Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-21
! TIE CRISIS IS PASSED
Great Britain and Russia Agree
to Withdraw Troops From
Disputed Ground.
Question Of Title and Proprietary
Rights Reserved for Future
Examination.
Statement From Russian Capital
Says the Matter Had Been
Exasserated.


8 commons today Foreign Secretary Lord
Lansdowne announced that Russia and
Great Britain had agreed to withdraw
troops from the disputed territory at
Tien Tsin and reserve the question of
title ard proprietary rights for subse-
quent examination.
Lansdowne supplemented his an
nouncement by explaining that the dis
pute concerned an extensive area on
the left bank of the Pei Ho river. which
the Russians occupied in the autumn
and claimed by right of conquest. Sub
sequently the government was informed
that China and Russia had reached an
agreement placing the area under Rus
sian occupation The area, however,
comprised plots belonging ia the north
ern Chinese railroad and was therefore
part of the security of British bond
holders.
The line was part of the railroad re-
Gently transferred by the Russians to
Field Marshal Won Waldersee, who
transferred 1t to the British. The ne
cessities of the allies required the con-
referred to and the presence of the Brit
ish workers on the plot was treated as
trespass on Russian territory. IL was
subsequently alleged that the Russian
boundary marks had been removed by
the British. In thise circumstances the
government on March telegraphed to
its representative in China that it
thought the rights of the British or
points could be best settled by Field
Marshall Won Waldersee. as command
er-in-chief, and General Gazeleo Brit
ish commander, was instructed to re-
quest the field marshal to settle the
immediate differences. reserving for fu-
ture examination the question of the
validity of the alleged private rights.
Gazeleo was instructed to refrain from
using force, except to repel aggression.
On March 20 the alleged removal of
the Russian boundary pillar occurred
and the government instructed the
British minister at Pekin that Great
Britain was ready to refer the facts to
Waldersee on an understanding that if
either side was found to have com
mitted an irregularity it should apollo
gize to the other.
The government added that the con-
struction of the siding should continue
under whatever conditions the field
marshal thought fit to impose. Lans-
downe was glad to say he had heard
this morning from the British anlbassa-
dor at st. Petersburg that the Russian
foreign minister proposed they should
agree to reserve all questions of title
and proprietry rights for examination
TO the two governments and that in the
meanwhile orders be forthwith sent for
the withdrawal of troops on both sides
from the disputed plots. Great Britain
had entirely concurred and thought the
withdrawal should be carried out to
Waldersee's satisfaction.
London, March 21.-The more staid
earlier Chinese exaggerations decline to
credit the sensational stories from Tien
Tsin and Shanghai They believe the
Tien Tsin difficulty will be readily
solved by diplomacy. In regard to the
suggestion in the Shanghai dispatch
that the Russian squadron has designs
en- Corea, the papers think 1t highly i'm
probable that Russia has any present
intention to risk naval war with ia
Fan. which they consider would un-
questionably follow any forward move
ment OF Russia in the hermit kingdom
japanese Minister Aadasu. In an inter-
view today, does not attach any impor-
tance to the dispatches from Shanghai
and Kobe. He says If Russia had any
designs on Corea she would require an
army. not a fleet. The minister had no
Information regarding the reported mo-
Utilization of the japanese fleet.