The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-09-12
ARE UNABLE TO. AGREE.
Russia will Not Yield 70 Propo-
sails of Other Powers.
LATE NEWSFROM PEKIN
French Government Wants the United
States to Define Its
Position.

London, Sept. S.-The interchange of
notes between the powers continues with
out apparently affecting the real situation
in China. The many predictions that
Russia will acquiesce to the will of the
other powers has SO far failed to receive
even the slightest sign OF confirmation
from ST. Petersburg, nor has Kaiser
Wilhelm seen fit to agree to what some
of the London papers call the Cars
"scuttling proposition" The Emperor's
speech at Stettin is received in England
with much pleasure. as it adds another
prop to Lord Salisburys policy. The eX-
tent of German interests referred to by
the Emperor is said to mean the occupa
ton Of Shan Tung as soon as Russia
moves in Manchuria and Great Britain
into the Yang-tse valley. Railroads
would be built and military blockhouses
established, all Of which points tc the
dismemberment rather than the integrity
of the Chinese empire.
Late News from Pckin.
The first advices for some time from
Pekin were published in the Morning
Post this morning. A dispatch dated Au-
gust % says a British party, consisting
of sixty persons, had left for Tien Tsin
under the protection of 200 Bengal lam
GERS; that 1000 German marines had az
rived from Taku; that part of the Amer
lean section had also arrived; that the
United States minister had written a let
fer. stating that without the aid of Amer
lean missionaries the defense of the lega-
ton during the siege would have been
impossible; that the United States min
lister had received cOngratulatory tele-
grams from the President of the United
fnfn hot 4l<,
customs and postal services had been re-
Sumed.
Annoy is reported now as being quiet,
the people returning to their homes and
places of business and the British and
japanese troops embarlling.
Edict from the Emperor.
A telegram from Canton, dated OH
Wednesday, says:
The acting viceroy of Taksu received
an imperiaI edict today, in which the
Emperor accuses himself for being the
cause Of allowing matters TO reach the
present desperate crisis. He orders all
the yiceroys and governors to maintain
peace everywhere, to punish the turbu-
lent. and protect the foreigners and
Christian converts at all risks. The EN-
perOr has also directed Ii Hung Chang,
as the oldest servant of the Manchurlan
dynasty, to negotiate peace with the for
eign powers"
Cause of Won KetteIer's Death.
Berlin, Sept S.-A dispatch from
Shanghai dated Friday, September I,
says: THE staff surgeon of the Ger
man legation announces that an exam
ination shows the cause of Baron Won
Ketteler'S death to have been a bullet
through the neck, which must have been
instantaneously fatal. At the funeral
Minister COnger made a stirring speech
to the diplomatic body. All the foreign
detachmentS were present.
Suicide of Minister of Finance.
A dispatch from Shanghai dated Fri
day. September Z, says: 1t is reported
here that Gen. Yung Lu, with his troops,
returned from Pao Ting Flu to Tai Yuen
Flu September ?.
Ching Sin, the Manchu president of
the ministry Of finance, is reported to
have committed suicide.
Chang ST lungs efforts to secure a
loan of half a million taels from Chinese
merchants at Hankow is believed to have
failed.
The Chinese papers publish an edict,
dated August 49, ordering the presidents
and secretaries Of the ministerial depart
ments to proceed to Tai Yuan Flu with
out delay. in order to assist the Emperor
in dispatching the affairs Of state.