. The literary digest. lization.—The Ledger{hid. Rep.), Philadelphia. Ex-Minster Denby on the Par-tition of China.—At the termi-nation of the war in 1895 it wasapprehended that the seizure ofChinese territory by Japan wasthe prelude to the dismembermentof China. This apprehension be-came certainty to all observers ofChinas supine acceptance of herhumiliation, for no statesman roseto grapple with the difficulties ofhis country; no popular outcrydenounced the corruption and in-efficiency which had led to herdownfall. The action of Ger-many, however, has broughtthings to a crisis sooner than wasf
. The literary digest. lization.—The Ledger{hid. Rep.), Philadelphia. Ex-Minster Denby on the Par-tition of China.—At the termi-nation of the war in 1895 it wasapprehended that the seizure ofChinese territory by Japan wasthe prelude to the dismembermentof China. This apprehension be-came certainty to all observers ofChinas supine acceptance of herhumiliation, for no statesman roseto grapple with the difficulties ofhis country; no popular outcrydenounced the corruption and in-efficiency which had led to herdownfall. The action of Ger-many, however, has broughtthings to a crisis sooner than wasforeseen. There is no uncertaintynow about the future. Germanyis at Kiao-Chou, and will remainthere. Manchuria was already in Russian hands, and Port Arthur and the Liao Tung Peninsulafall to her only a little sooner than expected. England will probably seize Chusan, an island near Shanghai,suitably located to control the trade of that great market, an al-most English city, while France may take Hainan and territory. ONE THOUSAND MILES C THE LITERARY DIGEST. [Jan. 1, 1898 on the mainland adjoining Tonking. The now inevitable failureto pay the war indemnity will leave Japan in possession of Wei-Hai-Wei [on Shang-tung promontory]. To the well-informed at Peking it was known in 1895 that Rus-sia had promised the reigning family in China to maintain themon the throne and to preserve their empire. The most ominousfeature of the present crisis for China is that this engagementseems to have been repudiated, and Germany must have actedwith the assured consent of Russia and France. England willnot interfere in the program of these three powers. In China shehas receded before French and Russian aggression from everystand that the English press has asserted that she would take. Ithas always been China, never the aggressor, that has been calledto indemnify when some fresh encroachment has seemed tomenace British interests, and in every case Great Britain has beencontent to accept some g
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