The sun., 1900-07-01

That Il the Nest Hepefal View In Europeau
Capitals.
Spseisl csNs DsspateAss to rBH SUN.

Special CaNs Dsspasehss to TBR SUN.
LONDON. June s0.-The most hopeful view
held by any one In European diplomatic cir.
cles Is that the Chinese Government u holdins
| the representatives OF the Powers a. hostages
pending the aooeptances Of terms which will
presently be dictated from Pekin. This theory
Ia hopeful. however, only In a humanitarian
sense. Az q diplomatic problem 1t Il. one oi
the most difficult conceivable The resolute
tiser-Spirited woman. who. there 10 no reason
to doubt. still dominates China, would by
such q move put the civilized world, even
assuming that II is working In perfect har.
| mony. into the gravest dilemma.
h The news Of the relief OF Admiral seymour's
allied forces which Is the only fresh intelli-
| Gence Of the week. scarcely nitigates the
| Anxiety Of the European Governments. for II
leaves the more serious Pskin problem darker
than ever. There is no moro talk anywhere
Of the good faith Of the Chinese Government.
1t By no means follows that the worst has hap
pened. for 1t Is beginning to be generally be-
lieved that q deep Oriental plot underlies the
whole crisis. and 1t Is hardly compatible with
the lowest Chnsse intelligence that the Min
listers Of tho Powers should have been delib
| erately slaughtered.
The evidence Of careful planning u already
quite convincing. Admiral Seymour men.
tons the great collection Of modern guns and
ammunition At the arsenal where he took re-
fuge. 1t Is now known that the best troops
! In China were moving toward Pekln weeks
before the Boxer uprising. These include
the cavalry from Tartsry, who are 1eros
| fighters. a. Lord Elgin found to his cost. 1t
| Is more than month since the troops of Hur-
ran, which are the best fighters In the Empire.
were ordered to Pekin. Behind them are
tho Black Flags, whom the Frsaoh soldiers at
TonQuin no longer despise, Prince Ting
has also brought some men from the west
and thousands more are following. whole
army corps Is In motion IN Shang-TunR Prov
ince
1t Is fully established that imperial troops
are actively opposing the foreigners. There
fore. the problem Of the allied Powers is clearly
defined II is expected by some. especially
by the Berlin Foreign once. that the next move
will be impudent proposals Of a compromise
from Pekin with an implied threat OF repris-
als against the imprisoned Ministers and their
stats unless the compromise Is accepted Then
II Chinese expectations are realized the Powers 8
will fail to agree and will either fall out among
themselves or reach q deadlock. leaving the
Empress mistress Of the situation
II Is now admitted by every one that nothing
les. than complete. thoroughly equipped army
corps will b adequate II the problem must
be solved with force THIS involves either
six weeks Of delay or disproportionate contribu-
ions by tho Powers Ths latter proposition
Is already causing the friction which It was
feared could not be avoided Russia protests
against Japans excessive share. and some mild
disputes between the Admirals are reported
The Russian press continues to assert that
the Russians are doing all the fighting and its
tone toward England this week has been Bit
terly hostile. A few days ago the report came
TO TIE Sun correspondent from q source en-
titled TO respect to the snect that Russia has
been making hcrculean efforts for months past
TO rush tho completion OF her transconti-
mental railway. that work had been done on
the roadbed at many isolated points by an i'm
mense foroe whose operations had been kept
as secret as possible and that It was possible
to finish the temporary or military railway BY
September The news seemed Incredible. but
tho Timss 6t Petersburg correspondent to-
day sends the astonishing news that the line
connecting vladivostock and Port Arthur Is al
most finished. I
The total length Of rails laid on the Man.
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whereas to the northwest Of Hardin the work
NJ l,vinr rails bss bsen going On wIthop, inter.
runtion II 4. e.timated that Altogether about
nine hundred miles Of the Manchurian Rail-
way have been completed and when two gaps,
covering ssO miles have bean filed with a
ron,dlv r,sas rn,lIt,rv lima ~ necessary the
authorities Of Amur and I'ssuri will be .ble
% ..rd ,,oon. fror, Kboho,ovh. NJ v1.di.
vo.toL IN port Arthur ana )slov even he.
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for a lons time past In regard TO the Far East
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