The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19

STILL FUR IOUS
They Are indignant Over Re
ciprocity Treaty With
Canada.
POSITION IS UnTEnABLE
Agreement IS Ratified,
England Will BE
Benefited.
ny PHILIP EyEuI.TT,.

lsrecial Gable 10 The Tinles-Dispatch.1
London, February lS.-The proiec-
ZIONIST press of England is still furi-
Gus at the prospects of the success Of
the reciprocity treaty between United
states and Canada. at the
matter with an absolutely unbiased
mind. ] do not understand all this In.
diSnation when the Canadian Score
tary OF the Treasury, Mr.. Fielding. has
emphasized time and again that Brit
lsh preference shall, not be made 10
suffer. II is generally that
England will be granted an advantage
OF 331-3 per cent. and thu will Ia
i'll a rather moro favorable position
than heretofore.
1t must. Of course, be admitted that
the treaty is an important step tor
ward towards absolute free trade be-
tween Canada and the United states,
and viii give new impulse to the COM
merce of both countries, but that it
should be looked upon as a forerunncr
OF a Canadian Declaration Of indie
pcndence, and constitute a danger to
the solidarity OF the British world
empire, is as matters stand, rather alb
surd, though YOU may see his stated
any day in the Canadian opposition
press.
English statesmen are very much
interested in the relations of Russia
and China, which are rapidly owi
more strained.
The differences between the two
governments are becoming more fire.
quent, the negotiations begun with u
view to settling them are more cap
tious, and satisfactory arrangements
are rarer than before the RuSSo-JaDa-
nese convention. The St. Pctersburg
press cnulncratcs some Russian claims
which China persists in ldisallowing.
or treating with irritating dilatori-
ness. such as merchants right to sell
tea within the frontiers of China. the
Russian governments alleged rieht~to
appoint d consul at the new town OF
SharasMmeh in the kobdo district. and
the Chinese contention that the So
called town is a military camp, and
therefore immune from foreign con
Sulates.
All such disputes however. arc but
symptoms. The cause OF the animus
is deeper. ] was recently informed BY
Chinese statesmen that they demand
upon by NJ. Iswolsiy and NJ Sasonoff,
on the ground that its stipulations.
having been Systematically disregarded
by Russia, have ceased to be binding
on China.
Another cause Of irritation to the
Celestial Empire is what is termed
.Russia's frontier expansion policy"
Russia's scheme of colonization. or the
methods Of realizing it. give offense to
the Chinese authorities, crea ting fric-
ton at several points.
Again. the interest recently taken in
Mongolia by Russia. as evidenced by
various expeditions dispatched thither.
are attributed by Chinese politicians
10 designs Incompatible with the In
tegrity Of the Chinese Empire.
The st. Petersburg press calls unon
The Foreign Office TO put sufficient
pressure Upon the Chinese government
TO compel it to comply with the Rus
sian demands China relies upon
American support. and there has been
suhdued talk of an appeal to the Hague
tribunal. However this may be, am
enabled to chronicle one very interest
ing result of the latest of these cx-
petitions 10 Mongolia, in which Prince
ukhtonsky's son took part. Ancient
barrows. containing the remains of
warriors and weapons of olden times,
were opened. and the skulls carefully
measured. These measurements com
pei ethnographists to reconsider the
theory which Classics the Inhabitants
of Mongolia as ~non-Aryan. The view
is now hazarded that the Mongolians.
rs distinguished from the Manchus,
constitute a branch Of the .Aryan fam
lily. to which the Pcrsians, 1Afghans,
Fiindns Slavs and Greeks belong.
Another discovery recently made by
Russians In the Far East has been an
nonnced by the engineers who are con-