A shrewd American observer has this to say to-day regarding the advantage to England of an alliance with Japan.
"All British and American students of the Far East problem are now agreed that the British Foreign Office made a grave mistake in not preventing the war between Japan and Chins. So marked at the time was the predominance of British influence in Peking that the Tsungli Yamen could have been easily induced to make such timely and generous concessions in the matter of Corea as would have stopped the outbreak of hostilities. The mere renunciation of Chins's. historial claim to suzerainty over the Hermit Kingdom would have sufficed to "have restrained Japan from war, but, as the event has shown the Tsuagli Yamen git, with advantage, have gone further and permitted the Japanese to become, practically, masters of Cores. They would have been neighbours infinitely less dangerous than are the Russians, fora long time would have Return. of -Prisoners apprehended: and elapsed, doubtless, before the assimilation of Corea was completed, and before. the Police daily reports for the'past week are submitted.
Mikado felt at liberty to. menace the Sanitary vtment.—In accordance integrity of the iddio Kingdom. ote, committed by Great Britain, with the provisions of Resolution IX passed at the last Ratepayers' Meeting it is de-howerer, did not terminate with the fail-cided to notify the Public of the Council's ure to avert the contest between China intention to take over the whole of the and Japan. night-soil collection throughout the Settle-"Another opportunity was missed when inept from the Ist January next. The in the spring of 1893 the Shimonoseki following arrangements in connection with treaty was concluded. Two courses were this work are approved then open to Lord Rosebery. First, as 'The supervision of the cleaning, scavenghaving at his disposal the largest naval ing, avd watering of roads will' from the force in the Far East, he could have taken Ist October next be carried out by the of that treaty' and the exclusion of the the principal part in requiring a revision Engineer's Department. The Sanitury Department, thus relieved, will, during Japanese from the Asiatic mainland. He the ensuing three months make every pre-would thus have established British in-paration for the adequate supervision of fluence more firmly than ever at Peking the entire night-soil removal. the present and would have left China under no contract for night-soil removal expires on obligations to any European power, except the 31st December and tenders for the new Great Britain. The alternative' course contract will be called for without delay, was, by defeating the revision of the treaty tenderers to submit proposals either for demand by Rassis, Germany, and France, the Settlement asa whole or separately in to win for England the eternal gratitude three districts, before the Ist December of the Japanese and to erect in Manchuria next. an almost inst ble bulwark between The following correspondence is sub-Russia and the Middle Kingdom. Lord mitted, and ordered to be published Rosebery did neither of these things. He Dead bodies in the Settlements, did nothing and the result is the extinction of British influence at Peking, the partial Shanghai, 18th August, 1893. partition of China and a general state of Sre,—The attention of the Council has been things in the Far East for which a thorough drawn to the very large and noticeable which has been recorded by the police remedy seems hardly possible and for present year in the number of which palliatives only may be sought. dead dies of natives found la the streets of Even palliatives must be applied promptly, the Settlements. The number for the past ifatall. To wait until a Russian railway four years, refercing to the first six mouths is running to Port Arthur would be to in each, ate respectively us follow. court collision with land forces s0 over-1995 whelming that even, the Japanese, bravo 1896 as they are, and neat as they are to their 1897 base of supplies, would scarcely be able to 1898 make a stand. and the Council would ask that the attention
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