| Show Ii li DIPLOMACY From Purls Iani tho the report that tho committee oil indemnities linn the amount to In be he demanded of China by bythe b bime the ime powers nt at but that there Is a ii I difference of opinion as n to the he mode of collecting the tho gum France Iranee Hu ItU IA and Japan n favor tho the tailing raising of tho timo customs CU duties while tho United States SlAteN antI Or heat Great eat decline to give their to this thin And BO so the prospect la Is of o further delay dolay In time the no ne negotiation colla tOI Over Is an nn enormous sum um un unto to squeeze out cf of the Chinese people many of whom probably do not nol Oath any more than five cents a n tIny day With the lie prevailing there thre food tood clothing and ami other of life lite cannot bear henr any am large iare lar In cost such fluch OR as additional duties would moan mean without causing disaster diluter among tho thom struggling masses of oC tho th people The cot cost of or o tho the military operations ought to bo lie principally by th officials that tint have gathered large for tOI em tunes by b more or less dishonest dl oils and that are largely hugely responsible for tor time the outbreak and aoel Its Ita consequences Increased customs duties would fall a l great grent deal h upon time the poor people than upon time the wealthy classes While the powers are ure talking Is acting There Thoro mire aru now reports of a n sanguinary conflict between en and Chinese In thu tIme neighborhood of ot the time capital of or Manchuria amid that evident evidently ly Iy means mean that the Czars troops are arc completing tho the conquest of that anon proVInce Ince moo und mind establishing Russian there so firmly that no power will dream of oC disputing It Russin U iS 1 acting na an well a as aH talking Tho flie policy Russia Is pursuing Is almost a n puzzle to the time ordinary observer of ot events evants A contributor to tho time Boston Doston Herald who ho is said to rank as ns one ono of ot the tho eminent statesmen of this country but whoso whose name Is la not given has formed his own conclusions on Oil this timis subject He thinks s that China ChInn and I mime arc In III perfect accord that till limo Integrity of oC the Mongolian empire has been hen guaranteed by hy tho timo latter all an countries except pt Russia Ho lie believes b that the tho treaty that created a momentary ripple on the tha sea of diplomacy was only oni a clever ruse tot for or the tha express purpose of ot se so securing curing a n protest by other powers The Tho protest com came and amId China played her part 1 very cleverly refusing to sign tho the treaty on o of the attitude of the tho protestants And now oats It Is pre pro presumed that these same powers otter litter having protested against Russian ng ag aggression cannot consistently engage In him tho the annexation of oC territory on their own account This much accomplished h continues to protect prot ct lion her Inter Interests ests esth In Manchuria regardless of both promises end consequences But nut the time Herald correspondent does not believe bellec that all 1111 danger Is past In III eastern Asia Ho Ito thinks the time may not be bo far tar distant when Europe arid and America will realize that n ml combination tion has been boen formed In Asia which i will seriously threaten the tIme western i world particularly through the social and Industrial branches Russia and China Cimina would form torm a II dual alliance capa tile bio of oC Influencing the affairs of oC tho the rest rent of ot mankind These suggestions seem to deserve consideration What the tho public aro are permitted to see of the diplomatic game came does doc not give nn an Idea of the mo motives tines tives and not often of at the time consequences of oi each new move It Is known that Russian diplomacy Is ex cx exceedingly subtle that Its constant aim aimIs aimIs aimis Is tho the enlargement of ot the time empire and that It generally gains Its object ct nt at some time or another That hat there thero Is any Immediate prospect of ot the absorption Ion tion of China Chinn or even een the largest por par portion lion tion of it Is Ii s hardly probable The as will be bo gradual and In fri tho the meantime time the other powers will find tays and means of or meeting the emer emergency gooey gency That Manchuria however Is ii to remain under r Russian control seems clear That appears ars to be he time the price Cuba China pays may for tor Russian guarantee of ot other her Integrity In addition to the enor enormous mow sum Bum she he will be bc asked to pay ay for Cor forthe Corthe forthe the Boxer Doxer outrages |
