VOLUME LXXXIII.-NO. 33.
THE SWEARING - OFF SEASON.
BARK OAKLAND'S
CREW SAVED BY
THE LAURA MAY
Picked Up by t\ye Schooner Off
Cape Disappoir)tfi)ei>t After
Having Deserted the
Wrecked Vessel.
ASTORIA, Op.', Jan i.— }
Crew of the Oakhnd, picked +
up by the Laura .Way : ■*
A. B. Jensen, first officer. 3
Thomas McPherson, sec- *
ond officer. . ?• 3
Charles Christiansen. 3
Daniel Cough Tin. 3
Henry Shaw. *
Fred Burgunder. *
George Gasman. ; -.'■■':■. :■
' Timothy McMullen.-v -^
Gustav Lichtenfeiz. ; \ =*
•' : ASTORIA, Or., Jan. - lU^'A ' ; I
Raved" was the ; salutation gi*<Mi
Captain "Whitm-y of the . WEC^ckiM baiii"
'Oakland as he stood on th« deck tho.
schooner. Laura May, which tied to at
the dock here this afternoon. As %rfe*
dieted ■in ; these ; dispatches : yesterAy, y:
the Oakland's seamen had heen 'pfclVd
Up by the Laura May, and it was th<*ii
who were seen ■on : . the .deck, of : t)V
schooner by the pilot of an incoming
vessel yesterday. : . In speaking of -.his
recent rough :- experiences, Captain
Whitney said to The .Call's correspond
ent: : ~\ '■ ■'. •{• . ••"' ■■■ . ■■'"'."[ " ■ - ■-" ~
y. "Ten men and "myself have had a
very narrow .escape.; We sailed from
: Astoria on December 22 with a cargo
•of lumber for California.' I was an
eighth owner in the vessel. So far, as I
knew she' was stanch and seaworthy.
; Shortly after ■ leaving the Columbia
River we struck a gale, but managed
o to reach; 45 south. Directly we were
in another heavy gale and were drifted
* toward the ;' north. On the 24th I found
'..that the water in the hold was gaining
upon us, it being .then seven feet. It
v.as evident to me that the seams in
The San Francisco Call
the forward : part of the. boat had
spread in an unaccountable : manner. ' : :
.' : "At 3 o'clock on. the afternoon of the
24th we commenced throwing our deck .
load , ; overboard and by ;b;. p. m. , Christ- :
mas ; day had finished down to the hnt?
chains. found that the for- \
ward hog chain had parted. This may
have caused . the leak, At : 9:30 on ; the '
morning .' of the '261,11..; the " . main .: : deck '
blew up from the pressure of V water
beneath, as? : if a charge of dynamite
had. been fired tinder It. : ■■■'.; The ship's
nose was already under *ater, but up
to ' : -tl»iat time -we had had nope* of be
ing able to wear her around and get
into port. ; \'^v ~: '. - : :i:: i : .■'■■ .'' : : ..•.;•■•;•■•■••;
"After, the: accident concluded It.
was useless :| to--- stay by the ship any
longer and took. to tlje bb&t*. J^arly
that morn i ng \ve sighted the /schooner;.
Ukur^, Majr, our position- t Hen being l
■si hrtut; forty-five .Whiles West of .Capft '•
I >i!»ai7po:in;tineji.t,. : : in>" 1i26. ■'. west,. ; 46.26 .
ii&rth;.; -; 'I- made; .signals . of .distress by.
firing blue ■ liprhta arid, rockets and : the
sch^orter Hove to or " 'tis: •' : After taking
to boats w> werie.ottly about forty
minutes in ; rearhiwg- the schopLrier, The.
N.>?s rough, bat. all. of- Us- irianagell ".
to : g^t ab<Mt.rd of heir in safety. • We took
nothing, away with us toy t the rags, "
stood in. There was no insuraiice on ;
the vessel, but the cargo was insured.
; •"I think ; the ship must have split in
the second gale we . encountered. .-When
we left her the ship was listed to . wind
ward, at an angle of about 45 degrees;
■id if she had been righted, she. .would
<|rtainly have turned turtle; .1 think
vi i were very lucky in securing the as
signee of the Laura May. I have tel- ''
egiphed to the Sound, where the yes- I
eel tas been towed to port, for our i
belongings, but don't Imagine anything
was laved, as the cabins have appar
entlyoeen broken to pieces." I
Cap\in Hanson of the scooner Laura
May, ?hich arrived to-day,' with the i
shipwrtked crew of the' Oakland, says !
that he% twenty days from San Fran- I
I . Cttlnued . on , Second \ Pas*.
SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 1898-TIIIRTY-TWO PAGES.
RUMORS OF THE
DEATH OF PRINCE
BISMARCK RIFE
Although the Health of the Iroo
Chancellor Is Shaken f-Je
Is Yet ir> the Land
of the Living.
T^ONDQN, Jan. I.— The usml quiet of I
New : Year's day was disturbed yester
day afternoon by a' report- that Prince '
. Bismarck was ; dead. This rumor, so
emphatically made by th* Evening •
News and shouted .throughout Lbnd&h
j by newsboys, created a ; deep sensation;
I in the minds of .'the general public and
great excitement in the newspaper
circles •. u'ntil ;a ''denial .Vwa* received 1 by
the Reuier : Telegram Company. :Mos.t
'. of liondoners, :• howpver, Went' to - bed
; last night in the belief that Prince Bis^
: marck was deaxl, &s the dispatch to/
the; : JReuter.; Company from Hamburg
was only published •in this mornißK's
newapapprs. Inquiries 1 niadf in Lon
don bore : . out V the denial. - ■•' Baron
<1 K< kardstoin. attached, to the German
embassy. : Raid no nowjr. had" been re.-!.
ceived at the legation,, and the officials
] were : cb.nvincfd ". that :. the rumor as
| untrue, because, apart" .from -the' 1 a.b
.«6nce;:.bf . tiews, ••. a : personal friend of
<1 'K< kardste.in was staying at the home:
. df.- Prince Bismarck and would •■e'er
; tairiiy hay .. teJegraphed. . had " the rumor.
,":be'eh;.<true.; . . : . '■'.'■ ".'.: r . .'-]••."'••■-•■■.•.'•• '.'
.;■'. At '.the British foreign. bihee.'. it was
also said that no news -of Bismarck's
death bad .been ■. received and the ! ru
mor was. discredited there. .' . a denial
has also ■ been received from Berlin.
I The .feeling is one of profound reti
|eence.v-;' .' "•_ ' -..- '', ■ ' .. •: '/
The actual source .of the report is
[not known, but the rumor was readily
j credited in view of the fact that the
ex-Chancellor has for the past fort
: night been failing. .. •
Inquiries made by both telegraph
and telephone have elicited the reas
suring statement that the Prince is
alive and there is no reason to believe
| that his condition is any worse to-day
I than it has been of late. A dispat< h
! from Hamburg says the rumor of Bte-
I rnank's death originated in Berlin and
• was received in Hamburg with ■eeptl
i clsm, which inquiry at Fridrichsruhe
proved to be justified. There is no
doubt that Prince Bismarck's health
has been rudely shaken in tha last
few days, owing to hi« insomnia, which
is. due to .want of open air exercise and
the agony which he Buffefs r from the
gout. ';■;-. .y: : ; ]' ■ : - C''^ :/ /.
1 Dr. Schweninger % has •ordered ;". the
Prince to abstain from all mental ex
: ertion. : .- ■:"■:• ■.-':■ '•■;: ■ ;'■ . .': ■ : : '■.". '■
At about a quarter to 7 in the eren
ing an official agency in Berlin sent the
follnwinp: "Count Herbert and Count
William Bismarck and Dr. Schwenin-
Rpr are at present on a Visit to Prince
Bismarck. There has bwn no chanpe
in the PrirM-es condition during the
mmi few days. He appears regularly
at his meals."
This was followed by a*. dispatch
from Hamburg saying: "The report
that Prince died to-day is
unfmuided. The ; iPrln^e. : to-day re
ceived ■no personal yislts. • : (•allors lef t
ith'^jit'. card*." .••'>.•/'■:■/•.';'••'"••••''. •';'."•":'; ;-. H Yy
■■:' : /. : :. : •■==■...■ ■■■ ! •':■. ■-. '■■■■' -\y ••■'': '■' A
DERVISHES PREPARE FOR
A NORTHWARD MOVEMENT.
So Two British Regiments Have Been Ordered
'-•;. .': "> to Start FTO^Wa'dyjMalfdJor Icih
/■:■ ■ : . the rrpnVer. : .-s ) "J '-; -■■!'?■*
. •• CAIHO; •' Jan. ;: I. —The Warwickshire '
• and Lincolnshire . rejrimi^nts : of • ' the
British army : '- have : .be.en ordered to
start from. Wady- Haifa, " for the front
tier. .' ' '. '■'•• .-'. ".,=. ■..•.■■'. •■; '.=
The nrdorinp of troopK to the front
was occasioned byreliabhs news from
Omdurman (the KhalifTs great • camp
near Khartoum) to the effect that the
Dervishes are preparing another
northward movement. Though • the
movement has not yet actually, begun
great excitement prevails here.
.
Lockout Notices Posted.
GLASGOW. Jan. I.— The Fairchild
Shipyards, which have hiterto held
aloof from the Employers' Federation,
have posted lockout notices, which be
come effective January 14. Many other
Scotch yards will follow suit.
FOR KILLING
HIS MOTHER
AND SISTER
William Foley Found
Guilty of the
Crime.
Convicted by the Jury and
Scathingly Arraigned
by the Court.
Sentenced to Pay the Death
Penalty on Friday, Feb
ruary 8. .:■
LYNCHERS WERE READY.
Prepared to Execute the Murderer in
Case of Another Disagreement :
by the Jury.
Sp«ctal Diipatch to Th« CmlL
LIBERTY. Mo., Jan. I— This after
noon the jury in the trial of William
Fnley for the murder of his sister and
mother, after being out two hours and
foTty minutes, returned a verdict of
murder in the first degree.
After the verdict had been read.
Judge Broaddus sentenced Foley to be
hanged Friday, February 8.
When Foley was brought into the
courtroom to hear his fate his face
was ashen; but his features wore the
sullen look that he had worn during
the latter part of the trial. An almost
imperceptible shake of the head was
Foley's only reply when asked if he
had anything to say why sentence
should not be passed upon him. Then
Judge Broaddus proceeded to deliver a
most scathing arraignment, while the
prisoner nervously wiped the perspira
tion from his brow.
! "At your first trial." said the Judge,
"I had. very grave doubts of your guilt,
f but -on: the secqrid. they were swept
Continued on Second Pare.. ':■■. •"
NEWS OF THE DAY
•■"Weather. ' Forecast " for San--. Fran- ■
" • cisco: .•■.Cloudy' on Sunday, -with:
Northeasterly "VVlnds. ... .: ■-' :.\-' :
. Maximum Temperature -tor. the.- Past;
■•; Twenty-tour .-Hours :.:•-.•:' .-.- .'-. :■" ■".
San Franci5c0..........*) degree*. ■';
Portland .. ;....,... ....:40 degree*. '.
•'.■[ Los Ange1e5...... ...... .70 degree*. '. '.
■' San Diego. „.:.... ..70 degrees. ". ".-•
[- >\ ; ;l--. FIRST PAGE. ; .y ; ;.\ V; : V
: Bark ■ Oakland's Crew Safe. . .' .-." •...;' .':
• Bismarck Is Still Alive. : ; r ;,•'■.■."■:■'•-•■
Foley Guilty of Mstricidtu . •'-: '■:..] ■'■
■ Powers : to Divide China. ' : : ■."; ■ ;- ■-' ;
■: : . ■^■.;; ; SECOND PAG tt. :Q'
-.California Fruit '. Areas- :.;::! I'^'i / : '•
• Santa : Claus : In New York. •'- .' '• -''.
;V:- :. .-■ : : THIRD PAGE. 1 ,r, r ■•.■"..:■ -:!'v-'.
? Mark : Hannas Fight. -■: :/■_;■ ■'■.' ;' ; /y.: ;
- Panama Scandal Dead. ; ; '."■■':: ; -.' ■.-'
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Editorial. •<-';0.• < -';0. <v> r' S JV.;'. -.•• :::;■■ •■.' ; :
Senator Perkins and Annexation. :|: .'.• ■
. The Omnipresent Germ. ■■■,''■■.::■.■.■. ;-•!' •
. The -Law;' of Contempt. -!•••'':-•".:.. - ; -,!■
The University Competition. :^ : -; ; >j -\
• Cur . : Sugar Industry. •'.'/ i :■' V ■.:_•■ -
The Jubilee Parade. ;;- ''•.-". : '. ; : . ; .i : ..l '■'■.''.
"With Entire Frankness," by Henry
/ . James. '.V'V :•'*■.•■ >.'■•♦' '-"I".-: : -V- -.'.': : : X
■ • Answers to Correspondents. : ; : /' '.-• ; :' .
.'..■;.■ ■:['::} SEVENTH PAQE. -'.;■':■: ■*;
Church Services To day. . '>'■•' '."•"•.:".:■ •'
News of the Water Front. ' : "- : "-;
•.'."." '■ \| '••':' ' '. ! ;EIG HTM : PAGE. ■-.' •; ■.".:■":;;:.-•'
. Pasadena's Rose : Fair. :. ■'.'. ;.- :: '--. •■ •- •_.-. ?■"''
Liquor. ln San Quentln. ". ; .". : V- ■' :•:.■ - ;
• Annexatlonists Are Alarmed. .• A'• ."- .. I
'::'.' i- ■ := ■. ; NINTH PAGE. Vv. ;.vk;-
. Title* in England •' Purchasable. • ! ; ;
: War In German Parliament. •'• .: : ■'.!
-Football, en- the Coast;.. .-■."■".:'.• -.i." . :
'■Madden Talks of -[ Horses. r/v .•".. •■; •;. j
.Spaing; Failure In Cuba, ■/" ' ' v '■.•'•..; .' •■;■
' Burial of the Sonoma Suicide. -.-■ :
: 'V:-.;'-V-':^ ;-.vTE?fTH;:PAa.ES;-: ■'.;"] ■' "^ :^ '■■. '■■"
''.. Racing at -inKlesid«v V/.. ; '■/. '■ ■' <:} •.'•'■ • • ; ;
■. Durrant's . Hope : ■ at ; pow I Ebb. • ■ '•• '-.; P
'; ; '> : '.-:r KLKVKNTH PAGE. ; :A _;;■;■:•
Enthusiaem for. the Golden Jubilee.
' CourslnK at Ingl«>»ide. ; . ". '.-'.■. ■; :-::".. -;
. FOtTRTEENTH PAGE, -•:;;:; v.
'■'■'. Births, ' Marriages, •■.Deaths.-; V '.-/■• '- r ;^
! . ; New Tear's Celebrations. "'. ;■• .;/:.■ : ,
The Day and the Weather. '-y : 'r ■/.:'. 0- ,'•■;
' I Rosa ; Aston Fell to Death. ':. v •": \.'. : :':. • ;
Fed the Multitude. ■' -V,: : : :••■ ;•;■; ■:;:
V.^:, ; ■■:' "-'. FIFTEENTH PAGE. >;•;;: ':■'■} .
News From Across the Bay. -•' .• : .-.''.~:
: "A-' Countryman Victimized. ;; \ :" .
:• :;. ! " '.: : . SIXTEENTH PAGE. -v.-;:; .
■ Freaks of a Policeman. •'■.■■ ; '.• / . ..: '■■ .
William Had a Little Goat. : ;' ;:■ " .. : " :"
-,J; K. Turner on His Mettle.;: ••.^.:; :■
'. Evangelist Hilton Coming. : '- ; ;• .' - : '-- .'••
;• : SEVENTEENTH PAGE. |
:.. Massatre- of ■•Missionaries : In China. •
■;■-'..'.-.'.. KH'iHTKKNTH PAGE. : -? '
: .-- A Story ■by Gilbert .' Parker. : j. : -. :..'.'
}. \. .'• MNETKKNTH PAGE. : - :^::
: Famous : Shipwrecks ih Golden Gate.
■ r. ;. { rryvf^TlßTH .;p/age:/:^ ■■*/.'. ;•;
: George Vanderbiit's Magrilflcent E«
■ • . .:'.t"at*Vln' North' Carolina. ', •• r- •; .;. :j .' ;•■
: TrfthWformatiohs in- Famous Pioneer
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; Attempt to Walk Acrpss' the Atlantic ■
-.'•bceati.'-. •-.' i~ ■':'''• ■"''■; ■•"( •■'••'■■':'■'•■
: Tricks.- of •.Phoplltter».:r"- /■•'.'.■: "
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,!• The Books of the Yfar. ."••.; '••:"• >'//.;
TWENTY-THIRD PAGE. -■- : ■•='
- Dazzl Ing Financial Career of Barney
' . " " -Barnato. ■.•••'/' " '/•." : ;. " ; - ; ','•'">' ■•» -.
X-Rays Turned on the Cupboard. :
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♦Fashions. •. '-'• _'- ' ..-•• .:'.-■';
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Children's Pa^f.. * ".• " ' :
• ' TWENTY-SEVENTH PAGE. "
Theaters. ..." •
TWENTY-EIGHTH. PAGE. - . •
Coast Personals." * • : .
-"TWENTY-NINTH PAGE. -." :.
Most Expensive * Kitchen in the
United States. " " .
; . THIRTIETH PAGE. •*•■
Fraternal; .Whist. ° .'..-■. '
THIRTY-FIRST PAGE. • '
School. • Mining ■ and Commercial
News. .* .*.".■•
THIRTY-SECOND PAGE.
Crusade Against , Shrimps. .
CLOSE TO
GRIM WAR
IN CHINA
■■•:.■•■•.■.■-'-..•.■•• ■■-.•■■'■.•■ ."•■•■.••■. <&■ — •;•■■• v: : , ;■..■■•■/.•''•'•••■••■• : :
$^>!^||?jgi^? Embassador
1^ to
Leave Pe^ir)g.
Chinese Government Very Much
Alarmed at the Sudden Turn
Affairs Have Ta^en for
the Worse.
GERMANY'S
EMBASSADOR
MAY LEAVE
PEKING, Jan. I.— The
German missionaries at Tsao-
Chow, province of Shantung,
having reported to Baron
Heyking, the German Em
bassador at Peking, that the
commandant at China's gar
rison of the town had used
strong language to, or of
them, Baron Heyking at
once demanded that the com
mandant be dismissed, and
that a copy of the Tsung-Li-
Yamen's telegram of dis
missal be presented to him
by 6 o'clock Thursday even
ing. The Tsung-Li-Yamen
requested the Embassador
fci grant them until 8 o'clock.
Baron Heyking thereupon de
termined to leave Peking,
but is still h^re. The Gov
ernment is alarmed.
LONDON, Jan. 1. — It Is announced
at the Admiralty that H. M. S. Cen
turion, the flagship of the China sta
tion, and the Undaunted. Nareissius,
Pique, Rainbow, Daphne and Algerine
have arrived at Chemulpo, and the
Immortal and Iplrigenia at Port Ar
thur.
BERLIN, Jan. I.— Germany, in the
spring, will commence improving the
harbor of Kiaochau and will construct
docks and wharves and strengthen the
forts materially. Krupp ordnance of
large caliber has been ordered and dur
ing the winter a large quantity of mili
tary supplies will be sent to China.
Some of the best artillery and engineer
officers have volunteered to go to Kiao
chau.
In official circles it is not believed
Great Britain or any other power will
interfere with Germany's plans. It is
said the entente with Russia and
France is perfected, and that France
will soon force China to grant her fur
ther compensation on her southern
frontier. It is also learned from an ex
cellent source that there is no inten
tion on the part of either Kussia. Ger
many or France to place obstacles in
Great Britain's way if she feels in
clined to seize the present opportunity
of strengthening her position and inter
ests in China, from Shanghai south.
Bishop Anzer of South Shantung,
China, dined with the Emperor and
Empress at the new palace on Tuesday.
Baron yon Bulow, the minister for for
eign affairs, and Count yon Leyden,
the new minister of Japan, were pres
ent. On the following day the cor
respondent of the Associated Press had
an interview with the bishop, to whose
shrewd advice and detailed informa
tion regarding the whole province of
Shantung, in which Kiaochau is situ
ated, the German government owes
much. Bishop Anzer gave an interest
ing account of the occurrences of the
previous evening and of the audience
he was accorded by the Emperor in
November, and also told of his audi
ence with the Pope a fortnight ago.
The bishop, who has been thirty-four
years in China, and who is about to
return, said: "I am amazed at the
keen knowledge the Emperor dis
played regarding China, its resources
and government. Every question the
Emperor asked was pointed. There is
no dnubt Germany means to keep
Kiu'uhau and its contiguous territory;
and, if the right measures are taken it
will prove a most valuable possession,
even more valuable than Hongkong,
because its mineral wealth, coal and
iron, although needing a large amount
of capital to develop it, Is almost in
exhaustible."
The Emperor told the Bishop that
steps were under way to give thorough
German administration to the com
mercial advantages of Kiaochau. The
best expert judgment would be taken
on «very step proposed. Already meas
ures have been inaugurated to interest
private German capital. Three large
companies are forming in Berlin and
Cologne for this purpose, and the
Deutsche Bank is identified with sev
eral large plans in this direction.
Relative to his audience with the Pope
Bishop Anzer said his holiness highly j
PRICE FIVE CEXTS.
■- • ■ ■
approved of the energy shown by Ger
many in the gigantic task of opening
China and preparing her for the bles
sings of Christianity and civilization.
The Pope also expressed the opinion
that speedy penalty would be meted
out to China for the last mission mur
ders, which would "strike wholesome
terrors into the breast of its heathen
Government."
The Pope charged Bishop Anzer to'
convey his cordial greetings and wishes
to the Emperor, expressing the hope
that the further measures to be taken
by Germany in China would be
crowned with success, as Germany's
mission was arousing the sympathetic
interest of all Christendom.
His holiness touched on the question
of a German protectorate over the
Catholic missions in China, hitherto
considered to be in the hands of
France, and the Pope further inti
mated that instructions .had recently
been sent to the Bishops and higher
clergy of Germany to shape their con
duct in regard to the Chinese expedi
tion and the enlargement of the Ger
man navy, in consonance with the
views of the Vatican on these matters.
The Emperor decorated Bishop An
zer with the Order of the Red Eagle
and Regent Luitpold of Bavaria also
bestowed a decoration upon him.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT
HAS NO APPREHENSION
OF WAR IN WINTER
Ready to Act, but Content to Wait and See
Whether Russia Will Keep Faith and
Evacuate Port Arthur.
LONDON, Jan. I.— The Admiralty
to-day issued an official denial of in*,
reports that three of the Empress
steamers have been requisitioned by
the Admiralty, and also officially de
nied the statement that the naval re
serve of the China station had been
called out.
The ingenuity displayed in manu
facturing news from the far east is
remarkable. Five-sixths of the state
ments can be safely labeled guess
work. The British and Russian for
eign offices are as dumb as oysters,
and the German stream of conflicting
communications in the semi-official
press shows they do not know which
foot they are standing on. France is
apparently in the dark, while the
Mikudc has dissolved the Japanese
Diet, in order that opinions should not
be expressed. Under the circum
stances it is not strange that accurate
information is difficult to secure.
The known facts wholly corrobor
ated the statements cabled on Satur
day last that Great Britain is care
fully watching the situation, biding
her time, and will not fail to act
promptly and vigorously at the proper
l lonuTt.
It was pointed out In that dispatch
that in well-informed circles the scare
in the newspapers in regard to the
East was at least premature, and
that the members of the Government
were evidently sincere in disclaiming
the least alarm. This view of the
case was practically reiterated by the
Daily Graphic on Friday, which as
serted that there was every reason to
believe the Russians would adhere to
their pledge to evacuate Port Arthur
at the end of the winter, and that
therefore there was no grounds for
rornplaint on the part of Great Britain.
The Daily Graphic further pointed out
that the British Government did not
regard the occupation of Kiaochau by
the Germans as calling for action be
cause British interests were not
threatened. Both the foreign office
and the Admiralty, according to the
Daily Graphic, were agreed on this
point.
Evidently, apart from the question
of the Chinese loan, the Korean ques
tion i 3 more interesting for Great
Britain at the present moment than
the presence of the Russians and
Germans at Port Arthur and Kiao
ehau, principally liecause the Mar
quis of Salisbury sees in the attempt
to oust J. MeLeavy Brown, the Brit
ish Superintendent of Korean Cus
toms, a more serious scheme to over
throw Sir Robert Hart, the British
Director of the Chinese Imperial Mar
itime Customs, which has apparently
been nipped in the bud. The Cabi
net's existence would be short if it
permitted Russia to coerce the Tsung
li Yamen into dismissing the British
head of the Chinese Customs.
It is not known yet whether the
British Government will approve of the
arrangements arrived at, according to
a cable dispatch from Peking, by
which Mr. MeLeavy Brown and M.
Alexieff, the Russian agent in Korea,
will work the Korean customs together.
The British Ministers appear to be
somewhat distrustful, so the warships
of Great Britain which are at present
at Chemulpo, the port of Seoul, in or
der to give moral support to Mr.