The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-04-04
HAS CHINA YIELDED?
Report That Manchurian Treaty
Has Been Signed.

London, April 3.-The Morning Post
publishes the following dispatch from
Pao-ting-fu, dated March 81: "Chi-
nese officials here profess to have re-
ceived information from Ii Hung
Chang that the Manchurian conven-
tion has been signed"
Ratification Expected.
London, April 3.-"The Chinese ex-
pect after all that the Manchurian
convention will be ratified in the
course of the next five days" says the
Tientsin correspondent of the Stand
ard, wiring Monday. The southern
viceroys and governors are incensed
and threaten rebellion if the court
yields. The northern Chinese are
more ignorant and Indifferent. The
Tartar general at Feng-Tien, Manchu-
ria, has issued a proclamation assur-
ing the people that the Russian occu-
patton is only temporary. The Chinese
troops at Feng-Tien are wearing Rus
sian badges and the town is occupied
by strong Russian force"
NeBOtlBtlOns continue.
st. Petersburg, April 3.-The superb
or councillor of the Chinese lega-
ton, Chu-We-Jte, is continuing the ne
gotiations, as charge d'atfaires, re-
garding the Manchuriau agreement.
The illness of the Chinese minister,
Gang-Hu, is now admitted to be due
to apopleXy, which will incapacitate
him from work, probably for long
period. 1t is said that the loss of'half
his estate through the destruction of
a Chinese bank, combined with polite
al cares, is undermining his health.
Unofficial observers scarcely under
stand how doubt can possibly be en-
tertained abroad that China will ulti-
mately accept the Russian conditions
after it is apparent that no power is
willing to forcibly support China. For,
as it is urged, while Russia undoubt-
eddy prefers to carry through her
plans as made, her diplomatic position
would suffer as little as her military
position from China's refusal to &C
cept what Russia regards as moderate
conditions of withdrawal.
Again Takes a Back Seat.
New York, April "A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says: The
China question has again fallen into
the background since nearly all we'll
informed men agree that neither Eng
land nor Germany will interfere with
Russian designs in Manchuria and that
Japan can be placated by concessions
in Corea. The indemnity is now under
discussion between Germany and
England, with the probability that the
compromise agreed upon between
them will be received by the powers
after protracted delay.
Russians Reply.
Yokohama, April 3.-Leading Jap
anese newspapers assert that the Rus
sian government has replied to Japan's
protest against the Manchurian con-
vention to the effect that Russia does
not wish to enter upon a discussion
with third power relative to her me-
gotiations with China; that the pro-
posed agreement is purely temporary
and not intended to impair the sover-
eighty of China or to injure the inter
ests of other powers, that the contents
of the agreement Immediately upon it's
conclusion will be communicated to
the other powers, who will undoubted-
ly find them acceptable, and, finally,
that, if any of the provisions are not
acceptable to Japan, Russia is pre-
pared to discuss the matter in a friend
ly spirit.
Unsatisfactory to Japan.
London, April 3.-"Russia's reply to
Japan's protest against the Manchu-
rian convention" says the Yokohama
correspondent of the Daily Mail, "fs
regarded as unsatisfactory, and fur
Their vigorous representation will fol-
low. Prince Konoyo Atsumaro, presi-
dent of the house of peers, in the
course of an infammatory speech
openly discussed the probable results
of war between Japan and Russia
and said that Japan could count upon
the friendly neutrality of Great Brit
tain and Germany. He declared that
the United States would not interfere
and that France would only cause I'M
easiness by the employment of her An
namese forces and by a naval demon
stration off Formosa. This, he pre-
dicted, would be the limit of French
action, and therefore Japan's vastly
superior army would be enabled with
out great difficulty to drive Russia out
of Manchuria."