Show Amid the din of protestation that the Chinese empire must remain Intact In-tact and that there must be no restriction re-striction upon the equal freedom of trade for all nations some facts give the lie to all the chatter The leading lead-ing ones are that Russia retains her grip on Manchuria and Is building a port of her own opposite Nu Chwang exclusively for Russian trade that Germany holds fast to her occupancy in Kiau Chlau and makes little secret of her intention to acquire the whole province of ShanTung as a nucleus and feeder for German trade that Great Britain claims the wholc trade of the YangtseKIang as her own and that France is constantly crowding northward from Tonquin It looks as If tho powers are like a pack of wolves that having the prey safely run down merely wait the favorable moment to spring upon and devour it China refused to learn as the Japanese Japa-nese did and now is likely to be taught at its own expense tho cost of its life |