BRITAIN AND CHINA.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 102, 2 May 1898, Page 3

BRITAIN AND CHINA.

DEiiATK IN THE COMMONS.

iiTATKM BNT BY BALJ-'OUR,

(1 It LBAT CON (J KSSI OK B 0,1 iTA INED,

\yi3l-HAI-WM OBTAINED FOR

MILI.TAHY PUJU'OSES

'.ONDON, April 30

An angry debate took place in the House ot Commons yes ten lay over the correspondence on Chinese uil'airs.

Sir \V. JLarcourl, leader of the Opposition, Kiiid Dm negotiations had resulted in v series of. Russian

triumphs

Hir Charles ijilke a-.d Lord Charles I it.-its ford condemned the withdrawal of Uritish ships from fort Arthur.

Mr i:.-ilioin-, in the i-ourse of his reply in defence ol' the. policy of the (iovi-rnment, yaicl ii was never intendI tnJ Hint British warships should reI main in I'ori Arthur, lie considered |lhat 1111■ liUH.sian position was worse I now Hum ii was eight months a#o. . (!i!rinaii,y had come oh i ]i<• scene, ami I Kn^litml had been forced to lease a : porl in the Ouif of .'oehili.

Thert1 was, lie miid, no objection to Britain eone.iliatii)^' Oerrnany, and givin:-- tier assiir::ii(.-e thai, her spliorp would,not be inteclVrei! u*5(J).

He denied then, had been any nbro-

tration of Ihe Tieiir.iu treaty. England had obtained, without (ho Chinese, loan, nearly all sly had hoped to ■ri-iiiv with il. Russia, on the contrary, bad evoked distrust and hitler-

nt'-H in f'lilnn, whifh had led that. I'Oiiufrv in gTiutl far-reaching eonees- ■.:<'!■;-; !n !'.iH.;i-'t!Ml insiead of Russia. l-!ii:'l'ni(l. be added, wns nuietly eon-

'■.o'idaiinjr hoi" position, while if she had precipitated vents slu* u;otild liavi* roused forces1 wiiich inuKt-hfivc proved !i serious obstacle in Jicjr path.

A; fur- \\ ci Icii-v.ci, Hint port, lie Hti'Avi], had been obtninfd for tnilitary purfKjnes, without roferpijfu to trade or c»mtm%rec. The [i»«wsp!ip<»t- K. ill ponime.nt.inp on Uii' deliale, coniiriend \!r Balfour's dink'etie's bwl an- jiul satislted with his t■•■. iila mil ioj'H, The "'l'iuies' nifributcfi the wpjikness of f,ord Salisbury and Mr Bnlfour to their "t vin;r io discharge the double rhijies i.f i In- l''()!'ci;fii Offiro.