HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1901-1-10, Page 7IN THE LEGATIONS
+SAT PEKIN,
Rom Dr. Morrison's Thrilling Story to the Lon Boa Tlmea.
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001us.at Inrl,udruce.
nearly e••ery It43/tloo the enemy were
I
Following us 1% did Immediately af•
tit, that you could slloot Into
ter the on the French Lega- I .
. mauler of their rifler thrust
attack
dull, N hich roduwxl it to ruitts, t(
at
.hrough the loophulrr, The cordon
wits still drawn tightly around w,
letter did not luck for Impu,' enb+s
and we were penned in to prevent
"Boxers" lad driven be•
our acting In eo-olieratian with the
troops. "Militia," trot "ll' -4 our
lmit
troops who were coining to our re -
"No
been attacking us to P ""er"
The tat-
nof. provisions were permitted t()
ter war read silts .ttin.
Interpretetf ns a ttprhskin. It wa►
raveh us, lint a few eggs fur the
women and chlldrur were burro 1
pts -
seduce the MI+' iwllclenr attempt to
tfotuly sold ns by Chinese soldiers. AI)
la•gatkaa •-'Jlers away from their
were
.nd mamsucre them at
pare, A'
luta J. ewe, wo heard ■ubseyueutly,
Ou Nrdut en liulluas.
tui' Jt lattachOd lite Chinese of the
'{'lea
Th:e ii1lowanee fur .tile X1,750 Native
l hriatimis lord W
.ag of -Tait city.
It nus dlfflcnit fix Htr Excellency
wheat tun provide,
for being barely sufficient to save
b ""uuw the I" lidence" asked for,
them from rtnrvntlon. Their matfer-
atml "W reek the help" whlcir •'uffe-
tag% were very great, the mortality
tlua" for hitu prompted the Clihieve
triam it tlio ehildren and the ugod itlti
Ito offer,
fill. No one could have foreseren that
Oct tine LSth a reply wits Rent de
w1thln the restricted limits of the lie-
.chnlug un tie part of the foreign rep
olegoll area, with the food supply
the invitation to pro
therein obtainable, 473 clvillaus lo.
Zresentattves
e(d to the Trctig-Il-Yiunety #Intl
there 414 -namely, 191 men, 147
itiuinting out that no attacks limit been
womem, 78 children -were inside the
mate+ by our tr"ops, who were only
al garrison pt 41x1
m itish7Lo
(Wetuling the Itves and property of
r tion),
and tme 4000
ngalnet rho attacks of
ttve servants /wuW e
'1111'gfa;rs
('hlrese (;ucenuneut taxgqs.
it o of two entire months. Pruviderl-
The reply cofichided wlth a state
tf ally, I 1 the rery contre of Legatior
meant that If the Chinese Government
'trent• there wits a mill with a large•
wished to negotiate thej should
'luantlty of grain, which turned out
"end a respouriblu official witlt a
9W tis, of flour is day, divided be -
white flag,
tweet the hotel and the Legation
Virtue crontlnurd furiously, the at-
One dna' the Mmaprll-Yemen insult
tack being mainly directed ngalnet
ingly sent rte a present of 1,000 Its
tits Fu, where the Chinese land ratred
of floor anti some Ice and vegetables.
them barricades till they could
but no one would venture to a it till,
sweep with fire the palace groande.
rtour, fe:lring It might be poisoned
run the 15th one ut the British rte-
t'ommunlrationt pumped now almost
•dents, Henry Warren, was mortally
•wounded
d''lly with tate 17rung-ll-Ynmr•n cit
with the officials whore desrxttches
while doing duty at the
Japantoo outpo,mt. He died the "ante
were signed "Prince Ching and uth-
night, another victlm to Chinese
ere," On July 17th Sir Claude Mac -
Donald replied to the suggestion
ere -ss lipry.
that tl a Ministers would restrain
Uentn of t'atitaln %Trouts.
their troops from firing upon the
The morning of the 18th opened
Chinese, fie rald that from the
with a disaster. Captain `Jtrouts, the
tint tine foreign troops hn,t nctet'
eenkor British officer, was shot while
•xlttrriy ht self-defence. luted would cull-
return;ag from the outpoutm In the
'.hu•' to (to so. But tbs Chinese mus+
I'u. He was struck in the upper part
undermtand tont pxev-Ious events he(
of tie loft thigh by an exparwling
led to a want of confidence end tbit
billet anti died an hour after being
f tstrricade it were ereete(t or troupe
harought Into the hospital, to the
moved In the vicinity of Lite Legation
grief of the entire community.
h e foreign gratrde would be obligee
"Miripaglaout the siege tie bad acted
to Ilse.
%n a way that w<m the admiration
In th) afternoon the Chases replied
fall. He was alirayr cool and self-
reviewing the situation and amerlbla r
elistnt, anti never spurred himself,
h-• txirtlntls to the attacks
lie always considerate for Ids
loashy made by the I.egitk)rl gra
en. &nth Eegllahmpn were burial
Th -y note+t with antlallu,tton that
:tie Mare aftern(rya. It was a mrxrrn•
Temptation of firing was Agreedt to of
Irul gnthering dint followed them U)
otb Rides, but suggested that na for
,thp groove, officer■ and soldiers of
Ign RoldMre hsd beer. firing from th
+many nationalities, Ministers awl
Ity wall fart of tb? Cblfm Men, th •i
their staffs, missionaries anti brave
Would le removed Trom tlrtt pest
InAtes whit have shared the dlscom-
>�-
fort" of this unhappy siege. While
ela•lis were pppprioting in the trees, and
Next ,Lely 8'r Claude Mar told re
with
itm41 the crl�ck of rifle bullets, the
Urave },ung [allow to wli(ise gallant
lolled A review of the rl atlor
rnm ib+ :Or01g71 point of vie O#
•defenew we all owed 0) ((pnooh was
tune 19th the Yemen hack give th
Iaki to rest beside the etluliont for
[.egatatn notioe to quit Pekin, and h
whom a career of brilliant promise
,xre'gn representatives brad irp'
ens Jtrt opamiag,
-More Closest Assllotance.
n lllttv�i of tn►osport.tTh• Y#tmett het,
ansp r
While the service was proceeding a'
hen Ilei, rig trip) time, tat
n militia of this fire was op.a►ed of
mwrse•nger bearing a (hug of truce
h1 Logat'ons ext June :.'0th and thrl
was approaching rho gate. A shell
lburat alronst at Tile fret, the pas-
hid ben under tvnatant fire evel
stagen in his letter were punctuato,i
•Ince from Government troo}hs, a Port
Iltkxt of tit � unparallele•d In tht
Uy c•anan fire directed aguinvt the
h'sUxy of the wurld. tic alluded to
Iwgatlu" [rum tine wall of tits Int-
e int
6 t(fent of t e t
h )olrn lour a tot
pg t
pal t • what t r Cl
, r cl Thl U h stn•
los' 7
r P ••
nn 6th. a f v'
loft see 43ao u of (' inex
q
Pee were, an do43bt, o,ngfbo to
rlesorl/;eTO-1�urope ns givlirg tyle
, _ ihn..
�'�.
gatlros protection from kcal ban
rens -d shins
aft r t and i screw d attacks rwtti
after the pxvpsret4xss thea miotic pmxm
dittl." It wan a striking evidence of
tittle were completed. He hopnni that
the disregard few the aaeages of civil-
mutual mnfhtence would gradually ii
Iseel warfare which churacteriaes lbs
remWnd, end teea¢whUe he ugnil
nation.
T1s• letter was from "Prince Ching
polatal out that cessation of bustil,
Rad (,there." It explained that the
prepirattua are well nor firing woo
nncamiry ttrl the part of the Chinew
reason for Puggeoting the removal
mgr'. to secure lh•it the forelgi
of thoe In'gatlons to the Tsung-ll-
tr,�aq ehou)d thaw firing. As for the
Yamen was that the Chinese Govern.
tigKl,gtion that th- foreign troop►
meut c.xthi Afford m(Ire efficient par
hold Iconic the city wall, It wain till
testis tor) the memberm (yf the Lo-
mnWIlle to Accede, to It, becatie" a
gatonr If ounceutrat.il 4han Il
:fit iert orf for ottMka on tit.
wcatter ld as tit present. Am Che fur-
Legations hall ban mask+ from th
rig" Minirttrw did rapt alit", how-
wall. [ie concluded by mLggtsLing tistt
ever, thn Chinese woun , ne in duty
allele of fruit had ice should Is
bound, do their utmost to protect
,ilowed to come (n.
the Legations whore they were
Chlnear �y omptonls of Alarm,
WMI t e ette mentence seas In
( P h { r lie R
rend rite tranwlatdx hsd to anima bis
weir scups ser i to c•
Th. m tial otfo
y p
soice In order that It shcotrid be heard
a• IC way clear, iww.ever. that events
above the crack of the imperial rifle
'vent hippening cleewhere to caulie
imllets.) They wmtI4 bring rrinforce-
•thnrn in thio Imperial (spurt. Ott tku
ments and continue their endeavors
"Boxe.rs"
'+ftorntirrl (,f the first (uny of what
'night W cruise" the armisticr, M. Pel
to prevent the from firing
nal they trarted that the fortllrn
lot, a Fieva•h gentleman trots Tun
Ministers on their pnrt won d res-
kin, Pntierod the Chinese Ilnew and tan
train their trropM alar f- __ Bring.
'n') grerat anxiety of atli w,1m aahmen.
five bourn. lir, wan taken by roldiorn
r roar the outvote W orad.
to the Yanlfaa of one of tho big gem
By rho same mpnwemger n e,; let
"rale -he knew not which-wns plion
IrlPeleage wns brnttgJtt to Mr. Ocl t,h r,
age w
with quartins which, wptfking nems
the lsn t[In1@ter. It Bald;
"Commtmlrate tunings to bearer." It
,enc slei he eoao xtawith nnr) with
+ant track unmul(wtel with nn eerra'1
waw In the Rate ikepartmpnt cipher
irf Profen maillerm "to protect him
nal Itad no date or Indication bf
agntnwt th, Toxets'" ----
whom It hail been went. Mr. Orn-
gor replied in the same ciphor. "Fror
Th's urn,sunl clemency _was Inter-
sone muath we have b•pn braleged in
pretel favorably. It was clear that
Ili,) ('Msec hu1 susUnined a seevere, e)e
British Legation worker continued
feat an) that relief wow voting. Next
whet anti @hell from C'hlne"e Ironton.
pay d!rct eummunicaton waw for 1h
Q,ttck r"Ilpf only can prevent gen-
first time b -id with fin offlrl,tl of the
oral manncre." When forwarling his
Taung-I:-i'amerl. A secretary 'n .weal
reply he a asked that It shcmld 1e sent
Wert Jul came to tit) Iwegation to role
to the addreen from which the other
Sir Chude' MACDonald , and ws) re.
1 r wt ich n d ren had not
lost c ,trM, I d r
+:ehexf by th^ MInINWr aftel.lo rho gate.
been cormmnnicnted to film. Next day
not txeing permitted to pntmer. lie RAM
tie Ynffwh @ant Mm an Answer waying
obit the arpfrettable ocrurr•ilepa were
that hi" mpsangt, hall hers forward
,lite U, "o;al banditti," that the (Irv.
eel awl pxpinining that ale telegram
ernment hof )trent rtneern to pro.
t r L Inst in a
rat to it m hit 1 Clem mit n
I
n w
tent tM f m er tint isms v
itfft+ f t on
LPlegrnm fmm W'n Tligg Fang, the
K"tLpler'w tmxty hsd hsps rnnloye0
Chlnec, Minister at Washington, ant)
from the h tole of the "local I andAtt'
dated July 11th,
wb.3 had murdered him and boon en•
Thin t+•legram read -"The United
cbmed In n valuable coffin, He n
PtnU-po rheerfull} alit Chinn, but KI"
(hit the nitntoorrancis' of forigrt
thinking orf Mr. Minister (.Inger. The
tip,, on thn city wall wns un« -res.
Brei. Secretary of State inquires
.qty, wail that they -should he with•..
aftser him by telegram• which I pang
drawn. It waft polnted out to him
to bre tranwtnitted Ur him and get
lob It nes w ) had Creon
hl" reply." From this w(i muld well
Conftnuoumly Shelled.
imagine what epecicein Amsnraneew had
fmm the city wall hoth from the
Iwai given to Ur. Wily by Wn Ting
Hata Men aml th) Chien Mort, It
Fang'" bland nRmnrancPr that there
would iso+ Inadv4wtble to return. Awke d
had locant n most regrettable out
t,)'mull cop fes a( the le"kin Onme'ttP, hr•
brenk on the part of Inwlmnn lwtnd" 11,
b,altnto-d n moment and tion mt•Im
the north of China, whicL the Govern
IIo,p lho►t Ice ninny bad wA L.ma,11
trent WAR vainly mtruggling to cope
",en the )'@kin Onsette for a long
colet t pro
w t L th t ti•nP 1
I h int r facia 1
d 1
t rte but lip caapi Ih sir" nn nee f
I 1 g
r. L r et-
c( d l to h f
tact 1 d tem a ver
inn I A
LlHe nand ►e Bought.
pigs I.egatiotnw end forelgn Minl"term
He heves rem,) tock snip Worcs spot
to the Int rinl Govrrnmeut, but that
Y p"
a C.naetto. His stints wan Wan .hd.
help wns needed to quell the Im ir-
When we did obtain eosd"m of the
rrctkn, ote. W'e hopd, however,
Gnsette It WAs IntereAting to tint)
that the appanage of Mr. Conger
two itpnla tlt-it must have been Pope -
would show the vmhre oar mneh ns
clilly unpleasant for him to have uta
I OM 10cl's,
know. un .lane P4th, by Importer dp-
('t.mution of Il,10111llrr,
crop, irnderm were npprrintt ,l to the
From July 17 there waw a commotion
••prxorw" or 'kintrlotle militia:'
of ip0etllitlea ; art that mets were not
Among the chief" was Wen Jul.
wsxtnded afterwards and Chrintlan
The visit of Won .Till wns on the
coolies fired npdn whenever they
18th. Up to the thnp of his visit,
showed themselves, but throrganited
though more thrift four wpoks find
attacks emned ani the Krorppatma
pumel Marc the nsannalnittl(nl, no al -
wpm muzzle L Fea.ring treachery, flow-
halon of tiny kind whatever had boon
ever• we rel ted a)ne of our ilglinneo.
mnde In tiny Pekin Onselte to the,
Ttl+oehte were cut w•heral minru might
murder of Dillon von KPtteler. Then
have teat drives. Ali walls And Nhrl-
the Empress-ilownger, yielding to her
ttim wpm m(r stengqth,nrd nn to lin
fp+rs, pnh!IAhwi nn all"Atn to tit"
prnrticalfy mtwll•pmr1L Oar nr"p oiI
murder. Will the (terrain Emplror
tlnne were pnroly d"fet)mlva. (lin their
ro.)t mitiwflood with the tardy official
part the C,hinome alRo, ccntinu'-1 work
reference to the hrutnl nmanaminaton
at their hnrrlcadom. Fr(wn their lint-
or lots Minister by nn Imlwrinl offl-
rinarle+ (n the torp of the wall near the.
err ?
German Legatkn they Advanced
T,nmt month t.hr 1'hnn,,pilor of th
wetatward so %lint they could fire
Jnpanoov 1 PRAtlon won klllod. Thl
dlrprtl7 ,,own Into the (ter-
w: r. Indeed, hxsmt unevpertrd Aefor
mar i,ogallwt nnr) piek off men
this m,ttor find boron ,1Mtled the (ier
going np the wt"pol of the Minister's
min Mintater was kill -i, ynddPniy
txwlwP. They hpllt n wall with 100p►
inflating thin nffnlr rnumio,l to dPrp
holes nrrosw loantion street not ,I%
grief. Wt ought vigorously to me
yRth from file Rtfaslan Oatnlosds in
the murderer sone pants Wall"
No more. Tile date July 18th; the
retinas of rite amt horlsellesh.
murder June Loth 1
The Yo-Coolled Aratistle, .
LORD STR�THCCN�
Iter Y►uriag News.
Mssuwh'lo the artulmIL-o ctYttinuld,
..__. --.
Yet even In this decree there was
U armlatkx► Lt oau bd called where.
`ro
u ixounplete volte-face. lillrrluuurirs
true urmistAee there wits taste. Ile•
t118 SttldEIltB Of �bEPdEBIl
Mho were by the decree of July _lad
rulkxy flJlpg t•uaitl utAl anti ruipiug
^W be u% onus drlvbu uway to their
teas still the chief pmstluty aft the
1'
own countries" were by the decree
Chinese outposts. Friendly relottous
�Il1v Eli It j
of July lfitb " to be protected to
were, lwwever, opened with some
every provilim," "to ba protected
Chinese wA(Ilerr lu the Vu. .l Jap-
----
trucul t the least g rence of ti 'Pie
truc43lenoe and telllgerenoe of Lhs du-
Of I" t i ante, art hich ed m nettly's
of hltelhgettc•, W which tqe. enemy's
UOI UHIRx711 �� COLJItiIST�
trees Issued when our troops bad been
euhtte+rr bud access. Ont, moldier war
driven back had disappeared ; the
erpeclally tatmmuuicativo And ournoii
_ __
tonne now was one of Justification
high rewnrd fax the valuable Infer•
and coacutatlun. Only one lowrpru•
Aloft that lie txwtveyed to us. 4'ur u
t
fhe Grovth of Imperiaalism in the
tatlon wen poossllolr-that the Chinese
week from July Le, W Aug. •' dully
huff been deoat,d. Conliruituou c.tlee
bulletins based upon Uiir Itlfornla-
C011nnles.
the same day. A messenger rent out
ticon of the advance of the relief col -
by the Jefxuuese successfully pavamn
until were fronted oft tale bell tower
.---
the elemy a lilies and brought us the
of the llrltmlt Legation. Au tin
neivr that we turd ro ),)life ttwaltel.
broton serlew of itaets,rles war
�gUM PA -1E ENCS IN TRADE
Frown this we learned that cienec++l
attending our relief forcer.
Fultushima with 4,000 Japanese sol-
They tied raiseed Yang Torun
--- -
Mrs find arrived at Tlon Tsin oA
Isle '12ott, Utat subsequently 4,0x0
to the grtxmd; they wan a vletury
",tit et .Ilo•hrl.wu, allotter at Ito-
Canadians and Australians in South
It mmtans, L,0(x) British, 1,500 Freaw•h,
lost.w-u, GoIItird at this little of Ito -
Africa,
1,500 Amerkearsa Aad 5(x) Gerniane
gel•N-u. y fought, again ane-
palet leaded, that Tien Trin City kind
rx k to lttl a 11 that the
ctsefully, at Morton m tie 29Lb and
- --
'on ta au os to t t o at l hang-chta-wan oil .he 30th.
trmenal wits In the hands of the allies (•hang-chlla-wan is emrly Neale+ _0
We further learned that n dlvisotl mIA froom Pekin, wad hopes teat high
of the Japatere urmy had left Hir• that In a day-oIr two talo wound of
n"llinaa 'un July bill will was Pxpect, the bugles would be lienal.
d at Tien Tela on the Goth, unit Lettere were given to the soldier to
-.teat it relief force conshitlilg nlaluly take W tsar general of the relief col-
o( Japattewe war to start fur ,our nun, and a tewurl offet'eo1 if an an-
•ellof immodlately. Thin mount that swear should be brought next day,
,he roller was a(•tually further frown tint rte au liwer war ever brought. Onr
tr on July 18th than we had kelieted inftn.inant had brought the crudes
`t to ore on June 18th, Yet every Along tau qulekly. lie wall compolied
xe heard the news with satisfaction U) ss Knd them back. Accorlingl,y 00
flip 1'o!er of the leader seemed W the :list lie made the Chinese rocup
tr an a4'f..rahlo cone, for (ion. Faku• tum Chang-chla-wail, killing 010 of
dhlma t" well known In Pekin, having tine forelguere : advrancing upon Mu -
wen here for several years ata A mill• text he killed 70 fore!giters inure•, and
ary student, anal having taken an drove thein back W An an Next
raryoortant part to the war Witt, ,by he drove the forcignere disas-
plan, esppecially in the preparation trously back to Tien-TNLlf with
d tlfe Intelligence repoxte, which it lees of 1,000. "te day wait equally
were the baste of the plan of cam dleAstr(xtm to himself. Our Inf(xmlant
salon. It cue 6e who tilde overland had klllal tau► goose that Iukd the
u•roma Aala (roiut Rerlin',ta) Vladlvo
•to#•k. And who. when he landed In arrlolelt egg. For a meanenger nr-
repan. was received witn the honor, rived on that (,day with lettere from
Inc to a Moltire returning from n Tien-Tsin, dated July 30, Inrormiag
Ietorlou" cautpatgn. f ne that a large faros ens tar the
The same mcr"pngoor also torought pint of leaving kit• our rellef.
'o the Belgian Minister n denlwttrt Impudent Chinese Denlwadm.
'Tom his vomul at Tlen TNIn. iso not Manawhlle, w wile cur informant rai
•se unesay, It said ; be tranquil. Il marching our relief backwards anti
misfortune should happoon to him, the Ioxwarele to TIMn Tnhn, Prince+ Cfling
ntere"t of Belgtun: would not ant- ,ryid othettl were vainly urging the
for ; M. de Cartier, who Ind been Ma' stem to leave Pekin, but whe-
"harge d'Alfnlr o; lu Pekin, and wa+• their they left Pekla or colt they
'1n hi# way torm•e, howl been detalned, were to hand over the Christian
n Khinghai nrml instructed to net lel rwfngets row under the prtAectln of
lfinister in the event of his death tiro Legatio ns to the mereles of the
rhb news waw very cheering to M VAnfornmehit, which had issued a de-
Tonatens. t tree c•ommiutding that they be ex-
Dayn follow ,l gnlptly now, ho43tth termluated leNn they rreantea
sntping' did trot epnse. Peverel Tons- their error@. Int other eumamdcatlons
inittes oecnrred among the garrison Nrinae ('Iiia
t RumL•tn wall killed mad an Auniri,tit +g "soil others" urrrpdthat
+voundeld; an Italian woundool and tie foeplgn Ministers should tele-
aloo a Jnporknesr. In the Fn It waF graph • to • theh• Governments en clair
rtl)1 dangercris too the Chrlmtlmn re- lying reports of the cxnidition of uf-
tagem to Dawe about end several fairs in Pekin.
ere hit and two killed. Rut the Two days after the csssatkln of
teen baram" more 'find more'r'+n- hostilities Prince Ching. "and ' oth
•ll;tory, anti, we 0043111 gauge the PrIm" scat a despatch tit` Sir Claude
advance of the relief@ by the Ikegroo' Vncikxmld to the effect that It
'of Ap>'ology in their despatches. Rut Tram Impossible to protect `the Min
nH supplhs► were rigorouwly rut off lot'" in Pekin because Boxers"
owl the 1ffertngm of tate Chrlmtlana were gatY;ered from all points of the
were �cu . nompasm and that nothing would'@at-
lsty them (the "lloxerm") but the
"hlneat Meosmages to the Powers.
on the 2lsi�' t became krwn that
the represent tiver of Lhe Great
Powers had recefffftved doe^ tches from
the Trunb-ll-Yame'u enclosing copies
�Ttrtemorials forwArded by the
otte to the ruler* of their res-
tive, State. That ' Sir Claude
P� �
MacDonald stated that the Gradd
tic r. the
•t v Srd ant m
Cuts 11 la.t 1 nn Jul_
a telegram to' be forwoarded from the
Emprer of China to the Queen ap-
pealing fox England's maslstapce in
p ne t
o h.r a
.' Alla Ir m n
zl is tl Q p
r a
e:- . ilt _-Ztmea.-maid. .
irnrber
ern
t T
that the teelrgrnm "ilial long befot+e
beep ferwarted," ano they not►
sent the Mln1pter a a,py. It was a
profoundly Int resting telegram, es-
pecially so becakuse It followerl the
%eery day after tole promulgation of
an Imperial edlet\which commanded
that Chrlrtlans should be extermin-
ited, extolled the 1 yal and patrl-
utle *"rvice i of t% "Boxers" int
burnl'a out and slayibg trite Uhaol"-
g
flans, and ordered the eftpuislcou Arum
Mina of all Christian missionaries.
The telegram proceeded to may
tha t-
LateTy, on aceotmt rot e"iaffly be-
twpea the people sod the converts,.
disorderly people have seised toe op.
portunity to oummit lawless acts,
L Powers rus-
o emelt aha all
with alt r
petted the Throne of st'pp.,rting the
people And being hustile to the cock
vertio, suit there foiluwed the attack
nal occupation cf the, Ta -kit forte.
Sine then war has been threatening
amt the situation Inns become more
and mere complicated. Now England
relies Initially on her trade with
China, nine -tenths of which to British.
Eugland's action has always been
irl•ndly and she #her net desire Cb'-
am- territory. Rat th!m war ngnhat
til th+ ppwPrr may and unfavorably
for China, aril in that cause an other
)ower may take the opportunity to
i w ti ea
u• icor fit Ch ill. Thkc t x
lei tear• y }
judice Enigland alike with China. To
England alone that CWna appnnla ter
till In extricating her from her diff)
�nittss. .
Prewwnbly snake such similar letter
wns Pent to the President of tins
UAltal Stattoe, which called forth the
,"Ay- "United Stater (boe•rfully aid
I n."
L6 n
Obviously thin wits to Ile Chlna'e line
•if dpfenae up(m the d•tv of reckoning
Not• thi Imro'•rfal trx)p hail 'leen fir•
ng upon the• legatkions from tile. Im-
;erial wall and th city wall with mhell
p d sh t o rt ind-
nnd stern n I nun o nd
1 p
ng bullet, but banditti, whom CIrina
wam d(rirun to muppress, but unable
tar eupprpm. Chinese troops hall beeti
'proteecting" the l•gntiono and "pro,
vtdl"k* thim with food." RT:tt th•ae
"elf-anmc btndlttA hail been hPlnadel
en Impe'rhtl nigh as lethal and. patri•
otk: was a rontradleton, thi power
tit expinhn away whirh might wdfcly
ire entru•+teol to lh^ dAuntkwm ml.n-
m ooft or n I.n FARC-Lah ol! a Wit Ting
",
!fpr Roollert lis -1.
Oil tbp c1L'nd�"�LS.ir Robert )hart re-
,:eired a dasimal" from the Taut,gg I -
Famrn. Tbey n alvely remarkeed !Felt
w•• one out mlikeo the • head
it ,low uuw m h
S
htxtrl from him, and him ntlirnre gnve
,b -m connxrf for him welfare). More•
mor, n mptrt b'ul Just reached them
.hit b ri bxamo hall been burned, lint
they Axprm w)(1 Vito hope that till
acid All him staff were well. Another
despatch reque"tod hi" Advice 43tx)11 n
CnmLorns gnentloxl List haul Arisen In
shanghaL gar Itohort hart wrote n
dignified reply. For more Wan n
nxnth, he mold, he had tMPn n re
harrow In the RrltlAh Ltgaton with
all him staff, having had to floe, from
hill house without warning; that nil
Ctgatnnrm rvrvrrla and papers, n.nd
Pvrry pAI)f•r aixl letter tar value thnt
he hsd accumulated during a lifo•-
tim•e, had been demtroyed ; that :rot
only Idm house, tont aw)me nineteen otl-
Pr hufidingm pit the o eumLi(u of i im
staff, hart been burned with nil their
(z►nteenta ; that the Rcting pnntdl 8' e-
retary had been killed by n shell, and
ton oth-r members of hu stiff ---Mr.
Rlrhnni non and Mr. Mneimin - had
e IIOPn wonn4pol by btllpta, To) proud
w M Admit that tboy were Ming sow•
r 1y starved by the (lovernmont he hall
served fox t0 yearn, he m dp limo nl.
fnafon to the muffe•rinRm of the i,,, •
) men nap Phlfdxon, do,privrll of the
Mc forxl to which they had teen arcus
tomed. and forced to ortat on "teetim
,destruction of the Logations uud Lila\
the Ministers would be given stoic
conduct W Tien-Taln:
Mir (",•elde, In reply, asked why It
was ..hat protection could he given
to the Ministers Axl the way tris Tien -
Ta o t v'
o and yet mull a, le fel en to
thus 4bile in.the Legattcrnm In Pelle,
Prince Ching "and others" repllel-
Jnty _5, 1900.
From first to last we havo never
rWg(rcted the prvatfrthrp of the, Le
•alt IA 11 L { to t fart t t
� int u ovv n to la
R
t. P 'd , e
t nnntrPr of rplr .l a rl , atrn
donly to Ile trunrvlet ngalnet And
prrwtuep a groat - ealaillity. This
an why wie renewed the saggeatlon
kilt n temporary ••retirement.
Aa to Lite inquiry what differ+nre
there Is between giving protection In
the rlty or ext the rend, nand why
it Is lism miblo tat give it In the latter
there Is only tint argarent discrep-
aney.; Foie the being In the city I"
permanent, the heingson the marllm
tempolrary. H nil the foreign MinfA-
teee nm willhng to temporarily -re -
Lire wp should propose the rout" to
Ttaw-Chan alit] thence by boa t
town stream to T1en-Turin; *W
,nnld br reac•hgd in only twd dnya.
Vit matter what d11Jlculhlos there
t lin £ oo
nt h ke a numwo A baiv srf r
t
g Poi
TV AM b+ sent, half by water to
form n (-lose escort, half bX road to
torp All mare role A hag wA on 11(►th
hanks Pince the tlme'wrl," nisei
lve ems gnnrantm flint there ould
by tot mishap. it iN otherwise With
n ik'vmnnent, residence In Pekin, where
it til Impoolsible to forretell when a
Iimartor may near Vit mnttor wilt
then b,[ day or by night, ,I mingiP
hour or,n mingle nwmentt'n rpmlRmnemR
ma�ri•f prpdn(r nn spasm with
(nL tum" . take premanlion. This
oan readily,� ben hmlcrstexl anti there
Is no Inrotts!iltency involved.
As your -ex lleney and Ue• other
foreign mem have to arrange the
trlishnwit - the Atutus uo.
�o-estA o[ . y
It would Revem 'ter ta"Rettle mat•
ter" at Tlrn-Tmin: pal we wcwtid re -
pest mfr rrgnient t t voq will pack
your baggage by nn.,parly dater anal
rnm;+ a fixed day In order that tae;
nay prepare ixrtte abd prlvdslons:
ili the onvrltipe whi#•h ro43Rht this
letter were two other mmnWron-
o same allele . nature.
tkxm f aka g
rip N iL'F.1) jjAR,�
flut lot hl"key Gut In Its %'or and
Vanquished Him.
v � -
�Pw York. .inn. T: -U In [i.ru h
worth, *) / years old, a nrwslapmer ro
respondent, was frond dead In hod hi
a foriging hoompo to this city to-dalr-
He find been drinklnT heavllp of Into.
and his dienth to attributed to afro -
holism.
.,outhworth, It is maid, wall n rorroe-
apondent for the New York ifrr,l-1
rhrrmlf thyr'r"var"i'r"aatcrirwar. cud
lie wns on friendly termo with Prince
R]"mirek. 1frota whom h0 received a
number of letters.
SOhDitrits RP11'VILN 11(►NIP:.
Ilalifnc,` N. S., fits.. T. -On Ixwtr:l
the steamer Cnrthagenlnn, which ar-
rived from TAirprrxxl thin morning•
ware tie following named ('.anndl.tam
-ltemt. T. it. JGIr+.+, C. U. It.: Pte.
I). H. 1►outtt. H. C. 11•; 1'tr, J. (i. Me-
ik► rill, Strathromn'a Honr.t--Pto:.T.
T. lktolnn, t'. )f. R.; Pte. ii. Pule,}
Ptrntlx•(xa's 1bormn : PLP. C. F;. Birch,
R, C. A.: (',xp. ,l. 1'. `ttovet►v, ti. M. R.:
i'lP. H. Tnyy11x, C. V. R.; lot". L. W'1•
glr•, R. v. D O. I,. Ctarkarin, R. C. 1•'.
A.: 1'tp. J. Kentedy, R. C. R.: file.
H. H. WrlpRht, fttrnthconn's norm,,,;
f•(eigt. Leader. artificer ; Sprgt. W'.
hick, artifleeir.
Death tri Lady Johnson.
REPRESENTAi ION IN PARLIAMENT
In the course of Iain u,ldrerr us Lord
Rector to the atudouts of Aberdeen
Catverialty, l.ur l Stnitheona said:
When it bee:(mu nsceimury to con -
older the choice of n subject un •which
to address you, I found myself sower
what embarrusred. I might llttte
spoken on the Ethics of Iteeturial
hltwtiona, with n reference to famoum
battlow for the Ntauttard; lar 1 might
have Luken one of the more lar leer
:bstrume questions of un academic lie-
ture, upon which m:wt of you ore far
better informed tit nit, I am. Rut I de-
chfed to deaf wltn it matter which
u sure to be. eapectally luterertlnat to
Scotsmen both young timl old, nod t#.
connection with which I have ball
,tome little oxiertouue. I refer to the
growth et lmlerlilism, au•i to the ef-
forts theft tare being made to tering
,lout the consolidation of the l:m-
prlre. Perhapts I ought to tell you why
I Aare c•Lonen this (articular theme.
It b because Scotsmen puttee had A
F,ro•nt deal to do with the develep►-
went of (:renter Britaln-more per.
haps than any other section of tit#-
Rrltlab race; but It might not be wine
to soy mo much to An Audience mouth
of the Twecd. By a wise dispen"ution
of Providence; Scot non, or tit uny
rate sone of them: in the pnxt, for
one reason or another, preferred to
wander rather than to stay at humo.
Spver.dl axptlluuntbns e[ this nomadle
weakness -lar mtrength, as tie case.
m iy he -have been given ; but they
re generally offered by Englishmen.
Irishmen, or Welshmen. However,
ricotamen and their dewepndunts are
to be found to every part of the
world. It might hive been fur the
good of their own country It I,] our
people font +fined at home ; but A•e
may any w(tianit egotism, for it IN
gener Illy Admitted• that It haw rer-
Vilaly proved to be top Lite good of
the f:mplrp, th•it they tout with
them to the rising eoionies, in those
early days, their oduration, and their
h tfittn of frur{allty, thrift, and perae-
vrrince. Tfiey itnve skate much in
helping to huil•i up (;rester Britain
and to Rive the flag, hn lvhleh the
cross of Pt..Andre.w occupies A prota-
Inent }place, the Importance It fxxt-
At•nses to- ay In the eyes of tilt world.
I Femture to believe utao, that the
preernt goner:etion, and the riming
genei`rtion of Srot"m,en, Inn l of their
fellow rit(Ah subjects, will fully rp-
cogniso nd nppreelate the grand
l. it -1 p hich 19 Mein handed down
h r % R
to them ; and that they will it a ns
prnnl to it a we mire ourselvem, And
r me 'p • 1 eve wil
th � w u 1 n r►
show m e•g 3
' i' c tN se-
t e r nsl liaise t hi h 1
nth r
+� 1
Rexalon mnmt' ant^H. These nrr ai.npp
of the e+al,ne which lead lite G) think
tilt I c d nI lin r a r -=i ilny fit, "
•Ittrftctive text for v address to till.
students of the_ Unly slty of Aber-
deen.
The Mile of Our ('tolonles.
It will bo cawtlag no aspprnlon on
tlto memory of thcmr who have. gone
b f ore ill' to statwe that Ln A ulring
for Great Britain su much i ( the
rarth'e eurtmPe. they apparently load
little of no plea of what they would
do with It, or how it wns lik,,IY lop
affect UIP British Empire of the fug.
till*. It watts a crx+wtom Ln Uioee days,
anA utle la which All peoples Alike
,milatred.-mitre or 100.01, La a else any-
thing that, happened to be within
threlr reach -if it belonged to an etio-
nty', tv U its Ikunae•Nmi:e,a I wale likely
Ile ti's t.
enrmv put eft fat r
to Rtfcmrt Ail Y
Thies practice snot ()Illy prevailed col-
le•ctively otro rltg natlanie, but among
lalididunlm aw well, it (our Studer his-
-tury' W tit be relied tvpron. It M TPry
certatn, however, that little or meth -
Ing was attempted for a great many
year" to cooloatze the terrAortew that
were ncqutn+d. Qn the other final),
mha•ih was certainly time to hamper
sol r^etrict their development In the
Intereirta# of the trade and commerce
of tit• Irnited Kingtom-their v,itr
tense be{,ng regarded largely nes fur
atom lor'm fit an.l profit. W'e know that
thW, aai other mhltetltrev, le(1 to dim-
aultrous results. which might have
b•pn fatal to the progress of any
(e[heer tmtton,thaA mar owe. An en-
tk•avor wan wade Ln later years to
promonte tar exprxt trat)n d the col-
a" by the. graining uta preferential
floral treatment in the United King-
dom, h rt tin the reMnit of the ngltat-
tion which led to the. refowni of the
win that vii was ar-
G lin hit ri
o P
p eg3e
tdlilly- wltlxfrawn, and stulpacgaentlp
wean altogether nbplloRhel. Whether
the policy, rat faT Ain It conoerued
the• rest of the Empire, woe wise (lir
P t
,) r col tan nr u
ra I am n t rn r
ft feu
I M
the moment, neither W this the pr,)
pr (rcinrnoe) for dkoing mea It nxly tie
mtdrk'kerrt to state, however, that it
had the effect of dcwtroying the
family comttercial relatlm-o that
o•XM+teoil, aril of placing our kill, and
it very Lanett in the mime pxx,ltlon
n I fuPlg.nern nes regard" the
Into hnnge of trails. it night be
rater . ting to endeavor to arrive nt
aomn hrlun:an a" to what the mtnlr
(oT'1111rf"t1tR"t!rttn"trr-"wr+'rM4•
have bre to-uny hell there lien.
daring All loos+ yoxtrs, A closer Pom-
merc;nl anti betw en the olifforo•nt
partm of. the 'mpire. in my opinion
1L..would,.not difficult to "how
M-rntroal, Jan, a.-Tba death Is an-
n0nneel of Lady Johrsson, widt)w of
trip Into Sir Francis Johnson, Chlef
JaRtloo• )f the Snpror Const of
e2nebrc. rThe dreremood, wlr) wns OR
yenr+ -rf age, leaves two mom #fall n
sister, Mrs_ ®oomer, of LonJlm; Ont.
Cn"twlttfeA rnr Trial.
ottnwa, Jen. 7. -Chits. 0,11villy,
vhnrglvl with the. mnftler of Mrw.
Mary AtMulern, wall oommltteil for
trial bottom Police Maglsitrate
O'Keefe thle moaning.
that the feeling prevalliol that,
whtie their relatonrhtp uud Inter-
twuree would, under the new order
of things, be of a asset friendly
character, thrre would t,a tlouIher
cl.eler cuuuectiuu. It low been curt•
tended by some authurltles thin
thse steps were taken lu orderto
prevent the possibility of the CAA-
tatltw becoming u drain upxsl the
Cuited Kiugtium-elther in blood or
lu treasu e. Importation waas not
yutl Happily, loometer. there own-
reres. It they. werli cotmsiced lastly
spirit of that nature, haotl un alto
geller different effout to that
whickt war muticlpatanf; itad the
grant of rtwp noible government liar
turn«l out W be tits best thing
haat could have happenelL both fur
tireat Britain and the (ireatcr Brit-
uin. The ooleutese were thrown upon
their otrt# remourcer, uud they Ix+-
camo more Independent and welf-
reliant, They commenced to work
out their uwil naLlvatlom land to de-
velop the great wealth with which
they were endkowed. Thu question
ut the ertc•ourttgeu,eut of Immigration
became tit Impxrtm-we. Tho samA re-
naark appllew to the caavtrn•tlon (+(
raiwuya. waterways fwd tyle-
gruplls, unit to the pruvislosl of har-
Irurs nail docks. Aud It is grutify-
Ing to know that thew+ doreendautm
of the Iiritislt race li:tio retained
their afltx:tiun fix the cooutry
from which they sprung; , and that
they have boon imbued frau the
first with that feeling ,)f Imperial•
ism whk•h; continuing from b'eenera-
titrl to generation, ill" haul such
maguilieeut reoultr rn recent yearn.
l ife Gretvto ut linperlrllrae.
1 esu •,lacliasPl W beliete that the
growth of Imperialism, ht its true
olefixe, unit its Its earlier etagow, cum-
moaaaml Lit the coloidee. uud that it
(harts froun tie Lime when they re-
oelv#ml the grant of reepxxarlble gov-
srtttteut, In Britislt North .America,
tho desire W promote clumer and pre-
ferential trade relatitrW between the
dlfferedt, kokminoee at once became a
leading questio n, The proproral wile
root, hp tits first place, encvurpged Ili,
the Imperial auti►epritkee; but, owing
W tilt• pertiacity caweimled, allot they
were given the power W treat ale
Anotias• its rtembers of the same ru ro-
ily tante td of as strati gerw Tile
ouncewsfdm4 however, did tut bring
donut ally immetUate result. At the
grata+ tulle it utrk,ubte dly wall the
g#u•m froth which the llotMnlon of C'an
luta result,e•1 in 1µo7: And this union
oL the provinces of Britinhf'North .tm-
erles, which Is flow complete. with
tin exception of New•fuuadlaud, may
surely Le regarded ns the fcundatlolr
eWav of that greater federation, now
in the course of (wtitruetiun, which
we lige fully, lit some form o"'other.
be brought Into being long antecedent
W the period known am the dim and
distant future, The example of Can-
atht attracte.l attention its the oth-
er parte. of the Empire.
After a refereip-o W Auntrallan
Confederation, the financial twndV-
tbn of tho volonlos. the Imperial son-
tillMitt at home, tie Colonial ezhllol-
totW and the Ottawa cvl()a1rt1 eon-
ferenee, Lord Stratheon, spike as
follows, un
Preferential Trn4e.
It will thumi.he scvn that cion. three
a•uoslors within Uee hast thirteen
or fourteen years lou+ an Informal
imperial Parliament. or Council. Ixeen
o•allwl Urfethor. There have Iosco
other in Wresting events In recent
of e a d
ylv:ln•, uffe.•tittg kion tum. e l ni m i n
the Motherland• which have tact,
perharx+, uttr+u•tod ro Touch Attention
P. t ne
, oo read t ent.km 1 kol r
As h, ill v a
t
tone Ula lee mtriking and of noulent..
There is, (ax Istaftvre. the cuntrllu,
( the v -that
o a r ha.+ba t r an
lxl f .♦. pat l
t Y
Is, t(owardn the (a,at of maintaining
a- eLi:bloll- Audtr iaArLa squit rolt. This
was pruiel tally th5 l�•iinw br t1w,
Confer(stee of 18ST. Another matter
of Imperial Interest, fins boon the con -
strut -Von of the Cefuutkan Pacific Itail-
way. The Can:uUart people have w•II-
liagly aesmtuerl a" burden of nbtut #t
million mtoerlhng .a year, In order. Mat
(qi•n np their W'este.rn Country, t I
t•omtowt the Atlnhtle with the Pacl-
fi,., nasi tar primido n new imperial
highway affording nn alta•rnatdfr
-,x10• ter Anittralasln, to Chinn and
,(span, Indlt nn I Ur tho+ Filet genMr-
aoily. Tho proferentlal trade Polley of
(�i11ad•t also dowervex mention. lt,lnay
to wlid to be to ootaxrme of the ab-
p e. hal ommr nio
tint th lot n n of t r c
m
1 i• x Ip
tenni n l leu t d hove 11 to tl
1 t b
snore rapid devel most of their
great uaturnl roNoI ora; And that
their lx+pnintlenm nn, wealth might
pettily have. been greA er In more
favorable circnmmtanee than they
Aro evern at the praneent e. it Is
often amid that fifty or ins ty year"
ngn the coloniem wire not wrpitlar,
and that there waif n terns In ex-
Islenco that they were Ilkrly o he
a source of wpnkneaR rnth"r tha of
wtrrngth. Their exact lotmition t d
limits wotP nut nlwnvs vary wd
known In official circles, if the ato-
rlPw haadod down to nor tire true ;
and, brm(d", lhe,v gave rise ander the
oM system of ndministratlon, tit n.
great many tronblemrme gnentlona,
whleh dM not mnitn life happier for
Mintmtorm or their mabordinnlea. Tile
conee4on ()f rem umlhle govern-
ment wn.v not n'a+arded In many
gnnrten# nn likely to bring nhntt, n
clomer anion. The eolonlon warp
Ruts dnaghter'n In their m'rther'm
h0nve, nitholtgh miattemmen of their
own. it hnm been ststerl that thin
local Ratortomy a^#m tnt"ad'xl nor the
hrglnning of n mtnte! of thinga that
mlght lend to their r@ttihlhshmonts
•breusbrig entirety separate; asci
trwttie•.t, which prevented the coltnles
gritatil pMfPr•ellwal treatment to
e;reat B lash. Tho"• c.mvention", like
tunny treat,", were entered
o -
o Ire lox In P n
t rho n 1 n
t r•a•►Lw R
Il fa ^ 1 x1.
malted ; but\ It wits a I(Mg tine
1 "itxP - epiai:,t Lweame mutfi•.
rlently rtrxlg r Inline tb• Govern-
ment to termhu►in them. it came
nnxut At Inst, If1\iR:)A; And wan
pro.•lpltnt ed Iry thio. offer of prefer--
oatlal trontmint to Brltimh Imp arts
by tilt, iiominon. THA+ policy (-()aid
root, however, toe carrier out efreetn-
Ally mit long as the trent�n rrmnhted
n epm•ratlo•+, ami Nippily Ably wom,
'n conselitr••111•p, brought to a sloe
wolao two or thrlo� yenrm age. British
'tnixn•too now re•piye n prefereavo orf
131-1 per rant. Mf taw ewtsxu ,IutLeA
us raulriritI with similar nrtlelrx
from other cuuntrfim-'it IaTW_
Lill lti•rvtu sl Impmpit trade from . th•e
United King(kall. nn.l to nn ImrPnmP
'lot th, expxrrtw. to Omnt Britain. S,)
far no dlro,•t r ellorielty h'im lawn
offprod. And tern^ hie been milled for.
r t u 'likely
i
f lmmnr
ii• tr1
M It In nr r
r
hat n esrtnowhat N(m{Inr prnfrmn
nIiy fee mh,ovn by Attstr tilt tc Rr)tleh
pro'u •tin+, wh 9I thn new vonmtitation
gets Into tborking order; And the
qu,vt'oal iN a 11 1 to tr, under cona)dorn-
e lend-
s tri
'• h .I. )rt th
1 h \ewe 'L#. t to
t
oil i
Ing mUlUanm•m of Smith Afrlen-I refer
to Mr. Cecil Rhal(•n-Int ,'Jill) In favtr
,)f ib_r,,,IMy. You will arm, there,f or+,
t h . t, p erho pts unroxaNr!olally, we air
(� ikiag rapid nlsanelor towards n
cx►her dtilm brtwosm tb+ I(ifle+v.int
parte. of the emp're, for ronimer•Inl
parp"ilep•". Torp aro ane air two Mho
smatters to wWOt s brat alluslma In ly
M n►nd�,nsi lxstrtntg op tto qts•"toil.
fa ren.vlt\aveirn much prlxrr•mw him
try• nn 1 iT, t • rnluale•4, to huproving
lifer of rnm un' -tton. Thur stop len
1 Iv W A rnll•t and the t +p",
not p.a
rind to C uhnds; but more r,wentlY et'II
ta.jrhl._Solt IlIJ' },' T�xr trtn•h tmiwort-
ala:e catttu't lr nt i r n o' ilAt-
ter, It We Aro to con? nn ton Pay tbit
r
lir i n
Iv tin bxs6 f n
oke t of d 1
t6
+ IMilw 1
( M e
I a� 1
t ff tl
hind of unkm. It h
mennm of pommelling Tmpooflill troll•
and orf meetintg the foreign, romper
boon whirl In now growing ntraR
tunl "trong,•r. Tlr' pr'nrlplr W •m
vvWeh our foreign cro m rotIU,rim "coin t
!ullY rrevKniv, nt►tnhly Orrmai*. n
thelr lInmalnee lvhnl,lleR tor) 0114-Ntoli
Illylaig to Auotr2lamila lint] other part
of ih a world clpourly Phow. W ithin tilt
It;mt few worts th, coxlatrwrtlin cat th
Pnelfh cable, eexnpeethlg Crinado,nno
tn.trnlnm!n; his been ngrrd nrotl
norli the rrntrMt win very wtxortl
►w, sgRa,p. it will ice operated joint
ly by cortitat of thr Atertrnllnn Col
nnlew. CMha(Ia, nn,l the l!nlle
KlntFalnm, sad it is ImpPonslblo to over
rate the hpportmneP or the treble tI
till" trolly imperial work. Tho Pacifl
CIr'eean haw not been mterh riposte,
np to the•, preP"nt tfmo. 'More tiro
only two r,•gullr lint-* (of steamer
crlmrminit It tattier the British flnR
Thf•we are tip (htlacNnn Pacfffe Rall
wn,r Compnnv'n elteAmore to Japaf
ntrl Chinn. Pltiwlrlls,A lav the Cannot
fila awl by tiv imp^rfal (knernmento
nrw+ Ih'• ler-'h Wokle i.Ihe. "tthmlfilaP,
by Ovaliarda and comp of the 4untral
ion COootew bntwrrn ♦enemevnt
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New 7ealaalll. Qydusy and Mslboeves.
There raeemom a bright prvpeot ter tits
lec•reuoe of the trtule In the future,
by wily of to Pacific Oc+c:uo. utN)
the poemossien u( a Brltlsh table,
tolsolaing nomvlwre tut ua British ter-
ritory, ,should eau much to pluee r►
largely' Lit the otxatroi ti Oreat Brl- '
talon and of fuer oAtxlltw. Meliticnl
mast h:t mluk" al.sp of time Imperlut
Illicitly Pert. It was dhr shoed for
mitny years before being ark yted, and
everybody to surprised Dow, after flu•
event, that Int) thwlraWe a ohmflge lu
our arranaaguawnW war Dort broW0"t
into operation b,for'. Perhaps It Is
ed eveu greater senttmeutaal Impor-
taaoe lhrun orf practienl Whafttage ;
but It deem, give tale people of the
different party of the empire tut op-
portunity u[ a,tammilemoting WitIL
melt ott," at tate ehempest rate pos-
sible, atest It Y an &lot also In taw pry
motk.0 of commercial Intervolonse. •
Aa latperlal 1'arllaaaeal.
Wo lire ap proaching a period when
all parte► of tial Empirre will meek W
have n voice lu the foreign pdh•y, nal '
Int utlw+r subjects Affecting the well
being of the community In general
This is tart autatural, mal t1ma'e tall
tie Ito true eaxlsodidatlon until It Ir
brought suint. How it is to bet dura+ '
I mm tot prepere•,1 W may.. I hope i
hate+ the proverbial caution of tie
Stxotch too well developed to rush In
where angels fear to tread. That
some way must lox• found of meeting the
ustpiraltixts of the colonies does .not
however, admit of doubt. I have
tua.k• s(nie reference W the ques
tion of ant Lulxu•lul Parliament. That
wily be the ultimatte soluthn ox It
luny tett. lint, hl tux+nwtintnle,the (xxt.
wtitathxt of tin Imperial Council. he
cxmljunetln with tie Colonial Of
flee, cvxuimthig of representatives of -
ffor Majesty's Government. umf for
Canada and the a,lcnlee. hear free"
nwait(oe.l (as it preliminary step, even
If tie (buaeil were only cunsultatlte
n4 the trrmturnovement.
lenperlal Defence.
Then shore Is the question of Im-
iw'rial Defence•. It is very much, the
rnmhioA to complain thin the colun-
ieac4) nut edntribito to the PxpenseN
of the nrmy Rett navy, Although' the
,services exist for imperial purposes.
There may be something In the con- ,
te•ution,`] to It Is really only half it
truth. +1'llcy eo nut perhaps, Px-
copt in the came of Australasia, make•
tiny direct vontrlbutlon. but they .
have -been plllug up debt" for which
they Alone are resp onsible, for workN
nml dev'elopmenlr of Imperial ns
fuel) aur o1 Jovial utility. Their rall-
wayN, tolegrnphs, lord harbors, rub- .
xldips for "tenor and oatble communi-
cation, PxpenNos for local defences,
anti militia► omtnblimhments, all come
under this headi'K. In Canada, the•
construetlon of the Intarcolonlal Rail
Canadlan Pacific Railways, ns al- .
ready stated. antalle an annual .
charge upon the country of over s
m Ilion sterling. These facts should
be Ixrrtne In mind In dleacussing tilt
rnatter. I (o not mora to way that
the crlonles ought not to cony til -
wards, the cost of the array and tum+
navy. No �rch propxosrtl hex yPt
_been made Co them; but I um sure
that, It loft forwvarl, It will be taken v
into sennas coamlderatlon. At the
mlianlo time It must tot be 10PS �-
tell that the prop osition is 00W a ,
part of a . far larger subject, MRAV,,�,
really Affect" the solution of f�1n)(; 'A , ,
whole probleru of imperial union, ands
r,prP"entntion. in the. meantime,
much scare tatty le cone than has
Nit far hePn acc•omillished In the rint-
ter ,)f defines -as viewed from the• '.
imperiatl standpoint. .11141 I have nu
doubt that sonu•thing Neill be int
/ 1 w' tie kli-
r ) e. i P ran ecttun loth I m
p m t I n
I
N t t 1
e its 1 clop rh eat 1 ,
to t r lar tutor f t 1
r, Kr
h" under c•neiderution. There serine
mr rrnexm wfty-thrt•r a11o11-M aut'1a• .
xm.oter coltiomion between tlol
nrllitary forefoot fn the colon.
l+e and , thosi nt home. And
naw 1 must bring my addresA
to n ,class. My . remarks have been
discursive. bit tie mubj-eco` is a
largo (me to doral with In the effort
time at my disposal. The object I
had in view wav til place before
you some material for reflection.
have tricot to Indicate ei+rna lot the•
stoops In the development of impar-
Ia1Wm, and Moo to pxrint out the
courts, which uffolrs are taking In
tIM dlroi•tiu of tie eionpr unity or
r lemptrr. Atthtmgh havi"g spent - ---..-
over mixty yeear" of illy life In Can•
adn, And entitled, to calf myself n
Cnnndhtn, I min alloo u t(coteman.
prood of my country•. and of pile u
short my countrymen tavtr taken.
In conjunction with (ur fenluw sub-
j"etw In C"glanib Wallis, uud.-Ire• -
I;tnd, tit tlwt developmtent or Greater
Britain. Prrlmlxt_ tads explains ithoo
why i am nit boMover in p ntirminm
of which ive hear over mach at
times. It iv enlhumlamm or uptlmism
-there In not much difference ht
the meaning of those termn-thnt
alenp will cnrr•v lay onward. W't.
mltNt retain that etnfidenc•e In tour
meh-w. both in tar individual capec-
Itiew anti collectively its a nntloll,
Ic t i a e 1 ili 1 ni
wh I low Iwn,va b a n t l ng efi-
I ng (•haraeterhttle of oar rare; and
we need thou leave tau retire .euch oft- , . __. __-_,
are mmintlmes expressed fax the fu-
ture. This Indo rile ter maty, in eon-
Illuson, that I feel very Ram (hilt
ear children. and their ehildrem. ,
will b+ hilly mire to the n• tfimxloi-
bilitlse which they are to intiprll,
e
stat un h r t o!I nu Mem th d{f•
h r
ferent part,. of tbe-Emplroe will le
Insight chaser torgether than they
tare a,w, and that they will be '
elunlly ns keen hl rstending Itsrin-
II ('lire fo oo 1 i 1AL Il
f i r Ile i If loft n
R J
and In the Intcremty of peence and
cltlllzatl(n. (lawns n}rpinumr).
A Liberal Dunation.
I nm Informnvt by your txre•lle•nt
t'icerl'b iru•ellor, nail by the IAMI
1'mytmt lin n former tr-rnroni lhet it
Im intend vt to make certain alteratoaw
meld improvtnFMitw o n tit^ untritr+dty;
11111 that it IN also Intended to linen
be•ttt+r pr -inion for i:.m prohiseorsldpm.
I th alk Lhst Pouf ought most Iwitrtily
'U5-7o-�Tt-Ii%-ifiirivi,iAhi;er h +w it RhoUld _..__._
lx+ eine, and yowl sb.nl.l not Tim*• t.m)
math iiia- ht dieing it. I trnmt that
hdo:vr . npo:b"r Chr`mtntn". tut the
pre/rutwWo m1aeP you wCl hive mottle
Jn - o ry !' mblf rab!e advance In thb
rignrel.'n�" hili(_y(;4 *M* not i