the mouth ~ the West river.
,s the vicinity of Iappa- once more the
Teutons returned 80 me Fokien province
seleetlng saussah pay. halfway between
fhs treaty ports of FoocaoW ana ven
e.aw SafaaaA VAS also not quite up 10
rsaulrerr.ents being somewhat e2peSs's'
A this time the Ga.8o-JapaHese war
had been concluded more than = year,
and Germany had ample proof tSa4 20
lar from receiving any benefit iror7 h"F
ig,eYI,sssilon against the japanese annex
alton 81 I.iaotuBg. she wsss being ~llSnt''"
by tie Chinese government the more sue
sought To- gain It's favor and mar fistis.
Hnszia and France, were getting all taey
asked ~ the simple expedient 81 coereins
The feeble powers who controlled the gov
eminent Of the cei@tiai empire
Germnny's Awakening
In November 1885, number at the lead
tne British papers prematureiy published
ttha negotiations being carried on by the
British government for the extension OF
the colony of Hongkong BY the cession
Of the kowioon hlntsrlard lncloding als
ssa waters OF Mrs bay and hsap Day
This was more than Germany could staua,
and size promptly made the killing Of two
German missionaries In shautunS ans! ths
insults offered 10 her minister the plea
for the SEIZURE Of kiaoehao and "A large
area OF the surrounding country.
The German seizure was quickly toll
lowed 5y the Russian annexation u tort
Arthur and Taiienwan. ard "a genefa rus
slan advance into Manchurii. the Fr@ficn
seixir. ~ kwanehauwan in kwangtung,
and the British occupation OF W"ihawet-
The foregoing moves fairly snaagnrated
the division ~ TIE chinese empire anon
fhr four great powers named. which, IN
rpife of any foolish attempt t0 prop tr
that crumbiug and egfete state, must no"
continue until she whole h4S been 40
sor6ed by one or the a'hof 81 tnef''
G-wmany-s Depopuiation.
Germany has sought ya1nly for years
10 keep the tile of neg immigration under
The German flag. for annually many thous-
ands Of her sons went Ia swell the popu
lation OF the United States and the Brit
ish colonies. all ~ them being lost To the
Fatherland. uoN. however. a chapter Of
accidents has pointed out 80 her a future
herman colony extending right across
the continent a colony. - II we're Il her
door. and one possessed Of climate
suited to hal wf4sfe population. being sahs-
teet neither ia tha torfid heat OF India
or OF Africa. nor ,o the arctic cold Of
Siberia, Russia has at greaf cost and
sacrifice built tho longest railway IN The
wefl. through az uninhahstsd wilderness
subject to an arctic winter Of from six
10 eight months duration annually 10
open up a trade between the Pacific and
her European possessions,
VIII Germany fail iu cpen Up railway
COMMUNICATION with her flew coleny IN
shan'Wng when that railway viii pass
during the greater part Of It's course
through temperate Regions rich ia min
erai agricultural and Pastoral wealth. ana
we'll. n not denHely. populated? Such "a
railway rasves through Il region tsasses~s,l
% the greatest coal ANA iron ere fields
IN the world which woula ST Itself guar
antce the success OF TIE railway "a
financial undertaking. IL would. more
over re orc u h&Sh IN thea ruufsN nf
taou>aris ~ miles. should meet with 10
engineering difficulties on tire extensive
piaus is wuallt tYaveFSe-~a Vsv.fahir para
else f0r railway construction IA regards
eaearyoss 10 build
Telegraph Line Eirst.
II Germany really ontcrnplates rising
60 tho opportunity ~ uniting her far
lt4stcrn colony by ga1l with Europe. tbs.
frat step will nc ths construction ~
telegraph line Ia the same wav that n
British tire ~ telegraph from South t.
North Africa - ufopnsiug the way for the
railway rs hiCA is Is follow
Il Wa only recently r4lusafe3 I'm the Ger
mar press that a teIeEe aah cable unis ffss
TIER ronnN ir the ShauturK Attn the
Fafheriaaa taf heeou1e - necessity The
!otal press pointed out that sea cable
was infpNsst.i e FER teassons which need
fo' - p. ,st-..tnti The same reasons tta tuf
aFtjy a. land line troul a.. Syrian cqsest
n 'he Me,aeerTaus~Sn. anA AZ ocean ca5,ie
uniting "a With tha head az tu~ A~iattv sea
.F AaN l'1e ey @Av ~ AnstYia an3 rur-
Key from Germany 10 hiaoShao might az
e"rAo a~ accom- l;SAed fact tu less t&aG
W. ytars II certainly wAuli be- Tar less
costs tNAf the seA caiiie both AS t0 .lrst
estty ana to @p-k&Sp TIE financing both
q ne telegraph lire a0G the railway
sHeNl9 c3Ssft }'s> aCeanni shet ~ both
tive
ttc" to Get Them.
tieV'isart-s hf-t ara quickest wsv - ret
.'1a N"n~trN t~ti would r. So guarantee
~ r"ut dit+&-f8 on the net SuTp,ss
fFotfsS Yv.y susi hsAxu fAss per cert sssAr-