| Show CfflESE SIDE IIF IFIE STURY SIGKTEFICAISrCE OP THE GERMAJT INVASION Mb Notification Given to Chinese I Foreign Office Germanys Intention Inten-tion to Obtain a Foothold Washington Nov 19Mr Wu Ting Pang the Chinese minister has received the following official statement from Peking relative to the seizure of Ida Chau island by Germany Upon the killing of two German missionaries mis-sionaries by bandits in the district of Ku Yeh in Shan Tung a decree was issued I peremptorily commanding the governor of I Shan Tuner to order the high officials of that province to take immediate steps for the arrest and punishment of the offenders i offend-ers NO NOTICE SERVED On the 15th inst the governor reported by telegraph the arrest of four culprits and this was communicated to the German Ger-man minister But German warships I had on the 14th advanced to Kiao Chau i island and landed troops and after occupying occu-pying all the high ground gave the garrison gar-rison 4S hours to retire The German minister min-ister did not give the Tsung LI Yamcn any notice On the evening of the 15th a telegram from the military superintendent superintend-ent of the northern port giving a report of this occurrence occasioned the great surprise China in view of the friendly relations batwcen the two countries thereupon ordered the governor of ShanTung Shan-Tung to keep the garrison under strict control to withdraw the troops to positions posi-tions outside the limits of the island and to 1 enjoin them not to make any movs meat without express instructions NEW COMPLEXION ON CASE This official statement places a new complexion on the press cables in that it indicates that the Chinese government had already taken active steps for the punishment of the murderers of the two German missionaries before the landing of the Ge a n troops at Kale Chau and j the occupdu vd of the fort there The remarkable re-markable thing in connection with Germanys Ger-manys action is the fact in the foregoing fore-going cabl3 that the Tsung Li Yamen Chinese foreign onics was given no notification that the seizure of Kale Chau was contemplated Such a process is said to be a flagrant break of comity and Is discusssd in diplomatic quarters as evidence evi-dence that Germany used her grievances as a pretext for the occupation of the island GERMANYS OBJECT It Is believed that Germanys object is to use the occupation as a layer to compel trade relations with China In the general gen-eral scramble for commercial advantage in the east Germany has thus far signally signal-ly failed She has absolutely no foothold on the Chinese coast whereas England has concessions at the treaty ports and a trade arrangement which gives her advantages ad-vantages in Burmah and Thibet In the event of Germany declining to relinquish Kiao Chau which commands a fine port on the Chinese coast she may have not only China but Russia to reckon with RUSSIAS INTEREST By a recent treaty between the governments govern-ments of China and Russia the Jatter country in return for pledged support incase In-case of certain war contingencies is to have the use of Port Arthur and Kiao Chau harbor should the czar become in volved in war Thus to a certain extent Russia has interest In Kiao Chau This interest it is believed she would not be slow to piotectlf Germany should manifest mani-fest any ulterior designs |
