Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-12
FOR A PARTITION OF CHINA
REPORT THAT RUSSIA AND ENGLAND
ARE AGREED.
Former to Get Manchuria and Great
Britain to Get Yangtse
Valley.

icle makes the following important state
ment:
From trustworthy source we learn
that Lord Salisbury has agreed to cede to
Russia the railway from Niu Chwang to
Shan-Hai-Kwan. 1t is not known what
compensation will be received for the con-
cession."
Leading financiers versed In Chinese at
fairs who were interviewed yesterday by
a representative of the Daily Mail appeared
to think that If the news were correct, 1t
indicated that Lord Salisbury recognized
the impossibility of preventing the parti-
ton of China and that Russia would get
the north and Great Britain the Yangtse
valley
The original prospectus of the railway
company stipulated that the bondhoders,
mainly British, could be bought out al any
time at the rate of tl20 per 100 bond.
The Daily Chronicle. in an editorial on
the subject. taunts Lord Salisbury with
having made another graceful concession
because Great Britains entanglements de-
prive her of the strength to back up her
diplomacy.
''Prince Uchtomsky's mission to Pekin,''
says the ST. Petersburg correspondent of
the Daily Mail, was to secure conven-
ton, 1 understand. on the following basis:
In return for renouncing her claim for
war indemnity Russia demands an indeti-
mite instead of a ninety year lease, of the
Liao-Tung peninsula and Of Port Arthur.
In OCner WOrQS, Sne demands anneXdtlOU,
as well as the complete possession OF the
Manchurian Railway. which under the ex-
listing agreement reverts to China after
ninety years"
Russia and America in Accord.
In dispatch from ST. Petersburg last
night the correspondent Of the Associated
Press quotes the Russian minister Of
finance. NJ. de White. as saying regarding
the situation In China:
I'm this question. Russia and America are
altogether of one mind. Indeed through
out the Chinese trouble America and Rus
STA have been like that"
NJ de Witte continued:
I'VE are faithful friends Of the United
States and they are our faithful friends.
The correspondent observed that even the
Russian journals declared that the effects
of the Chinese disturbances were more
serious upon industry and commerce than
the entire Russo-Turkish war, an opinion
which, he was informed bankers also
share
M. de White said: "Our position is quite
normal, compared with other countries.
Our maladies are not from ourselves, but
from without, and prevail in all the Eu-
ropean markets. They come from the war
in the Transvaal When once this malady
Is passed our affairs will be all right again.
The principal evil Is the lack of capital,
which is due to many causes, equally eff
fective also in Berlin, Paris, Vienna and
London. While many causes are operative,
as stated, the greatest is the Transvaal.
This is true because, first, England has had
enormous expenses, which absorb capital
otherwise available for the worlds COM
merce and industry; secondly, the Trans
vaal gold is not coming to Europe
Correspondent-"You believe English ex-
penses in the Transvaal have been greater
than those Of all the powers in Gilman
NJ. de Witte-"Much greater. Our expenses
have been extravagantly overestimated.'
Correspondent-"Can you foresee a speedy
improvement in the situation?"
NJ. de Witte-'When the Transvall and
Chinese questions are settled. Those af-
| fairs ended, there will be amelioration''
The correspondents inquiry as to whether
the minister believed the American pro-
posal was calculated to hasten settlement,
was answered rmatively, and elected the
words quoted at the beginning of this dis
patch.
That the United States proposal is elicit
ing unusual attention throughout Europe is
known by the kilograms from the capitals
of all the great powers, inquiring about
Russia's attitude, received at St. Peters
burg, and that the United States ambassa-
dor, Mr.. Charlemagne Tower is in COM
munication with the Russian foreign office
/ although no statement is made at the en-
bassy regarding Russia's disposition.
The Russian minister of foreign affairs,
Count LamSdOrff, has started from Yalta
for ST. Petersburg, and no action is proba-
BILE before his arrival here.
The correspondent is informed that off,
, cial circles are favorably disposed toward
the United States idea, because the powers
are at loggerheads regarding compensa ton,
and treaty of amity and commerce with a
country with which they are actually at
war is uncomfortable. 1t is said Russia has
actually instructed her ministers to try to
close up the peace negotiations, regardless
of compensation and commercial treaty
The SWEET (the organ Of the military
party regards the recent article of the
Paris Temps as more suitable for the Lon
don Standard than for a semi official
French organ, and says Russia would be
justified in annexing Manchuria adding:
The more energetic the action the bet
ter