Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-21
TROOPS OF BOTH
WILL WITHDRAW.
Probable Outcome Of The Dispute Al
Tien TSin.
TOO MUCH MADE OF THE INCIDENT.
That the Prevailing Opinion in LONDON
NOw-Con6dence That The Matter
Will Be Settled By
Diplomacy.

Diplomacy
Tien Tsin, March lS.-The Anglo'R Rus
sian dispute is unchanged. The French
troops. are quieter. Oyer forty arrests
have been made.
London, March 1S.-On the highest
official authority the Associated Press II
authorized to announce that the dif1culty
at Tien Tsin between the Russians sno
British over the construction of railroad
siding in territory claimed by both, will
probably be solved by the withdrawal OF
both the British and Russian troops from
the ground in dispute.
There is disposition here to think TOO
much has been made Of the Anglo Russian
incident at Tien Tsin, and more hopeful
view of the of the affair is taken today
This is aided by the statement contained
in DR.. Morrisons dispatch from Pekln
Yesterday to the London Times, which Is
taken to mean that the combined efforts
of the interested powers are having the
effect of causing st. Petersburg to check
any tendency to undue aggresslveness Oh
the part of the Russian representatives ID
China.
WILL BE SETTLED BY DIPLOMACY.
The comments of the afternoon news
papers here repeat the views OF the ma
ioritv of the morning newspapers, namely,
that diplomacy will be able to smOothe
the friction.
The officials of the British Foreign Othce
have not yet received official confirmation
of Russia's alleged backdown in regard to
Manchuria, Turkestan and Mongolia, ana
INQUIRIES on the subject are now being
made at St. Petersburg and Pekln. Ihe
British Foreign Office is not relaxing It's
efforts to secure more satisfactory state
meut of the intentions of Russia, but the
officials deprecate the British press aglta-
ton on the subject. On all sides II Is
officially and otherwise said that Great
Britain bas not the slightest contemplation
of resortlng to hostilities against Russia
whatever may be the outcome OF the pres
ent negotiations.
Replying to Sir Ellis Ashmead' Bartlett
Conservative, Mr.. BalfOur, the govern
ment leader. said in the House of Com
mons today the government did not pos
sess any information indicating any de-
cline in British influence in the 4ang'tse
nroyinces. As to the Russian claim TOR
the waters of Bloende and Elliott islands,
the British government had certainly not
accented this claim. The government had
received no communication on the subject
from Russia. The Russian admiral had
demonstrated against the presence in the
waters of Elliott island, Of b. M. ). PloV'
er. which was pursuing pirates. But Brit
ish ships had perfect right, under the
treaty of Tien Tsin, to 90 there.
Questions regarding the dispute at lien
Tsin were parried by the Under Secretary
of Foreign Affairs, Lord Cranborne, IN re-
fuslng to answer them without notice.
William Redmond raised Nationalist
cheers by asking why Great Britain had
boisted the white flag and backed down
after threatening to use force OF arms.
HosTILTTIEs OUT OF THE QUESTION.
,,y,. L l..;l;.;oo sro nnt of fhp oupstiOn.
however. it is rot unlikely that diplomatic
relations between Great Britain and Rus'
sia will become strained almost to the
breaking point. Possibly British warships
NAV be dispatched to bring pressure to
bear upon Russia, but war will not result
unless some fracus, quite unauthorized by
London and St. Petersburg, occurs be-
tween the opposing forces at lien Isln
This assertion is based upon exhaustive
INQUIRIES made by the Associated Press IL
London. A prominent British official
often the mouthpiece Of the government
whose position makes it undesirable thai
he should be named in this connection
said this evening
at is useless for our newspapers to us'
provocative language. They forget tina
we have great army in South Africa, ant
that we have no other army, nor the max
ing of one, elsewhere 1t is impossible t'
90 TO war with Russia"
Won wALDERSEE INTERFERS.
London, March 19.-The Times THU
morning makes the following announce
ment: