RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

Manawatu Herald, 23 December 1897, Page 2

RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

Renter's Agency states that a Russian pquadron has entered Port Arthur (the fortified harboar which was captured by the Japanese from the Chinese in the recent war, bu£ afterwards retroceded in accordance with the peace arrangements), with the intGDtion' of wintering in the port, and that the Chinese Government acquiesced. The Fremdenhlatt announces that Germany and Russia have arrived at an understanding with regard to China. It wag recently announced that the Russian press was profoundly suspicious towards Germany's action in the seizure of Kiaochau ; bat the Russian Government, as the Fran* denllatt points out, has observed an impassive attitude in the matter. The Times states that owing to the German occupation of Eiao^chau, China considers the Russian action in Bending a equadron to Port Arthur necessary. The presence of the Russian and German squadrons and the leisure of Chinese territory has oaused excitement in Japan. The Nbvoe Vremya says that Port Arthur is the port best adapted for repairing Russian warships, and the action of Russia has strengthened its friendly relations with China, It is reported that the British* China fleet will winter at Waihaiwei, the Chinese naval station on the north coast of the Shantung Peninsula. It is stated that China has invited Great' Britain to assume a protectorate over the valley of the Yang-tse-Kiang and Si Eiang or West River. The Government officials at Pekin have advißed the transfer of . the capital to Nankin, the capital of the province of Kiangsu, and the former capital of the Chinese Empire, situated considerably furthur inland and to the southward than Pekin.