Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-18
THE EASTERN CRISIS.
Views of the British Press on the Sit
uatton in China Considerable
Anxiety Manifested.


uatfon in China Considerable
Anxiety Manifested
London, March ,S-The evaporation
land apprehension of the European gov
l3erHments over the Chinese situation ia
considerably intensified. especially in
England, where the newspapers gener-
ALLY today do not attempt to disguise
their anxiety, and make demands that
the government shall uphold British In
terests az It has done heretofore.
Speculation rather than knowledge 10
1.-THE basis Of this distress. But one or
two points have come out during the
last week which give China once more
the most prominent position in public
Interest. In the first place, one cabinet
meeting this week wassentirely devoted
! 70 china, ard the attitude of Japan,
rather than that of Russia. is the inIne-
clate cause Of the diplomatic activity
1 There is 10 doubt that Japan has been
freely expressing her resentment at the
ggress'lve policy of Russia and press
Ing for the appointment of some re-
straint.
] lhss News interview With a Janaeses
isdiplemattst early insthe Week we'll de-
s'cril3es public opinion in Japan If this
conpelss Marquis Ito 10 take serious ac-
I ton II would not likely result in a dec
| laration OF war, but a demand that the:
\ Corean army should be Entrusted TO
! Japa nese officers. In other words. that
Japan would assume protectorate
I over Corea, leaving Russia to a choice
of asserting TO this or going to war.
Two other points that are most dis
keussed here are Chancellor Won Bulow'ss
carefuily worded speech in the reichstags
at Berlin and the quarrel between the
Russians and British over the railway
siding at Tien Tsin. The latter Ia IA local
misunderstanding between the British
and Russian authorities on the spot but
the English papers. with their sradi-
ticnal distrust of everything Russian,
gay it Is another example In a smaller
scale of Russia's policy in Manchuria-
/ naElely her claim to coerce China prl-
vately for her individual benefit while
4 the Chinese peace ENJOYS are dealing
! direct with the concert of the powers.
\ the members of which are pldged to abb
stain from individual negotiations
The English people are already rails
y
nlent has climbed down at Ten TsIn
'Earguing that this is proved by the fact
| that the Russians now hold the siding.
3lthothe British maintained defiant po-
] sition up to Saturday, when dispatch
4 described both as awaiting instructions
4 from their governments.
I Count Won Bulow's categorical state
i nent that Manchuria was expressly left
4 outside the scope OF the Anglo Germa n
agreement, together with his further
4 declaration that he could imagine moth
ling which Germany would regard with
l'more Indifference than Manchuria. is
interpreted by some people as declar-
alton that Germany will not interfere In
i that question
But his statement OF regret that If
iosnina made an agreement. no matter
\ with whom, which would be prejudicial
! OFT her financial status while she was in
3 the position OF debtor arranging with
4 creditors, leads others to infer, in the
! words Of the Standard: There is no re-
manning doubt that Germany will be
found on the side OF governments that
q are opposed to the conclusion of any
separate arrangement whereby the con-
+ trol of any portion OF China would fall
4 into the hands of the cars officers
The Spectator. while strongly depre-
: eating the bellicose tenor of the dis
patches from special correspondents
and the violent attacks on Russian du-
plicity says:
Russia will have Manchuria We all
know that, and as we know it. what is
the use OF publicly taxing Count Lams-
dorff the Russian minister of foreign
affairs, with indifference to the truth?
We do not know that he liz consciously
deceiving us any more than we Were
consciously deceiving Europe when we
said we should evacuate Egypt.
His being trickster will not stop
our goods from being sold in Manchu-
ria, when once 1t is the policy of Russia
that they should be sold. and We can
compel Russia to consider that such a
sale would be to her interest.
What we can not do is to drive Rug
STA by force out Of Manchuria, and that
is what we are asked to do by almost
all the correspondents. nominally in the
: interests of trade. but really out OF
vague jealousy lest there should be
places in the world where Great Britain
is not first on the spot.
1--WE might be able, for what we
know, to conquer the world, II we gave
ourselves to 1t for century. and Amer
lea did not object; but TO conquer the
world and grow rich by commerce al
: one and the same, time Is beyond the
reach Of human power"
Il A mighty revival of that youthful,
Il joyous feeling peryades your whole sys.
tenn II You take Rocky Mountain Tea
this month. Thirty-hve centa Mcbride
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