The Warwickshire Herald. — 1896-08-13 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

STANDING QOARNIL. Hang Chang said: The deceased, Thornaa White, was a casual dock SPRICCH IT Li HONG CHAIM hand. His house (Yenta the passage which serves as ' It has afforded me sincere pleasure to receive this an vitrince into the alley, close to the Dundee . spontaneous weleome from gentlemen who have Wharf. As is generally the case, the square was associated themselves with my country by official, half filled with late:myna. who were awaiing the commercial, and honourable bonds. It is to your arrival of the Dundee steamboat, due about mid- treat nation and to your ancestors that is mainly night. For some time there had been a stand ng due the merit of brieging the leading commercial quarrel tetween White and a young Ilaihr named pm pie of the Wait into active and fruitful inter. William loner, aged 23. Threats teem to have passed course with what I may venture without arrogance betw ten them, and on this account White's wife to call the leading commercial eople of the East— urged him not to lea, e the house. Her huattand (cheers—and thus by gradual steps leading the seems to have felt lie had no lesson to be afraid of Empire of China into the universal comity of JOTIOP, and, moreover, declared lie must meet the mations. (Cheers.) How great has been the change steamer and see if he could get a job to carry the ; In our relation. is sufficiently evidenced by the luggage of the passengers. The deceased, it may to , gracious welcome accorded to me by your moat added, has two children, He 1' ft the house, hut ' 'respected Sovereign, by your Minisierscf State, and before getting out id the alley he encountered Jones, by yourselves. (Cheers.) The road to great achieve. According to several bystanders, a quarrel arose ments is seldom smooth, and there are someti.nee between the men immediately they saw each other, rough passages in the intercourse between nations, and they wrangled fir sever.tl minutes. Suddenly but on the whole England has been consider de and Jones pulled a longrbtadid knife out of his hip fair, and therefore has gaiaed China's reppect and pocket and, rushing upon White, stabbed him to the ' confidence. If, however, we are to maintain our heart. White dripped down dead, All.l I afore the j rela, ions, there remains stir some Meg to be on. bystanders could realise what had hsppened Jones , befote we can reach • perfect agreement, and if my ITISCIP a dash for the passage leadinc out of the ; visit to Europe has no other result. I earnestl. hope alley. Fortumitely one of the wharf attendants who • th tit may at leist have helped to clear away some witnessed the n-ueler blew his whistle, and ay- , of the obstacle, whizh stand in the way of tone lets . •  parentiv thinking it useless to attain' t .to ese. re, Jones stopped running and Furrendered himselt to the olice quietly. Jones was kr ught up at the Thames Police-, ourt later in the day and remanded on the ch age of wtlful murder.  harm, ny between our respective countries. We remember the crest 'true. le in China, in which we were lielted by • distinguished countryman of yours The British Government of that day saw that its interes as a commercial power lay in Cu p,ting the constituted authortty in China ag inst general brigan lage, and they have been revra,de.l by 30 ears' successful commerce, owtng to the far•seeing policy then adopted. B itish interests now are pre, isely what they were then— tra le free to all, and untrammelled commerce is the common ground on which our interests run par .114 —that as Great Britain represents the molt liberal commercial p.licy of the West, so China does of the Etat, and as we have no higher intereste than the fostering of mutual relationi on that basis, we should like to be able to reckon on the support of the commercial Powers, should our in teocndence ever be threatened from any quarter. (Cheers.) DICOSATILS Tan