The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-10

passed over to the kaiser. Russia Is
coming down from the north like a
huge, Irresistible colossal, and is grad
ually taking hold of Manchuria and the
northern provinces Of China. Anbi-
tious spirits in Germany ask themselves
in the words of the kaiser: Are we
not to have our place in the sum-
There are not wanting those in Ger
many who are dissatisfied with the
trend of the national ambition. The So
cialist leaders, for example, men like
Bebel, Liebknecht and Singer main
tain that the acute stage of the Chinese
| question dates from 1897, when Germa-
ny as compensation for the murder of
two missionaries, seized on the station
Of Kiao- Chou. This was step which
opened the eyes of the Chinese, and en-
abled them to see the true aim and
purpose of the European powers Nor
is this view which is confined to the
German socialists In the neighboring
empire of Russia, it is largely held by
many of the leading statesmen and
publicists Prince Uktomski, for exam
pie. the editor of one of the leading st.
Petersburg newspapers, is man whose
opinion is worth hearing. He accompa-
MED the present cZar on his tour in the
east and has still the ear of his sover-
eign.
1t is Ukton1shs opinion that the seiz-
ure of Kiao- Chou as retaliation for the
murder Of the German missionaries was
only pretext to hide the desire for ter
ritorlal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT implanted
firmly in the kaiser's breast 1t was an
act he says, which caused the Chinese
government to despair of lasting peace.
The Chinese saw the integrity of the
empire threatened in a new way and
saw their government such as it S,
subjected to a most painful humiliation
What" excaims Uktomski, sis the
result? The blood of hundreds of Euro
peans already dye the land, and there
is more to follow. Because of this mis-
take, made in Germany, the lives of a
multitude of Russians must be placed
in EXTREMIST danger. The more foreign
troops are landed in China the graver
does the situation become. From a
comparativel limited area the insur-
rection will spread. and it will be no
wonder If enormous provinces are kim
died into flame, all the result of this
tactless, greedy policy I do not stop
to ask you to smile at this diatrbe from
Russian pen, for Russia perhaps is a
still greater sinner in this respect; 7
only wish to show that Germany's am
bilious action is being watched by
sharp eyes on her eastern frontier
1t is now proposed here to mobilize a
force of ten thousand men, volunteers
from the regular army, for service in
German colonies and for the war in
China. Loud voices are raised to show
that ten thousand is number quite in
adequate; 1t must be twenty thousand,
If not thirty thousand. The belief is ir-
radically fixed in millions Of German
heads that the partition of the~gigantic
empire in the far east is a question of
the very near future. I was speaking
to a learned orientalist the other day
on this subject This is his opinion:
THE powers" he said "can crush
this boxer rebellion or any other rebel
ton; but their work only begins then.
They can destroy the existing farce of
a government, but can they place an
other government in it's place? I do
not believe it. No one who knows Chi
ma can believe 1t. The partition is in
evitable, and when it comes we must
have our share; we must have our place
in the sun. German Correspondence
Of the New York Observer.