Show Progress is making at last It appears ap-pears in preparation to evacuate Shanghai and the Yangtse valley In China by Great Britain Germany and France It Is said also that Important concessions the opendoor policy urged by Secretary Hay will be made This evacuation Is to be by January rumor Bays and then the valley of Chinas great river will be open to all on ccjual I terms But as heretofore no doubt British commerce 111 predominate being firmly established estab-lished for many years Great Britain has strenuously l striven all through he I Chinese troubles of these last few years to have her actual predominance in the Yanglse valley receive some sort of official recognition or confirmation confirma-tion This was urged because of Russian Rus-sian predominance In Manchuria and as an offset to it But Russia was clever enough to put Germany and France up as opponents of the British claim while her own predominance In Manchuria is not disputed by any save only na to the point of otllclal occupancy hud control It Is a game In which China whose Interests ought to be paramount Is made merely the checkerboard |