Daily inter mountain., 1900-11-24
JUST As ANXIOUS
ENGLAND WANTS OUT OF THE
CHINA MUDDLE.
HONG KONG JUNTA MAY STAY.
British Cannot Gust Them o. sfhand-
American Railroads in london
Start Mania.

IhS with thlha mas Keen echo IN
Great Brtain's cabinet. The gloomy
foreboding that the United States will
be compelled to withdraw from the con-
cert of the powers is only one. oF the
causes of this feeling. for the British
ministers are now inclined to believe the
present lines of negotiation cannot re-
suit satisfactorily. 5t
| 1.-The United States" said an official
of the foreign office to a represenrati tive
| of the Associated Press, cannot be any
more anxious than England to get oul
of the China muidle. The cabinet min
listers are reluctantly coming to believe
that the endaavors to compel China to
! punish individual Offenders are futile.
The powers forces now in China are
! utterly inadequate to over-run the coun-
| try and enforce their demands. England
| has no intention of augmenting her
troops to such an extent as will be neces-
sary if the Europeans themselves un-
dertake to intiict punishment. 1t looks
very much as if we all shall have to
| climb down. The only question is how
/ can it be done with the best dignity and
/ under circumstances giving the most
satisfactory results.
The policy Of indefinite defamation,
which the American Journals seem to
attribute to Germany is not in the
slightest shared by Great Britain. This
view Is not of majority OF the British
press, who. without taking pains to find
out the inner opinion of the cabinet gen
orally condemn what they are pleased
TO call the weak kneei policy of Amer
ica.''
The seizure Of the British steamer Ia
boga BY the Colombian government Off
Gals at Panama is not regarded sarl-
ously here. The British gunboat sPheas-
ant will Investigate the matter and In
due course Of time Colombia will be
asked for an explanation. But the affair
is not likely to produce any striking de-
velopments.
The request Of the United States am
bassador Joseph Fl. Choate forc the sup
preston of the Filipino iunta at Hong
Kong, has been put in the hands OF the
colonial office. I will probably take
some weeks to ascertain the facts, with
doubtful results! An official said:
Hong Kong. of course, is part of a
free country, and we cannot take too
arbitrary steps, even to please Americss.
Most of the International plots are
matched right here in London, but we
are quite poWerless to suppress them"
The persistent reports that Sir Alfred
Milner. the British high commissioners
in South Africa. will be nvalided home
permanently, are groundless. Iie3will be
afforded a holiday as soon as feasible.
He is the last man the government con-
templates withdrawing from South
Africa, and the state OF his health by no
means justities the rumors.
London's new lord mayor Franl,
Green, takes "a very radical and friendly
view of the American invasion of the
cltys finance, trade and transportation.
1t IS merely matter of utilitarian-
ISM ne SAID to representative of the
Associated Press. American capital is
bound to improve business here, and it is
welcomed warmly as is anything tanc-
ing to bring the two nations the most
good. even though it may appear to re-
suit only to the advantage soa one o,
them. Together, England and An,arica
are more powerful in every way than the
rest of the world 80 y
in America. patriotism naturally compes
me to say English financiers should have
the frst chance but, if Americans igive
better terms, why, let them have them by
all means, all things being eqnalE Z see
no reason why America should not be al
! lowed to subscribe to the loan which is
! likely to be asked for at the RESUMPTION
/ OF parliament and If by open competition
| she can secure the bulk, I aim sure no
hard feelings will exist in the city"
| Hot on the heels of Mr.. Charles r
1erkes' underground railroap scheme
come the announcements of so,nIapy pro-
jected roads that London may be said to
| have become the victim of tube mania
If all the companies are allowed to oper-
ate, half Of London would be undermin-
ed. Parliamentary sanction will be ap-
| piled for in the case of no IS than ten
electric tubes necessitating the deposit of
100000 pounds sterling as parliament ary
guarantee. 1t is likely that several of
| these will never materialize; but as Mr..
ID. II. Lauterbach, who is here in the in
| terest OF Mr.. Yerkes, points out, there is
no reason why London should suffer from
lack of transportation facilities, when
capital is going begging and the electri-
cal science of the world is at its beck
and call.
Mr. Albert Johnson of New York, is in
terested in an entirely different scheme
His interest lies In the direction of sub
urban surface traction, especially in
Manchester and Liverpool, and the large
cities of the north, wwhere he is acquir-
ing important concessions.
The announcement that Mr,o Francis
Howard, the son of Mrs T. P. o. Cannon
by a previous marriage, is representing
the leading artists in his visit ITO the
United States, in order to induce the
United States government to establish a
national art gallery, appears to be: pre-.
mature. -,
The Daily Chronicle says: IL &
He has, it is true, asked Messrs~ Sar
gent and Whistler whether a ,nationa
gallery had received their approval ant
both made an affirmative reDly. Blu
there is no question of an agepoy am
hardly one of an advocacy of nationa
galleries, in the sense of integnathona
galleries, which the leading cities o
America already have and a purely pa
triotic collection of which ii Renjamii
Vests would be fanked by Whistler
would not be particularly exhilrat ting"