| Show fin J 1 L crT i HE SITUATION AT A T TIEN lIEN TSIN IS ACUTE AGUTE British and Russian Soldiers Encamped on Either Side of to Shoot Any One Commencing Work rin March Tien TID and anxiety hero a all L to be CIt developments ot of the tbt Anlo the III ue do tO not nut abate A f and ana a R com of remain main e en t side iia or ot the trench either her urn d on other The rho Hu each tach at con com to H on Oil an anyone one we ie work ork the Ya eU UY Gil CI sued led bt bI the Ill In the thC ot the WC f te and he hO adds that tOP n be continued lIs will not ng I from his hi own U lI 14 Is Count YOU van I UMI Ii sides will willII today here bUt bat theY both bolh consIder him II IJ to authority his to be t th orders from I I await by Jy r th the of O 1 on Onie r f ol of the Sikh r g JUe ie the In a San sas Y It WIlS as astrY CIa the h trY a general who had rd f their French own to tolt en enter tel the ThiS flits order tol to conoe the Ite made hi by lien aen Lorne a P a request almost ever everY resident 11 LIter behavior ot of the the tad d om of Df women FrID I In riotouslY acting t 1 aY r r English ao French rench Gel G oron the thO and or 01 top stop Is I that French soldiers to keep In f t Gen Con Lome thur that t tOn Wa a with him In harmOny harmon On Gr Wal SaI to maintain order M IJ J and lt United States State r ru Ninth N Ire tre soldIers were lerl the French f to the q unarmed while oU out t on liha ho were Vim troops trOop with trench French were e u white while the On occasion one oue nortio an bayonets or disarmed a II Frenchman and aed over his Mi weapon v t to 1 the te eer Ber Mill saliM guard suard runt ol ci th the Mi t reasons f tr or r the adIeU action Ink tak Inken takU thought that sooner or en tn U U aJ Foot Foote the In later hater tIe thiS must mul act In ln ot II t the concession Gen Gell Is no friction ette ten a the French and the The flo r o IU ot Of Sunday SundY was grett We tile but ht was aa 0 cau ed by b a It few whatever men mm sia alia M has no connection with willi uY lit f Un l Frenchmen roay bold to o In favor of t tie e ellmA j In with the land on OR which It was wai we d to build the he railroad Mies l WILL NOT OT Par Paris March lIla will not re ye rece ce ced 3 flow the position P ih she has taken In the th matter of the siding aiding nt at h lee TsIn of ot tint tbt you ou can be as aswed a wed gored ThIS Thu was made to n a rep representative representative of the Associated Press Pres by byR byK b bi R K high official of the lie foreign Continuing thin thie said eaid Hus Itus ila Ia will not advance and will art act slow slowly ly 17 I lilt but having haing taken up the thc position lion she ho row now ow occupies she he will be bo moved there from wily only by force England has hils been bet II IIa III I in her efforts to secure the Hd ii a of f other h rowers to attack position regarding Manchuria and a nd Is la lanot not likely 1 to O begin hostilities unsupported potted ported la in the t e present Instance It Is Isto har 1 I I that thai aL England will go IrO goto goto to war wa a railroad sIding aiding with the question still vendIng pending 1 l Ie p t to see sea England yield yleM As 8 w to te jt statement n that at French soldiers s hll ts an English II I officer e wo we do not Mm beD It tote ti to lie ie true rue for tor though the al a tos Ie Ir atack tack occurred curr d yesterday we wo wowe we lIT hue tot sot yet I et t had b ad any nn an advices on the milt TIlE THE TIEN TSIN SIDING HIDING March Mah 19 Somo of the after K taos n W say the Tien T Tein n tu te wt hare ten arranged r g The Tie was due to the authorities grunting granting the same B to to two I o nations on The ent enables enable Great lint lie f to p with J the tue construction the Ite ad siding but It If roYes to t 0 IKS be 0 earlier than t of Ortt Orest the thc latter Is to ton n the Ike claims ms of or Russia omee om ce however has no tendIng ng to confirm the nn an nt having e and the re rather that t 8 such an arrange been n Arrange arrieh nt at They 8 any Ir was V s given u r tJ i w J t the LI 0 affairs at TJ Tien en TsIn 1 i ot iA r the 0 of t the tho thoI thelo IJ lo be t and G Great rea t lInt Brit Brity I n Ired b y t th h e Intervention of oft t t ROWer l Du of the mils mus kt I U o e opinion I n that thal there thero l II in ar to stop atop Hu all aGres aggnes alan Blon In China ChInn and that t Is for lor the tho three most moat Interested America Iceland England J and und Japan to combine no In firm flim resistance Lord Hamilton secretary fur lur India replying to a I question quention In the hOuse of ot commons tod y said that no n disturbances were anticipated at Tien Tom and that the tho remained In lii their previous position with strict orders not to assume the tit pending the tM settlement of ot the Immedi Immediate immediate ate of the thu difficulty by b military authorities on the tho Ix Lord rd George Hamilton assured Sir S r Ashmeade Bartlett that no had hall been to the at nt Tien T ln either elthel by lJ the tho government or by lIy Sir Ernest ErneRt Satow lintow not to resist the seizure by b the of ot the land required for tho the siding elding When then all as to whether the Anlo agreement applied to Manchuria Lord LOIl Cranborne under 8 sac c of ot the foreign office that ho ha thought It Il did He quoted u a clause from tho the agreement whereby reby both countries agree to direct their policy toward maintaining the Integrity of ot the thc Chinese empire This provision p oI lon said Lord Cran borne Is without qualification S IN CHINA Paris March dispatch from to t the Havas genc says the state tato of ot the Chinese negotiatIons will wile koon oon permit the reduction of the tha French forces by about men mell who will be repatriated GERMANYS mST IN MAN CHumA March 19 In the course of It the debate In the tue today on the third reading of It the budget replying to Prince criticisms of ot Count von recent speech that Hint the till chancellor chun ellor Insisted too to much on m Germanys Interests Int rests in Manchuria nail and that Germanys Interests would have suffered stiffened even If Kino Klao Chou had not been hen leased len d Count Von Buelow saId eald Ger Germany Germany many had the greatest Interest In pro pie venting friction between botwen the tha powers flowers negotiating In China Moreover In n eastern Asia Alita Garmany had hall many Inter eats esto to safeguard In Shan Tun province ince Ilice she had millions million Invested Above Aboe nil Germany had to insist In on adequate compensation lining given Itlen for tor the mur murder murder der tier of ot Haron von That was vas wasn wasa vasa a n question In which the honor of ot Ocr Ger Germany many man wag Sus engaged and In which che ehe chehad had hull n a vital Interest In the thc further course of at ida his lie he chancellor said saidI I 1 have room for tor ho the Ih slightest doubt that no German political Inter Interests ests exist In Manchuria but nt at t the nemo time I have stated that It must bo be necessarily neree arlly our desire that thai China shall not too diminish her capacity for tor the Just claims of if the powers for compensation This Is not misunderstood In any ony quarter Two hours hourI ago I received a 11 dispatch from St Petersburg according to which Count Lamsdorff the minister of foreign affairs has hall expressed his satisfaction to the German ambassador with my m statements In regard to the Chinese c question I The chancellor gave Jaye figures figure Illustrative five tive of at the Importance of or the tho commerce between Germany and I Asia Allia amounting to marks A hun nun hundren hundren dren million marks are alc Invested In InShan InShan Shan Tung Fung province Germany therefore therdore has hns the greatest Interest In preventing the Chineo trade from becoming the booty of ot a n single power or several pow powers powers ers era without our nur participation Count von yon Bu low also nio declared that tho the center c of oC gravity of ot Germanys policy oc remained In Europe and that ho he had hili no Intention ot of allow Ing It to bo lie displaced while protecting her ler Inter Interests eats ests In Asia NEGOTIATIONS MAY FAIL PAIL Washington March 19 It Is feared here leone that the negotiations at nt Pekin re respecting reo respecting Indemnities may tall fall owing to the tho greed of ot Individual nations Mr Ir our special commissioner who has bias ha been heen In close communication by b fttie with time tho state department has hns nothing but hut discouraging reports to tomake tomake tomake make of ot thIs Important branch of ot the negotiations It appears that t the mints minis tens cannot agree upon any uniform ba mm of ot Indemnity some of ot the lIe powers demanding enormous sums stuns RUSSIA m HENTS ENCE St Petersburg March farch 19 Answering a l question of ot the thc correspondent of the Associated t Press Iresa a n competent today saId alc It Is lit not true that lussia has yielded to the representations of oC any nn of the thc powers lowers and modified her demands re ro respecting Manchuria because b no representations representations have hae been made madl Every E ry ten tentative tentative tale attempt to address the Russian nu government on the subject of or our your pour wish wl h China has been categorically cally declined Russia Is a n great pow power er cr and has the right to hold negotiations negotiations with nay other government and no other power has haA the tho right to Inter Interfere fete fere Tentatives Tentative made In a friendly spirit have received a friendly answer Hut plainly stated staled Hussla cannot re to receive Inquiries regarding the tho above |
