The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-13
ALL WANT CHINESE PORTS
Nations Rush 10 Secure Naval Sta
tiOns in the Orient.
The Trade of the CeIestinIs n Seduc-
tive Influence Upon European
COuntrics-FOur Strategic Points
Transferred to Foreign Powers

In the monthly summary for June,
which has just been issued by the Treas
ury Bureau Of Statistics q. =. Austin.
Chief of the Bureau. presents highly in
terestiug and exhaustive history of Com
merciaI China in 1890" Speaking of ports
leased TO foreign nations I'm China Mr..
Austin says:
Among The recent events that have at
tracted especial attention To China is the
lease 20 foreign nations of important
strategic 1r commercial ports on the coast
OF the empire. While the Portuguese have
controlled the Island of Macao. near Can
ton. since 1886. and the English became
owners Of the island of HongkonE, in
the same vicinity. by the treaty of 1S43. no
other nation had possessions on or near
the coast Of China until within COM
paratively recent date one result Of The
war between China and Japan was that
Japan obtained the island OF F0rmosa
lying ninety miles of the coast Of central
China BY this treaty Japan was also TO
have certain territory on the Peninsula
Of LiaotuEE. which commands from the
north the entrance 10 the Gulf OF PechiIi
the gateway to the capital Of China: but
on the urgent protest Of Russia. France
and Germany this was abandoned. and
the mainland OF China up to that time
thus remained intact.
"On November T. 1897. however. the Ger
man Government seized the port Of Kiao-
chau. on the northeastern coast of China.
asserting as the cause of its action the
desire Co obtain satisfaction for the muir
der of German missionaries by Chinese
on November I If that year This port
was held 10y German warship until the
announcement of a treaty with China by
which the port of Eiaochau and adjacent
territory were leased TO Germany for
term OF ninety nine years the German
Government being given the right to land
troops, construct fortificatiouS. and estab-
lish a COali1E and naval station. while
German subjects were To- have the right
TO construct railways. open mines and
transact business in the rich mineral and
agricultural province Of .Shautuug. in
which EiaoChau is located. Chinese yes
sells. however. % have the same privileges
IN the port of H5aochau that the German
Government might decide 10 give 10 other
nations.
zone month later. on December %. 1897.
the Russian Government obtained per
mission for lis naval squadron TO winter
at Port Arthur. on the Liaotung PENN
sula. which fl had. with Germany and
France. in 1895, required Japan to aban-
don on March -. 1898, an agreement
was signed by the Chinese Government
by which Port Arthur and the adjacent
port Of Talienwan were leased for term
Of twenty-five years 10 the Russian Gov
eminent, the lease to be subsequently ex-
tended by mutual agreement. This lease
included SO square miles of territory and
all harbOrs between Port Arthur and
Talienwsn. the harbor Of Port Arthur
and d part OF Talienwan TO be for The
sole use of Russian and Chinese men-of-
war. Russia TO have the privilege Of ex-
tending its trans-Siberiau railroad line
through Manchuria to Port Arthur and
Talienwan and TO protect the same. dur
ing and after its construction, by Rus
sian troops
This action by which the northern
side Of the entrance 10 the Gulf OF Pc
chilli, leading 20 the capital Of China, was
placed under control Of Russia. being IN
satisfactory 10 the English Government
a lease Of the harbor of Wei-Hai-Wei.
on the opposite OF southern side of the
entrance to the Gulf Of Pechili. was made
TO Great Britain on April Of the same
year. 1s9S. the lease TO be on the same
terms as that by which Port Arthur was
s,.anJed 10 Russia and 10 continue as
long as Russia should occupy the PENN
sula Of Lia0tung We:-Hai-Wei was oc-
cUpied by Great Britain May p. 1895. per
islands Of the Bay Of LiaotUng and a
strip Of land ten miles broad along its
entire length. with the privilege Of erect
ing Qualifications and occupying the ad-
jacent coast for military and naval pUT-
poses. the walled city Of Wei-Hai-Wei
lying within these limits, however to re-
main under control Of the Chinese Gov
eminent. On June .. 1898, lease was
also made by England of an area OF about
20 square miles on the mainland OppO-
site its island of Hongkong. and sur
rounding the Chinese city of KOwlOOu.
which city. however. was TO remain Un-
der Chinese jurisdiction. the lease to con-
tinue FOR a term of ninety-nine years.
The concessions of territory to Ger
many Russia. and England led To a de-
mand for similar privileges by the French
Government, and on April Is. 1898. the
Chinese Government leased to France the
harbor Of Ewangchauwan, in the Lem
chau peninsula on the southern coast.
near To the French possession OF TOukin-
This lease was also accompanied by the
privilege Of connecting the French terri
tory Of T0ukiu with the Chinese prov
ince Of YUuuau and the city Of Yunuanfu.
the harb0r OF EwaEEchauwan 90 be used
as a naval station. The lease vas for
ninety-nine years and similar IN terms
20 that made with the German Govern
ment FOR kiaochau. carrying with IL ex-
elusive mining privileges in the area %
, traverssd by the proposed railroads.
IN view OF this agreement. Great Britain
therefore assumes that she now has the
right 90 extend her Burmese railroads
into the porviuCe u Nuunan. IN Southwest
China, through an agreement made with
China January =, 1895. by which all privi-
Ieges 70 France 1r Great Britain in the
provinces OF NuunaH and Szechuan should
be given 20 both countries.
'-Thcse concessions 10 Germany. Russia
Great Britain, and France, which follow
ed each ctaeI so rapidly In 1897 and 1855
were followed iu March. 1890. by "A de-
mand by JUa f-ai.su Govern -nrnt for sim
liar priNi-g-.= st the p0r; OF san Mum,
and ia Eprf-..-+, somewhat similar de-
mands are q. ported 20 have been made by
coast opUo-it. her island Of Form1sa,
both OF which demands are now pending
adjustment.
In an OF tho above cases the countries
obtaining -=i9u Of these ports have
announced lEaL al least portion Of each
port VIII DE freely open 10 the commerce
Of all u1fl-Is tIsrt Arthur exc,utedJ. and
the German Government has already
arranged fHr the location OF Chinese Gus
tOmhOusts al the docks which % is build
Ing al hldDrEau. iG order 20 permit goods
passing o. Hg from the interior Of China
10 be- c1lElIel and pay duty IT that
point. and "a re-sEaminatl1u az the limits
of the German territory thus 0byiated
An official report 70 the German Reich
stag d. l,s,- announce that no duties viii
- levied iu The port OF kiaDcllu upon
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