| Show BEARADMIRAL SCHUFELDT He Says the Squadron in China can Spare Ships to Aid America NEW YORK March RearAdmiral Schufeldt said Sunday night to a Tribune reporter who called on him for information as to what could be done by the vessels of our Chinese squadron to replace the loss at Apia When I left China January 9 Swa tara had not yet joined The Palos was at Tientsin in winter quarters and taking into consideration the item of news that erton there is trouble between the Chinese and Europeans as shown by the outbreak at Che Foo she is in the right place Being a roomy vessel with small draft she could easily get down the Peipo a river requiring a vessel drawing not more than fourteen feet feetWith With regard to the Swatara Omaha and Manon I see no reason why they should not be sent at once to Samoa AMERICAN INTERESTS APE SHALL in China Russel Co being really the only big American house in that country There are certainly a few converts and the missionaries to be taken into consideration In my opinion the greatest danger is at Caitjn where the English gunboat is stationed to which it would give all neces ary aid Though I am against foreign assistance as-sistance I must say the English navy was always kind and considerate to the American Amer-ican nation I is a great mistake to suppose that the present Chinese outburst againstEnropeans is owing to the fact that America has forbidden for-bidden the importation of Chinese laborers The Australian and Phillipian islands have none the same thing The ordinary China man makes no distinction between TIE SEVERAL BARBARIAN NATIONS They are all outcasts t him and simply come to China as her servants The Mandarins Man-darins try to curb the dormant but ever present desire of the populace to exterminate extermin-ate the intruder The few ships that America has in the China seas could be of little or no aid except to take refugees incase in-case of a general rising of the people Tho three ships named therefore could proceed to Samoa and render such relief as is wanted to replace the awful loss which I hoard of this morning |
