THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Evening Star, Issue 11454, 23 January 1901, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

M The situation in China is not igchcering for England, as lato reports indi-l§ ||cate that Russia is attempting to and undue favor. It is gjpered in certain quarters that tho Americans!! ||are likely to support the claims of the Rus-|| The contest in China is not likely toP j|bc other than diplomatic until the winter!! Mis over, but progress in that direction is notKj satisfactory. Again, the United!! |States have, it is claimed, proved themselves?! jSungrateful and ungracious in declaring forll jjtho abrogation of the Clavton-Bulwerfe m'reaty. * " m I i. Th ° Ha y- Pa "nccfote Treatv, relative toll | tho proposed Nicaraguan Canal, has beenfeS in such an amended form a* to Sto such a degree of abrogation tJiat it is yetfj 'A uncertain whether England will consent" to|| I the Treaty even as amended. Hence, it isp | uncertain whether any provision for the con-11 pjstruction of a much-discussed waterway will|| gjbe made during the present session of Con-KS Egress. p fcj The British barque Primrose Hill, fromfl p Liverpool (December 23) for Vancouver,!? | went on Penrhos Rocks, three miles off the|| | South Stack (not far from Holyhead), andpS '4 went to pieces in a fe\j: minutes. One manff | out of a crew of thirty-five men was savedjg § by a lifeboat. M