Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-22
WANTS NONE OF CHINA.
O..,a States No, Concerned in the Intended
Partition.
CHINESE OFFICERS ARE ORDERED. HOME
,,o,n Keeping Close watch-some indi-
cations that there May be Lively Do
,eiopments III Western Asia Soon.

washington, Dec. 22.-Germany's
,,pation of Chinese territory has
Zen officially reported upon by Rear
ADMIRAL McNair. commander-in-ch
!, ,be naval station. His first official
.,ror, by mail concerning the landing
n marines by Germany ut Kiao Chau
nav has Just been received at the navy
a.nartment. 1t Is dated Nov. 20, and of
,ourse makes no mention of the re-
,orted occupation of Port Arthur.
,,rder date of Nov. 10 Rear Admiral
ueNalr states that the following has
hsen received concerning the occupa-
,lon OF Kiao Chau:
A German squadron consisting Of
,wo men of war arrived at kiao Chau
nav ON the 18th inst. The commander
n the squadron landed on the follow
,,e day with 600 blue jackets and or
Sered Gen. Chang. the commander Of
,ha chinese garrison, to retire beyond
,Se hills within twenty-four hours,
eomf1encing from 3 o'clock on that day
nithl. further informing Gen Chang
nat The Chinese soldiers would not be
,srmitted to take away anything save
heir rifles and personal effects. The
rsrnan commander furthermore or
Ssred that In the event of the Chinese
garrison ignoring this order IL would
K regarded as hostile and the garri
son Immediately fired upon. Thereupon
Gen. Chang with his force evacuated
he forts and retired to the lower part
Of selto,'
II is generally conceded now that
before occupying the territory the Ger
man commander informed all the com
handing officers of foreign squadrons.
Rear Admiral McNair will be sue
cseded as commander-ln-chi OF the
Asiatic squadron in few days by
Commodore George Dewey, who left
San Francisco on Dec. 5 for Yokohama,
where he Will hoist his flag.
The government of the United States
has no other policy in China than pro-
,ectng American interests, and instruc-
Tors to this effect have been given
Rear Admiral McNair and Commodore
Dewey.
Rear Admiral McNair states that
Japan dispatched a cruiser to Kiao
Chan Bay for the purpose of watching
he operations of the Germans.
The hippo says that on receipt of
The telegram reporting the seizure of
Klao Chau Bay by the Germans the
minister for foreign affairs at once dis
patched Instructions to the Japanese
minister in Pekin and that frequent
interchange of telegramB is Mt present
beng carried on between the govern
nsnts and the ministers. II also states
rumors are rife that the German min
ster is making preparations to leave
China. -. ~.
A Pellin dispatch to the<J4y1dftsd'
Nov. 10, announces that the Chinese
government had held a secret confer
ence with Count Cassini, the Russian
representative at Pekin with regard to
the occupation of Kiao Chau by the
Germans. A dispatch dated Toxic New
y, declares that the admiral of the
French Asiatic squadron has received
communication from the admiral of
The German Asiatic squadron Inform
Ing him Of the occupation of Iiiao Chau
BY German warships and the reason
for the action taken.
The last clipping announces that the
Chinese officers who came to witness
me Japanese maneuvers have received
Instructions to return Immediately to
thelr homes In consequence of the
hlao Chau affair. They have, there
lore, abandoned their intention of Wis
ling Toxic and Nagasaki.
The clippings inclosed by Rear Ad-
,alral McNair are considered thorough
Y reliable by department officials and
heir contents were the subject of
great deal Of speculation.