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USTURDAY ME

POLITIC

AN UNPROGRESSIVE SPIRIT The Lisboa correspondent of

The Tintsin correspondent of the Voru-ing Post writen :

Alorn

It may be doubted whether the granting of 07 per cent of the German Indemnity to Fortugal will be ultimately, of great benet to this country.

One perspaper; has already tramlated this slender figure

The Open Door policy originated in Ameria, with Mr. Hay, une or the best- Known of American Secretaries of State, and was formulated by him Note to the other Powers interested in China. Mt Har did not challenge, the 4 sphere af interest Required by various foreign 0.7 into 900,000,000 geld, marks, as a proof nations in Chins, des unly sought all of how well Dr. Conts is serving Portugal, ance from the Powers that had acquired so that the old financial Sebastianium well? them, that all other nations about “mjoy

perfect equality of treatment for their contine, and fortnightly Governments lite commerce and navigation within auch from hand to mouth in the hope that some- spheres. The Hay Nate was dated Sep-sking may kara upold from the Indies, tember 6th, 1809, and the only Government gold from Bran a loan, a German 'in- which immediately expressed approval of demaity With her great resources and the so-called "Open Door"

of Great Britain. Sy was that possibility of a brilliant economia Inburs

Nothing was aid about the Open Door" policy in the 1902 Anglo-Japanese Treaty The Russo-Japanese War follow ed, changing the whole aspect of the Ear Eastern problem by handing over Kores to Japan and securing for the Japanese a foothold and valuable railway and mix ing rights in Manchuria,

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reverament internal unity, hard work, Portugal's real gold nine would be stable and led politics. But with unstable, fes- ther-brained politicians, egoist concession. hunters and a patient longering people, Portugal may never be in. Do tien to develon her resources or heeft by nav inderanity. Only when there has been

Government in office for two or more at will one, be able to Indes, and this Carely happened within the memory of man. The actual Government is the eventh Portuguese Ministry this ver

It is perhaps, not generally remem bered that in September, 1908, the mouth in which peace between Japan and Russia WAS concluded by the Treaty of Parts mouth, a provisional agreement was signed Harriman, the American

• NARROW-MIXIKO POLITICIANI, S Railway magnate, and Marquis Ito and

The definite refusal of the Government Marquis Kazura, providing for joint to grant a political amnesty has given American Japanese ownership and work- great pleasure to the more vindictive ing of the South Manchuria Railway. If among the Republicans. It was under- that agreement had ever been carried out stood that the Liberals were in favour of the whole Manchurian problem would be an amnesty, but once more it is proved very differens today. Mr. Harriman was that the narrow group which is determined subsequently jockared out of prosecuting more moderate parties to form Govern- to monopolise the Republic, may allow his scheme by a typical piece of duplicity

at Peking. As soon as the Portsmouth ents, but will never allow hemo govern. Treaty Lad been ratified, and concurrence The infortunate prinery have nor bean in its terms far as they concerned tantalised with the tope of an amuesty China, secured from Peking, the Japanese for many months and this is part of the Plenipotentiary at Peking, Conne vindictive pleasure. In other countries Komura, telegraphed to Tokyo that the gerous political amnesties have been Chinese Government would not consent to givers since the end of the war. The only the admision of American capital to the reason for not giving one in Portugal was as in typically explained by the new Premier in desired itself in due course to

South Manchuris Railway. the Chamber of Depaties last week-the

ciated with the Japanese in the working of meaty as inopportune not because it that railway. Some years later, when on walk dot long overdue but because it was a visit to Washington, Mr. Tang Shaori question which divided the happy family publicly declared that Mr. Harrinian's

of the Republicans. Some weeks earlier. proposals had never been explained to the x-resident Bernardino Machado presid Chinese Government by the Japanese re-ed at a meeting held to protest against the presentative, and that the Chinese Gorern. ment had certainly sever rejected them.

amnesty, He was actuated be said. by no hatred towards the prisoners, bat be considered that it would be better for them to became regenerated through suffering. He was also of opinion that all the sup porters (more than half the nation) of the late President Paes should be punished

his body thrned out of the Church of

Borm

CHANTEL KNOX SCHEMK Mr. Harriman, in the meantime, shan- doned his project, in the belier that Court Komara's information was auto mtative. Japan then proceeded to raise the necessary working capital for the rail. way in London, and to invest the bulk of it in the purchase of rolling stock in Ame rica

Although husled (von the Chinem, a tude tondids American participation in

alt the South Manchuris Railway, Mr. Harri man did not altogether abandon his

round the world railw

Failway Project, And was actually

lly making fair progress towards this unfortunate country. the acquisition of the Chinese Pantern Railway when Mr Knox's neutralisation scheme of November, 1000, brought matters to a head. This schome amounted to a proposal that the Powers addressed should authorise the organisation of an interna tional syndicate to bug out the Russian and Japanese railway interests in Man- churia

The position of the country is so serious, and yet so full of promise were internal division in case that the Royalists would an unfinatical Republic, but so long as peaarvully and willingly co-operate with Portuguese polities continue to revolve in an atmosphere of petty spite and malice there stems little hope of better days for

DUEL SENSATION RECALLED.

STORY THAT READS LIKE A GREEK TRAGEDY.

Great Britain, who was fint A sensation of twenty-eight years ago was approached, gave her guarded acquies

cence, though her meek acceptance of recalled on August and by the death of Japan's veto upon the Fakamen Railway Mrs. Ogilvy Haig's sister-in-law of Ear! sheme lent kitle hope that she would stand Haig and cousin of the late. Viscount up to Japan if the latter proved hostile

to the neutralisation project. The Knox Attor scheme was somewhat clumsily handled.

Her husband, Mr. Coleman Drayton,

Its not result was to effect & rapprochement whom the antsequently divorced, had between Russia and Japan, who on July quarrelled with Mr. Hallott Burrough, of 4th, 1910, signed a Convention providing New York They crowed the ocean, re- that each would

maintain and respect crossed it, and crossed it again, and con- the status quo in Mancharis result tinned the quarrel in England, in France, from the Treaties, and that their respective railway would be operated in Fricadly.co and in America. Finally, Mr. Desyton operation. Manchuria became to all in challenged Mr. Burrough to fight a duel in teats and purposes a Busso-Japanese pre

FranceN

serve.

Mr. Burrongh objected on, grounds which AMERICA'S ATTITUDE

were laid before a court of honour, com America, however, did not abandon ur posed of the Inte Due de Mornay and Mr. effort to secure participation upon equal Edward Fox date of the Life Guard, terma, in callway ventures in China, Her friend of King Leopold and of Colonel ark step was to claim the rights conceded North, the nitrate king. The court of to her in connection with the construction honour found that Mr. Drayton was "not

of the Szechian Railway in 1903. In 1909 entitled to the antisfaction that could be

a preliminary loan agreement was signed clained by a gentleman," and the duel was

for the coof railways in the nob fought

Yangise

the British, French,

The story leaked out. Mr. Burrough

and German financial, groups. Americs attributed its publication in the New York insisted upon and obtained admission what then became the Four Power Group, angrily

newspapers to Mr. Fox, who retorted

upon equal terms with the fanciers of By this time half the social world of the other three nations. And in 1911, the New York and London had become involved. Hakunug Railway Loan Agreement for in the quarrel, which came to head when £6,000,000 (df which not Te than Me. Fox in his turn, challenged Mr. £3,000,000-has since been absolutely

Was Burrough to fight. The challenge was de

Victoria

ed) was signed at Peking. The America livered da the amoking room of the Hotel Group also participated in the Currency Reform and Industrial Loan Agreement April 15th, 1911, for lesh of £10,000,000 The duel took place at Nieuport-Bains, (which was never fouted).

az portion near Ostend in April 1602 Mr. Foca which was to be used to provide funds seconds were Mr. Bacon, brother of the late for the promotion

Extension of ind Ambassador to France, and Mr. White, the dustrial enterprises in the three Man London correspondent of the New York Sun, charian provincee The inclusion of this Mr. Burrough's seconds rere Cupt, Harry provision aroused Russian and Japanese Yane Milbank, ist Life Guards, diz of Bir spicions, with the result that, thougs Frederick Milbank, and the London corres having no money to lend they demanded, pondent of the New York Herald and in June, 1912, obtained, the inclusion Forty-fire calibre dueling pistols were of Russian and Japanete representation in used at twelve paces Two shots were pred what then betaine the Sextople Group by each, and Mr. Fox's waistcoat button Both Bokia and Japan made certain re was torn away by the last shot. servations in regard to their special in Honour was satisfied, but the men decla terests in Manchuria and Mongolised to shake hands, has de

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may conclude this article by stating The bad marksmanship at this short dis that just before the Sextople Group had tance was due to the bling md.day on, settled the Anal terms of the Reorganisa which blinded the eyes of "thewanelists as Won Loan off!

Fresident Tal they stood on the white lands of the pow

Wilson who shore,

Was succeeded by immediately, withdrew the support of The The next day Cept, Hilbank fought American Government from the American duet with 4 French diplomat and wounded Group, on the ground. that the condition, him fatally, a lap

of the proposed loan touched the indepe

dence of China, and that, by neceding to greatly interested in the progress of the The date King of the Bagians was

duel between Fox and Burrough, and had gived-instructions, that the seaside police should not intervene,

the Group's uest for support, the rican Goverment might, in certain, over walities, be leg to the necess of forcible interference,, not only in the financial but also in the political affairs of China, Tho

Milbank, who was heir to the Duke of recent reversal of this decision not to sup. Cleveland's £8,000,000 estate was himself port the American Group must, I think, ariously wounded few months later in

Germany and ho Switze

be taken to indicate that the authorities nt Washington are convinced that, Presi deat Wilson's hasty action in 1912 was a mistako.

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