Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-10
THE BRITISH POLICY.
Lord Salisbury Apparently Assun
ing a Waiting Attitude.

Lord salisbury Apparently Assum-s
Ing a Waiting Attitude.
Londan, Sept. 10.-Pending Lord Sal
gisbury's return, Great Britainsis appar-
entity pursuing policy of inaction
which possibly will hereafter appear to
have been masterly even tho it per-
shaps in reality is only another instance
of the .f1abby weak-kneed. irresolute-
ness so often attributed to the cabinet
in recent years. BY the time Lord:
Salisbury arrives the situation will
probably have frightened, reports will.
have been received from Pekin. and
such views as her majesty's govern
ment may have formed will have been
communicated To the powers. Diplo-
gmatists appear to be rather pleased
that Lord Salisbury has been Lying
peru in the mountains, as a member
of the diplomatic corps remarked to a.
representative of the Associated Press,
that continental statesman felt the sit
suation had been arnelioriated thereby,
as England had thus been safeguarded
from rushing to hasty conclusion.
n.Of course said he ..the premier is
lin constant touch with the foreign of
flee. but he is enabled to take calmer
view in the quietude OF his summer
refuge than he could possibly have
reached under the pressure Of the more
sexcitable members Of the cabinet
This reflects the opinion of the British
public. whose confidence In Lord Sails
bury is largely due to the belief that he
does not consult his colleagues in the
iweig hitter matters of state.
It is ia curious fact that almost every
foreign minister of the powers con-
cerned is absent from his post during
the acute period of one OF the most im-
portant diplomatic decisions Of recent
years. Most Of the EN- bassies. too, have
been in the hands of charges d affaires,
and now United States Ambassador
Choate has gone to switzerland for a
long holiday. Meanwhile, with the ex-
ception Of the statement already cabled
that the foreign office sides with the
powers, discountenancing the immsdi-
ate evacuation4of Pekin, there is a lack
of reliable information as to how the
dilemma of Pekin will be solved. The
Associated Press learns from we'll
Informed source that as soon as the
Chinese government appoints tolerable
commissioners with serious instruc-
licns, they will find Great Britain ready
to respond and aid in utilizing what
Mr.. William Woodville Rockhill. spe-
cial commissioner Of the United States
government to investigate and report
on conditions in China, recently termed
the beautiful occasion to settle for all
time the status of foreigners in China"
Washington, it is now conceded, is
for the moment the center Of liplo-
matte activity: and news from there is
eagerly scanned. and the latest AS
sociated Press exposition OF the policy
of the United States In the matter is
welcomed as likely to be acceptable.
and as finally disposing OF the un-
founded suspicion that the Russian
|scheme was promulgated with the ap-
proval Of the United States administra-
tion. :.
The Trade unionists concluded their
annual congress at Huddersfield today.
A million and quarter of skilled work
men were represented In the deliber-
ations. The approval Of ..collectivism.
by the congress has been rather a
shock to the editorial writer's. "A reso-
LUTON condemning the South African
war and the annexat tior pf the two re-
pnblics at The dictates Is cosmop politan