The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-31
|ITRlID OF The VOTERS
", government Keeping Its Chi
w pl,ns Very Closely Concealed.
.,rr S SAID ABOUT SETTLEMENT
.,.rn question which Can
n re n.,aea-Most of the Minis
~. out of the country

). York. August so'-A dispatch slD.s,a 70
rrsupe from London says. N ,,a,tas
Dc i''u', MA of the note of the United
~. n', !. he powers. but this is not air-
"" ,s the foreign office at present
rAnI . ,orwarding agency to transmit
ms' 10 Lord Salisbury at his place
i ,.'Irsnsnt on the Fran'0-'iarlnAn ,'o ana
w. tormal communication OF the
y ,,, I suggested by the Washington dis
Ply 80 received in Downing street
'sa NO action of any kind could be
'e',, tul the text had been dis
T., TO the prime minister ana con-
,,,si BY him. 49,. c,,
~, !. p,oderick's references to the Chi-
I, question in his speech of WednesaaS
q r.ss come impression. chiefly BE-
- NJ undersecretary of foreign at
~ !. oue of the very few ministers
q !. mt now on a holiday and also be-
q, h 4 believed to share Lord sails
~. sonfdence Mr. Frederick words,
s,,sr we're extremely vague ana oniy
.a,,,ss that Great Britain is not IN
.s,,s n be forced into accepting larse
..s.Onsiblities in China While at the same
-. ssr maIesty's government Is deter
va n defeud British interests. Not
80 IN an he made out of this, though no
~, 4 accurately reflects the nome com.
WI .tiifude Of the British cabinet.
= rust he remembered that Mr.. Brod-
,,I,t's .peeeh was primarily intended for
..ssopesrug purpusa He stated almost
! "a many woys tha9 the government
I'M n It can get a reasonable oppor-
,suit, dissolve parliament ana appeal 70
n constituencies in the course OF tho
..luan. With that prospect before them
"a Si-t the whole OF their South African
IN policy TO defend. the ministers are
II, anxious for the electors to imagine
NM there may be a long, difficult task
More The country in Eastern Asia as well
Is In South Africa.
For this reason English diplomacy. even
\ busy just now. tends to be unusually
abusive and all appearance OF undue ac-
Ityily and aggressiveness will be avoided
h possible for fear of frightening the cleo
tors who have had quite as much In the
say o. Imperialism and spirited foreign
pory for the last few months as they
are for AT the same time the grave
tasracter Of the Chinese outlook is not
II al miniInized by we'll informed per-
sas here, official and unofficial, and 1t
+ recognized that Great Britain may have
+ arrive at most important decision at
"a early day. believe the war office has
slrady made preparations for keeping
as two Indian divisions and nearly a
haie Of English troops in the Far East
il winter and that II the South African
var comes to close this autumn, a num-
iE Of regiments which were intended to
tone home will be shipped off to the Far
last II does not follow that the British
Eysrnment contemplatcs further miliA
NY operations In China. but it feels that
nust be prepared for eventuallties.
Me q the most disQuiceing circum-
tinces ior British statesmen Is the man
Y y which the naval strength OF some
@e continental powers in Chinese
ssars Is being increased The German
Dasesnp squadron arrived at Hong Kong
Y tuesday and leaves there for tho nor &
s week Thus both Germany and Rus
y vii have more than England at aug
~ 50 lar as battleshirs are concerned
The north China coast.
.se no'ing az Canton was not in itsalr
NJ Anots and was easily suppressed by
s0'ernors' so%ers, hut II is sympto-
~ q the Unrest witch Is beginning
,pssaa over South China. Canton is
,rssaarlers OF the reforming and anti
~ movement. and the feeling against
Wass,y' not only because it's NOM
800. me Manchus. but because they are
,s %.'nefs' seems to be growing IN in.