New-York tribune., 1905-11-19

United States. either merchant student
a man of family. and families are SO well located
parativeiy easy matter for any consul to ascer-
tain whether pers9n applying to him him is the man man
not be said of the coole class, who have not such
strong ties and associations, but drift about some
what.
There have been incidents of interest In Central
China during the last week The representative for
the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
at Peking, e. G. Hitler has been in Hankow clos
ing the arrangements for the loan by the bank to
the Chinese government in order to enable it
10 pay the amount of cash agreed upon to the
Morgan American syndicate for the return Of the
concession for building the railway from Wuchang
to Canton The contract reads as between the vice.
roy OF Hupeh and Human Chang Chin Inns' as
representing the Peking government the contract
being ratified by it, and, the other SIDE the
Governor General Of Hong Kong. as representing
the British government. for the interests OF the
bank The arrangements In Wuchang were put
through largely by the assistance OF the brluSn
consul at 4 HsnkoT 4S ierdz e. M 4ps ToR the
matter of the loan is the special clause IN tne f
the railway shall be purchased elsewhere than IN
Great Britain Japan. and no engineers OF az
pIoyed other than British subjects japanese with
the consent Of the d 4as advance s the ms
ferests Of Great Britain and Japan in Central
Chi Ghn and Ta To9 x Rs's regard to this
project failure. The whole action OF the @ AaSe Sn
sA estSaoE to American trade interests; many times
greater ,nh 5nSh the qenutation of America bust
ness country will not recover snort OF seieF''0'
The Chinese government. and especially the Vice
roy Of Hupeh Chang Chih Tung. has been anxious
ever since he heard that there was to be chi
nese newspaper in Hankow conducted under BTU
tsb nro+ectfon TO stop It. He has tried in various
ways TO accomplish this move. but has on num-
ber of occasions failed. On October s. however, the
Chinese Editor of "Tsuo Pao' wrote and published
an article commenting the explosion at the
railway station in Picking and the Chinese govern
ment decided that the article contained sedidous
libel, and made request that the Eoltor Dc ar
rested by the British authorities and turned over
to them for trial This action was opposed In
court by the newspaper company, but the consul
overr1lled the objection and stated that according
TO the treaty between Great Britain and China and
the law as it stands that for all ports outside
of Hong Kong and Shanghai If the Chinese author
tiles charge seditious libel the British government
must arrest the and turn him over TO the
Chinese government for trial. and II is not within
the Jurisdiction of the British court to pass even
upon the question as TO whether the article alleged
contains libel not.
The British consul, sitting as judge OF the Consul
lar Court stated that he had received an assurance
KIND wo9ld be iRhioted Upon the prisoner whether
found guilty not. and that in event OF his con,
Woud be hG psoneR Gse he editor turned
thf 6ep aoS neTest me
not only by the foreigners D4t py Iae Cainese Is
is honeycombed with men who. while holding posi-
tfons under the government, are really opposed 10
it. and only. waiting for the day when there there
shall be some form OF uprising that VIII brlns
about a change. Some of these officials are not
extremely careful with regard to stating their
the Vtceroy that both the British and Chinese gov
ernnents were very angry that the ,.Tsuo Pao was
able TO publish the news of the railway agreement
Just as soon as it made, and that this fact ac.
counted in & large measure for the Willingness OF
the British authorities to find reason for
turning over the Editor TO the Chinese 1t is
fact however. that nothing can take place in any
OF the yaInens which cannot be learned for small
sum Of money by any person understanding the
proper method of securing IT.
The investigation of the life insurance companies
In Nev-York has probably had the effect of causing
the New-York Life Insurance Company to close us
Hong Kong and Canton branch offices and to cut
doyy6 the working staff in both Shanghai and Han
toW The large expense which has been incurred
I-i,s the last two three years. coupled with the
small volume of, business secured, would not look
xreiI 70 the pocyholders al home The companies
a troFahly glad of the OF the American
boI,cotf as their reason for retrenchment-