Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-04-04
BEAR IS GROWING
Possible interruption Of Diploma.
tic Relations Between Rus.
STA and China.
SAYS TREATY MUST BE SIGNED
Notice Is Little Short of an UItimatum
China Must sign or Take
Consequences.

London. April pr. Morrison,
writing to The Times from Picking.
March y. says China will not sign
Manchurian treaty.
Washington. April Authorization
has reached here TO the effect that the
Russian government, being seriously
perturbed by the course of China in
not signing the Manchurlan agree
ment, largely because of the protest
made by the several powers. las con
yeyed u distinct and unmistakable in
dication to China that If this course is
persisted in, there may be an inter
ruption Of diplomatic relations be-
tween Russia and China, and "a ter
mination of the present intercourse be-
tween them This is a little shor, OF
an ultimatum that China must sign
or take the consequences Of a terni-
nation of her friendly relations WITH
Russia.
chinese Authorities Divided.
To what extent the United states
VIII take cognizauce Of RuSSia's Il
position 10 enforce the signing Of tae
agreement has not yet been made 4p.
parent Ii appears to be the policy
Of the Chinese authorities To CONSIDER
this Is subject which concerns fle
powers quite rs much as it does China.
Tie matter has become further coMp.-
Gated by reports reaching WashiuGt9a
that the Chinese authorities tAem-
selves are divided on the course to
be pursued some of the most intiusa-
tial. including ii Hung Chang ur-la-
that acquieScence be given to the Rus
sian proposals while others insist aa
rejecting the agreement. Tie time
within which it was 70 be signed eN-
pired last Tuesday, but on that Gay
Yang YIN the Chinese minister at ST.
Petersburg fiji In the legation and
hurt his head SO that he was unable
10 transact business. This misfortWue
has caused much amusement here. and
some irritation in certain quarters, aS
1t has been recognized as a most
timely means of avoiding a direct
issue on the subject Ii is not clear 10
what extent the Russian intimaton
has gone, but in any event it gives an
urgency To China's course which has
not been presented thus far.
Imperial Ediot Coming.
New York. April "A dispatch to
The Tribune from London says: Dis
patches from Shanghai report that an
imperial edict viii be issued announc-
ing the decision of the Chinese court
to refuse ratification of the Man
churian agreement.
London. April 1.-The correspond
ent Of The Globe Al Shanghai In i
dispatch dated Saturday. March 80,
says that he understands that the
Yang Use vicer0ys and Yuan Shi kai
(the military governor Of shan TungD
are prepared to dispatch 100000 troops
TO sian En- to rescue the emperor
from the hands Of the reactionSts and
escort him to pekin if a little pressure
aud promise of moral support is forth
coming from the powers interested in
the open door The correspondent
adds that the suggested expedition
would prove popular in central and
southern China. would result in the
destruction Of the anti-foreign ele-
ments and would lead 10 the establish
ment OF Il progressive government at
Pekin.
Russian Flags Come Down.
Picking. April 2-AS an outcome Of
the British protest. NJ. DeGlers. the
Russian minister has been Instructed
from 81 Petersburg not to allow Rus
sian flags % b. placed on or near the
land IN dispute at Tien-TSin while the
case is pending.