Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-22
Won BUEL0W SPEAKS
IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR TAKES
UP CHINESE SITUATION.
FRIENDSHIP OF RUSSIA
He Declares That There Is no lvinci-
bic Antagonist Between Policies
of Gar and of Emperor-WiIl not
Follow eonaparte's Lead in Con-
quest and Hggrandizement.

Berlin Nov. 20.-In the reichstag
yesterday, on the occasion of the pre-
sentation of supplementary credit for
China, Count Won Buelow, the imper-
ial chancellor, emphatically denied the
assertion frequently made abroad that
the China imbroglio was traceable to
the German occupation of Kiaochou.
This statements was greeted by the
social democrats with loud cries Of:
ct is quite true" The chancellor
further declared he did not wish at
present to say anything which might
be prejudicial to the common objects
Of the powers in China, but felt the
need Of placing himself in touch with
the nation. Germany, he explained,
adhered to the aims and policy out
lined in the circular to the allied gov
ernments. The allegation that the
government had not foreseen the Chi
nese CRISIS was true. But most Of
the other nations had likewise failed
to anticipate that storm in the far
east
Continuing he declared: THAT his
preme command in our hands is fresh
proof that between a we'll conducted
German policy and a we'll conducted
Russian policy there can be no deep,
certainly no inVincible, antagonism.
By dispatching troops to China, we
| have in no way impaired our readiness
to do battle in Europe. We declare we
To- In "a tCly iy1Cr Ia n
charge of the interests of other ma
tions we have no desire to play the
| role of providence on earth. The
HohenZellerns will not tread in the
| path Of the Bonapartes Never will non
| German tendencies be followed by a
| house whose great son has declared
that a prince is first servant of the
| state. In the Spanish-American and
south African wars we pursued a pol
| icy of honorable neutrality because it
was best for Germany"
Empress Dowager Active.
London, Nov 16.-The Daily News
/ publishes the following from Pekin,
| dater the 18th: 1T is reported here
that Prince Ching and Ii Hung Chang
have requested an interview with
| Count Won Waldersee. which will
probably be granted. The field mar
shall intends to make an excursion to
Nanllau pass and the Ming tombs as
Prince Henry of Prussia did in 1882
DR.. Morrison, wiring the Times,
| from Pekin Tuesday, says: Tartar
! general commanding in the province of
| Szechuan has been nominated govern
or general of Manchuria. in Difference
to Russia's invitation to China to re-
sumo the government of that TERRITORY
under Russian protection The Chin
csc peace commissioners have received
q telegram from the empress dowager,
| dated the 10th, censuring them for
| their failure to prevent the dispatch of
foreign punitive expeditions into the
interior. The empress dowager con-
tiDues to issue orders appointing Off
| Gals to office. She is unable to real
| iZe her position and has even appoint
cd literary cha lcellors to conduct ek.
| aninatiOns in !hc provinces"
Kill Many Boxers.
Paris, Nov. 20-Oficial advices from
Cen. Veyren, commander Of the French
troops in China. announce that the in
ternational columns are occupying the
tCmbs east and southwest of Pekin
He reports a small engagement with
the beers in which the latter lost 800
killed, the foreign troops sustaining
no casualties.