No particular amount of com fort, is likely to be forthcoming; from Mr. McNeill's latest. state ment in the House of Commons on' the Weihatiwei negotiations. In! mentioning that they had been! resumed he stated that all private interests in the territory were re ceiving full consideration, yeo somehow we fail to hear the applause which he might possibly have expected to follow. 4 negotiations have been going ouf for many months now, and from what we can gather private interesta have been suffering in the; meantime. Granted that even ati its best business was never of a very extensive volume, it waa nevertheless.of the first import ance to those engaged in it, and the condition of uncertainty in which they have been living since the Washington Conference has made a vast difference. Moreover, until] they know how they stand for the future they will not be int a position to exert their ful] energies it its prosecution, No doubt there is good reason for the lengthy. duration of these negotiations, but 1 is DOL apparent on the surface, and we fancy that the private interests to which Mr. McNeill ferred would consider that they were receiving better consideration were steps taken to reach an early decision on the points at issue.
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