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The strength of the American position was that Washington never subordinated its polioy to the opportanism of financial Interests It gave it clearly to be understood that no adjust ment of the loan with American participants Would be regarded as satisfactory, the mainten snea of which Chins was responsible to the United States Government. The equality of One of the most unfortunate consequences treatment which the United States claim could. of the combination into which British and not, in their opinion, be effectively vindicated if French flranciers have been mazconrred by the China were allowed to shuffle out of her engage- Germans is the appearanos of antageniem ments behind a "deal" with the Kaanciore, The between British and American interests in United States Government, like the German China, wantonly created by the reluctance of Government, had realized from the first what these groupe to admit American participation much more imperfectly, namely that these the British Goverment unfortunately realized
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Following Grant care E. H. Morris, the braker, who explained that on the 21st of July Grant wrote him a letter in which he asked that the entire shipment of machinery be transferred from the Tean to the Nucetra Two days later Grant changed his mind and Señora de Begoña and sont direct to Paracale.
asked that certain pare Janded in Martiln.
might have boon as willing as British financiers the British group of the first overtures for 00- have been to follow the line of least resistance. operation made by American financiers as far but the United Stats Government, as was back as
the beginning of April. En so far as clearly shown in the President's remarkable ing message disclosed a material fact, which the message to the Chinos Regent, forsening the the Hongsong and Shang-grave, tangers to which reckless frezuos is have caused some perturbation in interested their present or fatura influence to be curtailed quarters. But it was none the les acurate. by subordinating their policy to the convenience On April 2 the American Banking Corporation,
of financial operators. addressing the British and Chinese Corporation, Thus we have had the unpleasant spectacle formally proposed American co-operation in presented to as of tish preferential rights Chiness loans, sad proposed it in terms which being sacrificed under German pressure" in clearly suggested that such proposal was agre-rospect not only of the Hankan Canton, but able to the policy of the United States Govern- also of the Hankow-Szechuan Hallway, while mest. The manager of ite Shanghai branch, the United States, with incomparably slighter it was stated, had already, a few months before, intersets at stake, as far as the railways prepared the ground by visiting Peking, where | immediately affected pro concerned, have
is mission and had the warm sapport of the successfully upheld their rights, but onezt followed Party T. Chievers of the cable United States Minister, Mr. Rockhill, and the engagements contracted by Chins in precisely prospect of American co-operation in Chinese the same terms, and on the same data, loans had boon favourably received not only by towards Great Brita'n as towards the United the Chinese officials, but by the representatives States. But, however humiliating these con- of both British and French interests. The siderations may ba, Englishmen who have the only response, however, which the American interests of their own country as well as of Banking Corporation's proposal now elicited China at heart will welcome none the less was a ourt reply of about two lines from the cordially the action taken by the United States. British group, intimating that it could not be and its success; for it opens the way for fruittel entertained.
co-operation between the American and British Gorstment, which may yet arrest the down- ward course of Chinese flashes along the inclined plane of facile and extravagant foreign loaze,
OPIUM SMUGGLING INTO THE PHILIPPINES.
Why the British group should have deamed It necessary to dismiss such overtures at the Very moment when the somewhat stormy conferences, hald”“” in Paris in the begin- ning of April last disclosed the far-reaching nature of German pretensions is a matter which still swaits explanation, for, as far as the growth of anti, British irritation amongst the American public is concerned, that may well have been the fons et orlyu malt. If the resentment of Germon methods which the Britian group at the time professed was anything more than stage thunder, any suggestion of American participa-reporta ton, would, ous would think, have been, wal-
comed, as a makeweight to German ascendency in the tri-partite combination.
What is even more incomprehensible is that the British group, who were entirely dependent upon the support of the British Government at Feking and never hesitated to invoke that support, Abould have left the Foreign Office in ignorance of such important developments. as the American proposal and their rejection of it, more especially as the letter of the in fluential American bank so clearly foreshadowed the possibility of offcial support from the
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The Manila Cahisnews of the 8th inst.:
tion of opfam, went upon the stand yesterday
Louis T. Grant, charged with illegal importa
told the court in a few words the story of his morning and after ploading guilty to the charge connection with the crime. He told how he few days he stayed there bought for the went to Hongkong last Taly and during the Philippine Dredging Comptcy, from the Whimpao Dock Company, certain dredging machinery which was shipped to the Philip pines through William Barker and Company
These were a the parts in which the contraband drug was found hidden...
company, who told of the exchange of cable between Kennedy and a party in Hongkong, three cables received by Kennedy being in onde and their contenta unknown. This evidence was adduced to show that there had been cor respondence between Kennedy and one in Hongkong on the subject. These cables had and this was the boon received for "Kaimi," registered name of Kennedy.
At one o'clock the trial was continued over till this morning.
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shippers a letter in which they explained that LORDS AND HOUSE OF COMMONS. THE Staniship
On his return to Manila he received from the AS SUPPLIED TO THE HOUSE OF with the machinery had been shipped other not ordered by him, hat which pieces cisco. The bill of lading covering the articles were to be delivered to a curtain Fran-
he had purchased and those for Francisco wes chown to hum later at the office of E. B. Horris, the customs broker.
Grant then
" said
This grave blunder had two very unfortunate consequences. On the one hand, the British Government, having been left unsoquainted with this indication of American policy, never desire
for co-operation
on the part of American-financiers and, indeed, had good.
On receipt of the supper's letter Grant wont reasons, "för nesuming the reverse-until the United States Government intervened officially rancisco to ask him about the shipment and merly two months later. On the other hand, was told to take the matter up with William
Kennedy as to the delivery, when the Chinese opposed their usual dilatory explained that he called Kennedy up on the tactics to the Americau demands, it was assumed telephone on the matter and was asked to call at in America that Chinese opposition was being his office to talk it over as it was on affair of encouraged by those who had already repelled opiam importation, and could not be discussed the first American overtures for co-operation, and it was perhaps not unnaturally inferred over the phone. that the British Government, having lent their support in other matters to the British group. was supporting them also in resisting American participation. By an adroit Press campaign the Germans at the same time succeeded in persuading the Americans that it was the British alone who, with their French friends, were hostile. The Cologne Gazette, for instance, on June 21 went so far as to assert that in this matter England and France were arrayed against fermany and the United States. Many American newspapers, which ought to have known better were influenced by, fables of this Kind, and those which I saw during my journey neross the continent last month contained vory bitter commenta on "British obstraction in Peking, some of them even charging the British Legation with intrigues against
Americiu interests.
AMERICAN, INTERVENTION.
**When I called at. Kennedy's office,' Grant," he offered me P10,000 to land the mino pieces which were consigned to Francisco." Grant agreed to attend to the landing. He was to receive the P10,000 for that and the payment of the sum did not depend upon the sale of the contraband drug endlosed in the pieces of nisolinery.
After the seizure of the drug by the pastoras authorities Grant bad a further conversation with Kennedy at the Nevada Hotel in the Walled City, Detective Cooley of the con- stabulary, secret service being hidden in the rooza behind e sarson listening to the conversa. tion that ensued, --
Kennedy offered to pay my fine and all the expenses of the trial on condition that I kept mam as to bis part in it. He told me that he ad quarrelled with a friend in Hongkong und out of revenge this friend bad "squealed" to the customs authorities, who were on the lookout for the contraband and located it with but little trouble. He added that he had bought the drag through his brother and other people and as soon as it was discovered, he osbted them of the fact so that they could make their escape.
That session was an interesting one, ad concerned the plans that Kennedy had laid to escape from punishment for his part in the. daal. Grant opened the conversation tell ing Kennedy that he was in a serious predies. The Enots of the case are well known to the ment, as he had been charged with the importa State Department, and your American Corretion of the drag and was liable to be sentenced spondent has already stated quite accurately to a long term in prison and have a heaty fine. that the United States Government have as imposed upon him. complaint whatever in this matter against the British Government, who have invariably for years past sought and welcomed every oppor fanity of working in close accord with the United States in regard to all Chiness questions. As for the American financiers, they are much too practical to nurse any permanent grade. Now that American participation has at last been secured, they will doubtless vary soon bary the hatchet though there is a spirit of irony in the report that they will be represented in Peking by the same american Hanking Corporation whose original overturos. were be would pay all the expenses of the trial and carily dismissed by the British group Bat it the fine and that I need not fear imprisonment will not be 80 ay
to allay the bad feeling so long as I did not implicate bi ju any way." amongst the American public. Not for many years past has there been such an opportunity for anti-British tirades in the United States, and of all the mischievous results of the Chinese railway combination none has been more in- jurious to British intereste
That the Americans would end by securing the participation they domanded was obvious from the moment when Washington took up the matter. It has been stated in defence of the reluctance shown on this side to admit their
"He farther told me that I need not worry, as
When the trial of the case opened the pro- secuting attorney asked that the complaint bo amended so as to include the names of both the secased in the same complaint. This being agreed to by the defence the case proceeded When called upon to plead Grant pleaded guilty to the charge, but Kennedy refused to plead and the plea of not guilty was entered by order of the court.
Through his attorney Grant asked to be. allowed to make a certain statement which he asked the court to take into consideration in passing soutance.
participation that the United States ought to have deglared their intentions at an earlier stage. I have shown already that the notion of the
trial of the case as against Kezuely then American Banking Corporation hark early began. The first witness called was Captain in April given
an indication of palier which Lawler of the customs secret service, who testified the British group chose to ignore The United to the finding of the drug in the pieces of States Government, on the other hand, had no machinery. He stated that 28,638 tins of opium focus adandi for intervening at Peking until and 70 packages of consine were discovered. they learnt that the operations of the com- hidden in the machinery which had been taken bination were to include the Hankow-Szochuan from the Tean, and, after landing, to the work HailwayIt was only in regard to that line shops of George Y. Taylor. A that China had contracted deduite engagement- Tao-second vilaces was Daniel Earnshaw, towards the United States, and it was only who testified as to the nature of machinery. when those engagements were broken by the He stated that the shafting could not have been loan contract between China and the combined as such. tion that the United States Government were Dr. Walter C. Holmes, chemiet of the in a position to take action in Faking. Of the bureau of sciencs, testified as to the nature of ultimate, success of that action there could from the discovered.
drugs: George T. Taylor testified that Grant in
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have ventured to ratify the loan contract with directions what he was to do in case they did.
Louis T. Grant followed and told his story as the European groups at the risk of alienating.
abero, the friendship of the United States.
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