Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-27
ADEQUATE FORCE
WILL B1 PLACED IN CHINA By
OUR GOVERNMENT.
GEN. CHAFFEE TO COMMAND

GEN. cHAFFEE TO COMMAND.
Japan Has an Army Of Half . Million,
Practically OF the spot-China
Power1ess.
the government to place an adequate
military force in China was made per-
fectay clear today when orders were is
sued TO Bragadier General A. r. iChaffee
to take command OF the forces III China
new duties. More significant, probably,
than he assignment itself was the
wording OF l4se formal order to General
Chaf1ees issued late in h day by, Act
ing Secretary OF Wal MetkiejOaan, ,di-
recting him ITO take command Of the
ordered to China" and to- proceed
to PeAdn by way of San Francisco and
to be accompanied by his aides. 1t Had
been expected that the military forces
o be concentrated at Che Foo nor
other convenient military base, but
his direction to proceed to Pekfn tA4di-
Gated q firm determination on the part
of the government authorities to have q
strong military force at the Seat Oftthe
Chinese government. The announce
ment Of General Chaffee's assignment
Ill Cl1S OINCkS ~ pIOCN0O ID 1Nkln came
after the state department nae declined
to accede to q second proposition from
the six great viceroys OF China that for
eign troops be kept out of China until
Hung Chang reaches Pekin. In more
formal manner, with the signatures of
the six viceroyS representing h greater
part of the empire, Minister WI repeat
ed today his plea OF yesterday that the
foreign troops be kept out Of the coC--
try.
Secretary Hay laid the formal request
of the vicerOys before the cabinet meet
ing. but there was no disposition to vary
from his present determination. already
made known by Secretary Hay, to the
Chinese minister to send u forces to
points as We're menaced where
our officials n citizens were in danger.
While the viceroys spoke for their prov
inces they could not speak for Pekin, ard
it is to Pekin that the officials most anx-
iously look. Minister Conger Is still 81
lent and the latest advices have shown
that little reliance AN be placed in dis
patches from Shanghai. saving that the
ministers and legations at Pekin We're
safe. For this reason the orders to Gen
eral Chaffee to proceed to Pekin took on
an added meaning.
General Chaffee was in conference
with the war department authorities
most of the day and in the afternoon
spent nearly an our with Secretary
Hay. going oveh those phases Of the
Chinese situation in which diplomacy
will have to be mingled with military
action.
Secretary Long received nothing dur
ing the day beyond the early dispatch
from Admiral Kempff stating that the
combined forces had entered Tie Tsin
and that the Seymour expedition was
reported. This cleared up the situation
only to present another condition Which
may prove even more grave. The cas-
,,altxy 1iSf On tho fret on ga cement was
awaited a~nxiously, and arrangement
were made by the officials to have re
lays through the night in order What this
list might be handled with the creates
the first opportunity. This navy depart
ment today received a telegram from a
number of the officers assigned to- the
Wisconsin, now under construction at
San Francisco. asking to be assigned to
active service in Chinese waters. The
officers signing the dispatch were Cap
tain Reiter, Lieutenant Commanders
Milton and Mayo, Lieutenant Alderman
and Vogelgesang and Ensign Cronan.
The department today accepled the
services of an officer on the retired list
under authority conferred by a recent
act of congress. The officer is Lieuten-
ant ]. G.. Townley. who is ordered to sal1
on the steamer leaving San francisco
July 10. it is expected that many Other
retired officers will be called back to &C
tive service if the becomes
pressing.
Yokohama, Tune Is, via Victoria, June
26.-The great fleet of foreign Warships re-
Gently at anchor here has vanished, speea.
ing to the new seat Of war, whittier all eyes
in the east are now turned. h thu
crisis in china has at last come and tina
the empire is on the eve OF the iong-expee1 =
here are now awaiting the development Q
events with the most intense interest. l
has become evident not only that rne mean Gn,
order but also that the main cause OF ~
powerlessness is it's sympathy with tn
and therefore there is nothing left TO
the powers but to take and keep the su
preme control. -
led to this now manifest result 1t Is i'm
possible to give any connected account
Telegraphic communication with Pekln ma ha
more than rumors of the diplomatic strif
between the legations of the government
have reached here, nor Is there anyTfh n
doings of the insurgents or of the magni
tude of their forces. That they have bee
able to , n,Pns sh5 ra ot $ fg1e 81 re marinea eo,
guarding the legations is, however, stuff
GENTLY evident: It IS also increasingl
. large extent burned them and that tn
! Combined foreign force on it's approach t
! the capital will have a Formidable enem
4 SO far as NUMBER Is COiCeIieuI II n:!
j. Dor at Taku is full of foreign fleets, thel
l number constantly increasing. At last az
2 counts there were 10 Russians. 8 British.
t French, 9 German, 4 Japanese and 2 Jta
!, ians. On the 18th instant the forces lande
4 aggregating 1890 and yesterday the Rus
e slams, it is reported, landed 2.eW more 8
S Hong Ku, at the mouth of the Pei Ho.9 Al
!. other rufnor reports the arrival of l.O
$ troops from Hong Kong, but the Chimes
t papers make no mention of any isuchlfore
4 having left that port. The ~preponderant
n of Russia in the fray is exciting marke
t comment. She is showing what. an. in
y mense advantage Port Arthur Is to. h.
n and at the same time is revealing the mil
tary resources which for years she hs
t quietly been bringing. to the east. : H