The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1901-01-17
TIE LOST orroRrrNIrY.


The foreigners in Shanghai and other
parts of China are blaming the last British
Minister, Sir Claude Macdonald. for com
hitting serious mistake AT the coup
Il ciat when the young Emperor sought
To rcnoyatc China. After the iiZZlc the
latter sent Il eunUch to II prominent mis-
Sionary. begging the latter To ask the Brit
lsh Minister To offer protection. in case The.
Emperor should find it necessary to SEX
II az his Legation. The remark of the
Minister To the proposal was that the mis-
sionary had better not mcddlc with prli-
ties. which remark prevented the coming To
pass of what might have saved Chinl
For, with protection. the Emperor coiIid
have gone ahead and brought to Success
ful finish his ideas of reform. Then. per
haps, the siege Of Picking. the loss Of -
much property and so many lives in the
North of China, would never have taken
place. In Il way, the British Minister
made history by his inaptitudc
THE OCCUPATION or MANCu-ETA.
While the other Powers were spending
their time trying to find ont whether they
ought To recognize the Peace Commission
ers OF China, Russia put into practice the
old piece of advice, This is the time for
action. not for Words and went ahead
taking Manchuria piece by piece. 1t il he
hcNed that there is Il private agreement be
tween Germany and Russia whereby the
former viii take to herself Shantung and
Chilli and the latter Manchuria The Chi
ncsc made an Hnprovoked attack on Bla-
govestSchcIik, and the Russians are going
to punish this piece of inSolent abSurity 10y
taking the right bank Of the .Amoor River
The Russian troops massacred innocent
men. women. and even children This. it
appears. is the method with which they
began the cOlOniZing Of a new country.
They want to get rid of the original in
habitants of the country, and the quickest
way is to kill them.
TRADE INTELLIGENCE.
The commercial outlook is far from
hopeful. The horizon is darkly overshad-
owed by the uncertainty of tine settle
ments. Although news has been received
of the negotiations for peace. still mcr-
chants are too wary TO risk their capital
tai.
The large quantity of goods on hand lust
before the opening of the troubles prevents
the ordering of new goods. now that the
condition of things is settling down. Ming
pc, Chefoo and the ports of the Yangtse
are calling for goods, though in small
Trade with the North. as
Tientsin and Newchwang, is at present
little or nothing. The latter port is in the
hands of the Russians, and this fact in
ana checks the enterprise of ma
tive dealers. The regular line Of steamers
has stopped going to that port. us there Is
not enough freight to pay the expense Of
chartering Il steamer. The spread of rob
berry i'll the North prevents the down
coming of products from that part OF the
country. Consequently, there is dearth
of beans, skins, silks, etc, and this state
of affairs will continue till internal, as
well as external, peace is restored.
y miscellaneous lot of goods was sent to
but the native merchants
Were not interested in them, it being the
operation Of foreign merchants. There has
been some doing of business for the hermit
kingdom of Korea. The prices received
were far from encouraging to future oper-
atoms. BY the way, because the pictures I!
Of his ancestors We're burned during Il fire. !
which destroyed the ancestral temple of
the Korean King, the latter was so dis |
turbed. mentally, that he Wore mourning |
for three days. River markets are doing |
fairly well, but the enormous trade with |
the Province of SZechuan. by way of the !
Yangtsc, has suffered quite Il reverse. no !
fresh orders having arrived for some time ,
At the last moment hear that an effort /
IS being made to exploit the aforementioned {
market by the leading houses of import of !
American goods, and a prominent native +
has gone up there personally to |
superintend the sale of some 200 bales /!
domestic. OF course, the consignment had E,