The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-08


to the capital as soon as peace nego-
tiations actually commence. Prince |
Ching and Lii Hung Chang have Off |
cially notified Minister Conger that the |
Southern Viceroys will not be removed. |
They added that those officials had the |
of the throne and they
would be given more power than they |
have at present instead of having their |
power curtailed. |
The Americans have discovered that
Boxer circulars are being printed in
the section of the city under the con-
troll of the Germans. and that they are
being distributed in the city.
Investigations are being made into
the complaints that looting has taken
place in the forbidden city following
the presence there Of visiting parties.
Nothing is left now that could be COR
veniently carried off. General Chaffee
is conducting the investigations. All
visitors before entering the forbidden
city are now compelled to give g pledge
that they will take nothing from the
place. Some who were caught Iooting
were compelled to disgorge their spoi!s.
The British detachment which went 70
Pao Ting Flu with the allied expedi-
tion, started on it's return to Peking
today.
NO AMERICANS AT CHING TING
WASHINGTON, Oct 30-A dispatcb
from General Chaffee today says.
Later from Hutchinson: No Ameri
cans at Ching Ting Fu." This is in
reply to an inquiry sent by the War
Department asking for information
about Americans who were supposed to
have been located at that place.
PAQ TING Flu SACKED Fly FOR
EIGNERS.
PAO TING Flu, Oct 24.-The city Of
Pao Ting Flu has been divided into
districts under the superintendency oe
the various nationalities represented in
the occupying force. Looting is strict
|ly forbidden in the British quarter. but
the Germans, French and Italians have
sacked their respective districts.
The international commission which
is inquiring into the massacre of thA
foreigners here has ordered the arrest
of three Chinese officials.
An Italian lieutenant, while recon-
noitering in the hills with sixteen men,
was surrounded by Boxers. A rescue
force composed of $50 British and sixty
Italian cavalrymen will leave tonight
to drive off the Chinese.
RUSSIA NOT SATISFACTORY.
LONDON. oct. 3O.-Russia's reply to
the Anglo-German agreement was lie
ceived at the Foreign Office this even
| ing. 1t is as generally outlined by the
London Times in the dispatch from it's
1 st. Petersburg correspondent this
tmorning. The officials of the British
Foreign Office do not regard the Rus
fsian note as adequate treatment of the
points raised in the Anglo-German
agreement note. They say the Russian
reply lacks the definteness so desired
| by Lord Salisbury"
GENERAL WILSON CALLED HOME.
| WASHINGTON, Oct 3O.-Orders
have been sent to Pekiug detaching
General James r. Wilson from duty
as chief Of staff under General Chaffea
/ and directing him to return to tha
United States. 1t has been the purpose
| of the Government to make General
| Wilson a member of the projected
American commission TO treat with t!.e
IChinese Government for a settlement
but the abandonment of that plan in
favor of direct negotiations through
Minister Conger made II unnecessary
to retain General Wilson in China.
| TO PUNISH OTHER LEADERS.
. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3O.-The report
led decisions of the Ministers at Pekiny
to add two more Chinese leaders t
those who shall be executed namely
Prince vi and Yang Me, appears to h
the first indications that the Minister
llhtiHSeiNtS uO HOt accept aS SuII1cleu
; the edict of the Chinese Emperor tha
he will punish the individuals as the,
! were specifically named by China a
among those to be punished.
FRANCE AND BELGIUM STAND
TOGETHER.
LONDON, Oct. 31.-"1 learn" say
the Brussels correspondent of tn
Times, that King Leopold's visit t
: Paris has resulted in a -Belgia
: convention for the protection of tn
common Interests of France and Bel
gium in China"
NEW YORK, Oct 31-Authoritativ
denial is made in Washington, say
a Herald special, that the Minister
lin Peking have already decided to d.
lmand 5000, 600 indemnity. 1t is stat
ed that this matter has not yet bee
: considered.
The Ministers and Chinese Envoy
are trying to settle the punishment {
the Boxer leaders, and it is learne
a that Mr.. Conger is especially desirol
II Ito have Prince Tuan executed. 1t we
- lstated last night by a high official ths
u the President will be satisfied shoul
IL Prince Tuan be degraded and exile
Germany, however, wants him beheaC
led.
= No very vigorous steps have yet bee
= taken to estimate the indemnity Chit
u should pay to the United States. TT
War Department is preparing to co
lect information as to the cost of T.
ie expedition to China. representatives
Vt the religious denominations whose mi
3 sionaries were killed and injured al
'e missions were destroyed are conferrir
+ with Messrs. Conger and RockhiII. al
y. private citizens whose property w;
l. destroyed have submitted claims to q
J. state Department, but they have {
t. been notified that such action is pr
mature.
D LONDON, Oct 31.-"M0st serio
n trouble says the Shanghai corr
" spondent of the Daily Express, =
or brewing in the Yang-tse re egion, whit
III er the Empress Dowager has Sc
emissaries to raise armed bo
lie les to eXterminate converts and exr
- foreigners. She has appointed J
n Chuan. notoriously anti-foreign ge
q. eral, TO be military governor of t
re Yang-tse district"
Il In the province of Kwang Tung. a
y cording to the Hongkong correspond
v of the Daily Mail, the rebellion is su
u siding. owing to the scarcity of arr
ut and ammunition.
n The Shanghai correspondent of
TT Times, wiring yesterday, says: "
~ Hung CHANG hos x.-iraJ 20 tvbon1- ~