Show SITUATIONS IN NEAR AR AND fAR MR EAST ST REACH CH CRITICAL STAC tO O OBSERVER VICTORIA B. B C. C July 21 Valen limo time Chirol director of the foreign news service of the London Times who is isen isen isen en route to England from the orient arrived on the maru yesterday Mr has had an interview with the Japanese emperor and spent considerable considerable consid consid- erable time lookin looking into the political situation in the orient With reference to the reply made to toI Japan by China concerning the con- con I of f the Mukden railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road Mr l Chirol Chine said that he considered Japans Japan's action wonderfully lenient China had ne negotiated with two British firms to build the railroad to which h Japan objected as violating the Pekin protocol of 1905 under which China a agreed reed not to build competitive railroads' railroads in Manchuria Mr Chirol said the contract was given the British firm with tho the hope that thus the support sup port of Britain would be bo obtained obtained obtained-a a aplan plan that failed There was irritation over the obstinacy cv cy of China re regarding this and other questions when the sudden refusal of the Chinese to permit the widening of the gau gauge e of Antun Mukden Mulden railroad came caine up This has caused bitter feeling feel feel- ing big which nay Aay lead to trouble Mr Chirol who is the author of notable nota- nota bl ble works oft oh Persia and Central Asia is 19 of the tho opinion that because of the recent removal of the tile shah settlement of the Persian troubles is possible lIe He said that but but for the Russo-Japanese Russo war war and Japanese Anglo alliance the recent happenings s in Persia would probably have been bees followed by bv war war between Britain and Russia and certainly certainly I would have havo resulted in a situation situation situa situa- tion of great reat tension and danger situa-I situa |