Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-19
DOUCL LAS'SOPINION
Only Way, He Says to Head off
 Russia.
THREE POWERS TO COMBINE.

Over Attitude of England ana huS-
 sis Does Not Abate at Tien Tsin-
 Troops Remain on Either Side-Rus-
 sians Have Orders to Fire if Work
 Is Commenced.
 London. March 19.-Some Of the afternoon newspapers say the lien Tsin difficulty has been arranged.
 The misunderstanding was due to the Chinese granting the same conces sion to two nations. The arrangement enables Great Britain to proceed "ltn the construction of the railroad siulhs- but if RuSsia's concession proves 10 he earlier than that of Great Britain the latter is 10 acknowledge the claims of Russia.
 The foreign office. however. has no Information tending 1O confirm the an nouncenentS of an arrangement nav ing been made and the officials are rather inclined to doubt that such an arrangement has been arrived at They say the original concession was given mp by Russia.
 The afternoon newspapers welcome the latest news concerning the awk- ward situation of affairs at Tien ISln as indicating the probability of tile races of both Russia and Great Brit ain being saved by the intervention Of a non-interested power
 Professor Douglas. of the British museum. expresses the opinion that there is only one way to stop Russian aggression in China. and that is for the three most interested states, America. England and Japan, to com bine ill firm resistance
 Paris March 19 Il 30 D. m.l-At a cabinet council to-day the minister or foreign affairs. M. Delcasse. related the progress of the peace negotiations at PeEin He said the latest dispatch es made no mention Of the incidents occurring at Tien TSin.
 Paris. March 19-A dispatch to the Havas agency from Pekin says that NJ Pichon. French minister to China. will leave Pekin the beginning of April.
 M Pichon will be succeeded in China by NJ. Beau. who, according to dis patch to the Associated Press from Paris March 8, will start for Pekin. l . April :.
 Tien Tsin. March 19 (afternoon.)- The excitement and anxiety here as to the possible developments of the Anglo Russian siding dispute do not abate. X company of British troops and q company of Russian soldiers re main encamped on either side of the trench. looking at each other. The Russians have orders to fire on any one commencing work.
 General Wogack says the trouble was caused by the unwarrantable in- reference of the British in the affairs of the Russian concession. and he adds that the siding will not be con 1inued unless he receives orders from his own superiors.
 Field Marshal Non Waldersee is eX- pected here to-day. Both sides will appeal 10 him but they both consider the matter to be beyond his authority and will await orders from Europe.
 Paris. March 19.-''Russia will not rccede from the position she has taken in the matter of the railroad siding at Tien Tsin. of that you can be assured.'' This statement was made to q. repre- sentative of the Associated Press by q high official Of the foreign office. Con tinuing. this official said:
 Russia will not advance and will act slowly; but having taken up the position she now occupies she will only be removed fherefrom by force. Eng land has been unsuccessful in her effort to secure the aid of other powers ill the attack on Russia's position re- garding Manchuria. She, therefore. is not likely to begin hostilities unsup- ported ill the present instance. It is hardly possible that England will go war over a railroad siding with the s>Tcansvaal question still pending. 1 ex- /pect to see England yield.
 AS to the statement that French soldiers attacked an English officer, we do not believe it to be true, for though the alleged attack occurred yes terday we have not yet had any ad- vices on the subject.''
 London March 19-The officials of the foreign office have not yet received official confirmation of Russia's alleged backdown i'll regard to Manchuria. as intimated in the dispatch from Pekin yesterday, and inquiries on the sub- ject are now being made in St Peters burg and Pekin. The British foreign office is not relaxing its efforts to ob- tain q more satisfactory statement of the intentions of Russia. but the off, cials deprecate the British press agita- tfon on the subject.
 On all sides 1t Is officially and other wise said that Great Britain has not the slightest contemplation of resort ing to hostilities against Russia. what eversmay be the outcome of the pres ent negotiations.
 While hOstilities are out of the ques- ton, however, it is not unlikely that diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Russia will become strained almost to the breaking point.
 Possibly British warships may be dispatched to bring pressure to bear upon Russia, but war will not result unless some frncas, quite unauthorized by London and St Petersburg, occurs 1efween the opposing forces in Tien eTadn. v nls1eA wade in London. A proml- onkcial, often the mouth \