Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-25
STILL LOOTING IN PEkiN
JAPANESE SAID TO HAVE SEIZED
BIG SILVER HOARD.
Germany's Policy in China Meeting
of Kaiser William and Prince
Of Wales.
From the New York Tribune.

ceiyed from the Pekin correspondent of the
Times From this 1t appears that Pektn Is
now entirely under foreign control. but
looting is proceeding Systematically The
French and Russian flags are flying over
the best portions Of the imperial domain.
where, 1t Is believed, that the imperial
treasure is buried. The Forbidden City Is
respected by International agreement, al
though the punishment will be ineffective
unless 1t is occupied.
The japanese have seized hoard OF sill
ver said to amount to $4,000 taels.
The correspondent confirms the news OF
the flight of the empress dowager, the en-
peror, Prince Tuan and all the high Of
ficials, and concludes his dispatch with the
significant statement that there Is no gov
eminent in Pekin.
1t Is, however reported from Shanghai
that the allies are forming q provisional
government in order to carry out the ad-
ministration of the city.
General GaSeles has sent another tele-
gram to the India office, In which he de-
tails the disposition he made Of his troops
after the allies had entered the capital. He
states that he Is short OF rations.
The Rome correspondent of the Mail says
a dispatch has been received there an
nouncing that the Italian minister was
wounded In the arm. 1t Is almost certain
that the limb will have to be amputated.
A Standard telegram from Tien Tsn says
communications with Pekin are practically
broken off and endorsements are urgent
1y needed.
German Policy In China.
The report telegraphed from Washington
yesterday that Germany Is preparing to
make San Francisco a base of supplies,
with a view of sending a very powerful
army to China, has attracted considerable
attention. 1 have made inquiries on the
subject in shipping circles. and find that
IN, for Ofnr md fcfn
are sufficiently extensive to lend proba-
bility to this rumor. 1t certainly would
not surprise the diplomatic authorities here
if the German: force should eventually
reach a total of 10000 or $4,000 men,
Some Importance may possibly be at
tached to the meeting: which the Prince of
Wales had with the German emperor yes
terday. The prince, in company with the
Duke Of Cambridge who it will be re-
membered. preceded Lord WolSeley as
COMMUNICATIVE chief of the British army.
drove from Homburg to Castle Friedrichs-
dorp to meet the emperor and empress and
Empress Frederick. Subsequently the
emperor accompanied the prince and duke
back to Homburg, and had a long private
conversation with them at their hotel. 1t
is commonly understood that the British
heir apparent does not interfere in political
matters and in a general way this is true,
but In their foreign policies there Is a
good deal of private communication be-
tween the English and German courts, and
1t is extremely likely that the kaiser and
his uncle discussed the outlines of Chi
nese policy which may be pursued by their
respective empires. On more than one pre-
vious occasion the prince has been en-
ployed as kind Of dignifed and superior
foreign office messenger, able to say to the
German emperor what could not cOnven-
iently be conveyed through ordinary dip
lomatic channels. In the present crisis
Lord Salisbury may have induced the Illus
trfous tourist to take advantage OF his
visit to Homburg to point out to his i'm
nar iva hat riiy
sive violent action in China would be
extremely distastefuI to Great Britain. The
German emperor has views about the al
legged yellow danger" which have never
been shared by the English premier.
Won KetteIer's Body Found.
A dispatch from Berlin yesterday says:
The Lokal Anzeiger. in a special from Che
foo, announces the finding OF the body OF
Baron Won Ketteler, the murdered German
minister, in a Chinese graveyard in Pekln.
A solemn burial service, with Christian
rites, will be held tomorrow.
DR.. Bachmann OF Shanghai asserts in the
Gegenwart that Emperor Kwang-Su suffers
from cancer of the throat, and that he is
unable to reign. The same view Is taken
by DR.. Dethere. a French physician, and by
DR.. Sheng Liam Feng, both of whom have
examined the emperor. 80
A number OF papers publish letters from
German soldiers now in China. One Of
these epistles. appearing In an Elberfeld
journal, says that the German troops, dur
ing the fights at Tien Tsn, killed all the
Chinese prisoners, but that the Russians
murdered everybody, the women and chill
dren being bayoneted.
The Crefeld Zeitung has a letter saying
that the Russians and Japanese assassinate
all Chinese whom they encounter
All the letters agree that the Chinese hor-
ribly murder and mutilate all the wounded
and captured allied troops.
The Grand Duke Of Hesse, in q series of
articles In the National Zeitung advocates
the doing away with interest spheres in
China, the abolition Of Chinese internal du-
ties. the strengthening Of the central gov
eminent under the joint supervision of the
powers and a sound reorganization Of Chi
nese finance, insisting that China shall open
every port in the whole interior.
Prof. Theodor Mommsen, the eminent
German jurist and historian has an article
in the Nation urging the abolition Of the
celebration of Sedan day"