Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-28
ENGLAND PROTESTS
Against Any Convention ~
China With fny foWer
Until the Present Troubles Have Been
Satisfactorily Adjusted.
United States. Japan. England and Germany
Now Arrayed Against It.

Washington, March 27.-The British
government has protested against
China's making convention with any
power touching territorial or financial
affairs until the present troubles in
| that country are concluded.
! The fact of the British protest was
made known here for the first time, to-
day, by a dispatch from one of the for
eign offices OF Europe. 1t says that the
protest was made through Sir Ernest
Satow, the British minister at Pckin.
1t does not state when the representa-
tons were made, but from the fast
that the dispatch was received in
Washington, today, it is taken that the
protest occurred within the last day or
two.
Although the Russian agreement is
not specifically referred to, it is said
to be clear that the British action is
directed against the Russian agree
mont. The language appears to be SINH
lar to that used by Sec. Hay in the
American protest.
The effect of the British action is to
place the United States, Japan and
Great Britain in formal opposition to
the signing of d convention by China
with any power pending the settlement
of the Chinese troubles.
The course of Great Britain is the
more significant from the fact that that
government and Germany have a writ
ten alliance relating to Chinese affairs.
The. concurrence of these protests
probably explain why the Manchurian
agreement has not been signed. There
definite jnfnrm1 received
here. today. at the state department or
at any of the foreign embassies as 10
whether the agreement had been signed
or rejected.
There was something of a stir in dip
lomatic quarters over the report, com
ing from official sources, that the Unit
ed States was considering the advisa-
bility of addressing Russia directly on
the subject Heretofore the American
objections to the Manchurian agree
ment have been addressed to China.
Copies were furnished the Russian au-
thorities. though the protests in form
has been made to China and not to
Russia.
Several Of the foreign representatives
step was contemplated by the United
solc.lcH, btil lHtIt - flo lilIol
ton available as to how far the con-
sidcration of the move has proceeded.
London. March 2S.-The Shanghai
correspondent of the Standard. wiring.
yesterday, says: Officials here assert
| that Count Lamsdorff Russian foreign
minister. has accepted the plea of the
Chinese minister at St. Petersburg that
| al ;,1 ct,
Of the Manchurian convention and that
| he has granted a brief delay
China is reported to be raising So
GOO troops and to be preparing to de-
| fend the Yang Use forts. fearing Rus
| sian reprisas
Eight anti-Christian rioters nave
hcen bcheaded al Chang 81 in the prov
inoc of Nu Nan"
| Or. Morrison. wiring to the Times
from Pckin. yesterday. says: Reports
! that the Chinese court has definitely
rejected the Manchurian convention
are acquiring great consistency and
the extreme reticencc Of Ii Hung
| Changs yamen points in the same di-
| rcctiOn.
| The Yang Use valley is again. as
last summer proving the center Of the
stability Of China The action OF the
| Wa Chang and Nankin viceroys il car
| ryinS the whole of the central and
| southern province with it. The move
ment against Russia and in favor of
| an appeal to the concert powers is
gaining such strength and breadth that
whatever disposition may exist at Sian
Flu the Chinese court may consider
estranging Russia lesser evil than
| jeopardizing the authority of the
throne and perhaps even the existence
: of the dynasty"
The indemnity negotiations are him
| dered." says the Pekin correspondent
F, Of the Morning Post, because Ger
many insists on forcing a loan unon
| China to meet the foreign demands.
Sir Robert Harris scheme of internal
| taxation would occupy 80 years.
"A conflict is believed to be inmi.
| rent between the French and Chinese
troops at Hwai Lu. Ii Hung Chang has
ordered the Chinese general to with
draw from the province of Chi Lii, and
the general replied that he would with
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