The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-12-01
CANNOT ENFORCE THEIR DEMANDS

Rritish Foreign once Omcial Declares the
Powefs VIII Have to Climb. Down.
London, Nov 27.-(Copyright, 1900.
by the Associated Press.)-The pes
simism reflected BY Washington spe7
Gals dealing with China hnds
a keen echo In Great Britasn's
cabinet. The gloomy foreboding that
The United States Will be com
pelledsto withdraw from the c%oncertSof
the powers is only one of the causes OF
this feeling. The British ministers are
now inclined to believe the present n
of negotiations cannot result satisfac-
torily.
THE United States. said an official
of the foreign office to a representative
OF the Associated Press. cannot pc
any more anxious tiian England to get
out of the China middle. The cablnet
ministers are reluctantly coming to be-
glieve that the endeaVors to compel
China to punish Individual Offenders
are merely a waste of time Death by
edict is a farce and a fairy tale. The
powers forces noW in China nre ut
terly inadequate to oYerrun the coun-3
try and enforce their demands. Eng
land has no intention of a~ugmenting
her troops to such an extent as will be
necessary, II the Europeans themselves
undertake to inflict punishment. 1t
looks very much as IL we shall have to,
climb down. The only question Is how
can 1t Ia done with the best dignity
and under circumstances giving the
most satisfactory results.
The policy of indefinite decimia-
ton, which American journals seem to
attribute to Germany, is not In the
slightest shared by Great Britain"
This view is not that of a majority
OF the British press, who. without tax
ing pains to find III the inner opinion
of the cabinet, generally condemn what
they are pleased to call the weak
kneed policy of America.
The seizure of the British steamer
Taboga by the Colombian government.
officials at Panama Is not regarded Sc
riously here. The British gunboat
Pheasant will investigate the matter
n in due course OF time Colombia
will probably be asked for an explana-.
ton.
The Hong Kong Junta.
The request of United States Am
bassador Choate for the suppression of
the Filipino junta at Hong Kong has
been put in the hands of the colonial
office. 1t win probably take some
weeks to ascertain the facts, with.
doubtful results. An official said:
Hong 1Sorg, of course, is part of a
free country and we cannot take too.
arbitrary steps even to please America.
Most International plots are Matched
right here in London; but we are quite
powerless to suppress Them"
Persistent reports that Sir Alfred
Miner, British commissioner in South.
Afiicar will be invited home perma-
nentlY are grOundlesS. He will be af-
forded a holiday as soon as feasible.
He is the last man the government
c~ontemplates withdrawing from South
Africa, and the state of his health by
no means justities the rumor.
Lord Mayor Net Alarmed.
London's new mayor, Franz Green,
takes a very radical and friendly view
of American invasion of the city,s
finance. trade and transportation. ut
lis merely a matter of utilitarianism,''
b. said to a representative of the AS
ISOLATED Press. american capital is
bound to improve business here and I;
welcome warmly anything tending to
bring the two nations the most good,
even though 1t may appear to result
only TO the advantage Of one of them.
Together, England and America are
more powerful in every way tina tie
rest CT the world.
Regarding placing sovernmentloans
in America, patriotism naturally com
5pels me to say English lnanciers
should have first chance; but IL Ameri-
cans give better terms, Why, let them
have them by all means.