The evening times., 1899-06-26

A rather plain statement regarding Ger
many's Interior motives in China has. been
received from Consul Monaghan. OF Chem
nitz and made public by the State Depart
ment The consul says that no nation Is
better posted as to what is going on in
China than is Germany. and no nation has
taken greater care to provide the necessary
ways and means for finding out facts.
Tho Kaiser's brother" he continues.
with quite an array Of ships and men.
has been kept in Oriental waters with a
view of being on hand in case complex
exigencies should arise out OF which Ger
many could make a successful move. Re
ports from the East inform the public here
that Prince Henry has just gone on board
the Gefion at Shanghai for trip up the
Yang -tse- Kiang to Hankau, distance OF
5S4 sea miles The Yang-tse-kiang Is chi
mas most important river. navigabie for
ocean steamers, at high tide or under IA
vorable conditions as far up as Hankau.
and for river boats hundreds OF miles fur-
ther 1t offers. as a glance at map -oi
China will show, traffic with the entire na-
ton. Commerce on this mighty river
hitherto has been in the hands of the Eng
Iish and Chinese.
Germans hope to have a hand in all
that goes up and down its water in the fu-
ture. The fine river boats built for Ger
man company begin to ply this summer be-
tween Shanghai and Hankau. Recent re-
ports tell of a second company IN eastern
Asia eager to participate IN the enormous
freight and passenger traffic OF the Yang
tse-Kiane ordering fleet OF steamers Al
ter the treaty of Simonoseki. Germany oo-
tanned concessions on the Yang-tse River
at Hankau, the Importance of which to
foreign trade, but more particularly 10
German trade it would be hard to measure.
Their value is constantly increasing. Han
kau is the entrepot. so TO speak, Tor cen
tral, north and west China. Its traffic in
goods. as far as figures have been Kept by
foreigners, has gone up to Soo.ooo,ooo
Germans see in the concessions at Hankau.
the bases on which to. build up enormous
trade relations, not only along the river
but in the interior and more particularly
in the rich provinces of central and west
ern China. Mercantile centres here see in
Prince Henry's trip up the Yang gtse- -Kiang
to Hankau new proof of the Emperors de-
termination to do all he can TO increase
German influence in the East.
Every effort is being made TO make the
best of every concession, no matter how
small it is. Once the thin edge of the
wedge is in this empire finds ways and
means, by patient labor. 10 enlarge the
opening. If the Germans can buy wool in
Australia and South America, cotton in the
Carolines and Texas, iron in Sweden. coal
in England, and ship its manufactured
goods to every corner of the earth there
is no good reason why We should not cut
sell them.
"A director of the North German Lloyd
was sent by the German government some
time ago to study kiao-Chou and its con-
tiguous territory, with a view to its oX-
pioitation with German capital and by Ger
man colonists. The report which has been
handed to the Kaiser is said to be one of
the most exhaustive of its kind ever writ
ten. 1t points out coal as one of the valu-
able possessions of the new territory.