The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-30
|llDBLf FEARED IN PICKING.
|>ruryT CHINESE SOLDIERS
ALARM THE FOREIGNER.
,v Threaten TO Drive Them Dat
CAaaese Government Has Prom
- 70 Remove the Troops, bat
:. AFRAID to Attempt to DO This.

.-u~.1hted, 1888. by the Associated Press.
Ga~-r,nS Oct. z3-Tfe news received
:. .eak from ne far East has been OF
-. d!saulet.ng nature II appears
-uropeau residents OF Picking are IN
80 Of alarm at the drafting into that
- large bodies OF Chinese troops, as
| ss..,.eruoise TO the recent arrival there
s.a,as for the foreign legations. The
-. ladders are very turbulent, and
- with the anti-foreign riots a. Can
sse situation has caused great uneazs-
=. among the foreigners. who number
-, ,Sa In response TO the demand OF
=. dsnIouaats the tslng IL yanien has
...~,ssd 10 remove the soldiers, VINO are
80 Mohammedans. and VINO openly
- their Intention OF driving out the
- devils DE. the fuln..mens OF
:. r-onise OF the isung Ii yamen Offers
s,s8.rabie difficulty. as the only force
- CT oyerawing the Chinese troops
!. pek.ng Is the foreign drilled force in
=. nslgaborhood OF Tients.n, commanded
:. Gen. Yuan Shek Hal, who. however.
: dreaded by the palace and may be re-
r,aes az practically holding the dess.aiez
!. Csina In bis hands
| The doxSger empress OF China seems
Aesoughiy 10 recognize the Importance Of
hay.nx a modern organized army and
ssYy. and Is said to have informed the
rang Il yamen that urgent reforma are
rssdee and progressive measures in other
tt9afsments are impracticable until the
sasefnment Is backed Up by a powerful
amy and navy.
he convention providing for the lease
q Wsihaiwei 10 Great Britain IL published
s,day II provides that Chinese t.ooDs and
vsfsniys may use the leased territory
eone Of the British newspapers imagine
.hs implies an arrangement by which
Great Britain viii recognize Chinese ualii-
zy forces.
h connection with the gummoning Of a
franeh doctor 10 examine the emperor r,r
Gina, the saturday Review says Il sees
& ths rtise upon the part OF the en-
2sss dowager and adds that IL would have
srn an easy matter TO palm off any s.cksy
yafh o. twenty-five on the European pf1y-
daan. "a the emperor Is scarcely ever ylsi-
We TO foreigners.
Isis announced from ST. Petersburg sha.
G the powers have now accented tbs
care invitation to send delegates "a the
r.pp0sed disarmament conference. Each
pxT VII De represented by three dele
et.s and IL VIII be record .piofna,ic as
Anhiy In point of numbers.
count Muravief. the Russian minister OF
hsrzn affairs. is going 10 Livad!a where
viii confer with the czar on the out
Les Of the programme which vii be sub
Fitted To tina delegates Of TIE powers Tsha
k-s-an minister IS very optimistic as 10
as result, OF the conference
The Daily CHRONICLES prints a letter from
correspondent who alleges that various
AMERICAN typewriter companies which do
tSfrss abroad have formed a tr1ls; .hicn
enro.s The prices Of all the leadlns, ma
sAnes sold tn Great Britain. The writer
ssas thaS although the cost OF production
VA Typewriter Is sad 10 I've Considerably
SoW A5. tina retail prices here Is G23,
Gen. " csley Merritt and Mrs. Merritt
Pc stii IN London. Mrs. Merritt II suffering.
sam typhoid fever. Although her condition
ios serious. her sickness viii necessltats.
hf remaining hare for some tirne.