Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-08-26
STILL INSISTS UPON CARRYING OUT
THE PROGRAMME OF
JULY J.
THE CAPTURE OF PEKIN
AND THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNT
Won wOLDERsEE LEAVES
THE STU TI0N
just as Ii Was Before So Far
Germany Is Coneerned-AIany Pa
pers Express Distrust OF the In
teBtions of Great Britain and
France.

many, after the taking OF Picking and
Field Marshal Count Won Waldersee's
appointment to the command of the al
| lied forces in China, stands precisely
| in the same attitude as before. Ger
| many, II is added, still insists on carry
! ing out the programme which the min
lister of foreign affairs. Count Won Bue-
| low published in his circular of July
and which was approved here and
! abroad. 1t is also officially claimed
! that all the other powers interested
| still adhere 10 that programme Of
which there now remain two most i'm
portant paragraphs, viz: Adequate re-
| dress for Chinese crimes against inter-
national rights and the re-establish-
| ment of an orderly state OF affairs and
! the installation of a government will
ing and able to give guarantees against
| the recurrence OF the recent outrages.
| Many papers, however continue 10 eX-
press disgust of the intentions OF sew
eral of the powers. especially Great
| Britain and France, claiming they have
| separate plans regarding the Yang
| Use valley and the southern provinces.
So far as Russia Is concerned the Ger
| man press is not exercised because it
| had been officially admitted by Ger
many that Germany does not oppose
any Russian plans affecting the north
ern provinces as not touching Ger
many's political or commercial inter-
ests. The belief is generally held here
| by both the government and The press
that Count Won Waldersee
VIII Find Plenty to Do
after his arrival in China, even If his
command is restricted to the PROVINCE
OF Pc Chi Ii. The leading Cenrrist of-
gan, the Cologne Volks leitung forms
| an exception TO this rule, sounding a
| warning against Won Waldersee's over
stepping the bounds drawn by Count
Won Buelow The local AnzeIger pub
| fishes am interview with d Chinese dip
| lomat here who is quoted as saying;
Neither the emperor nor the dow
ager empress wifi return TO the capitol
until the foreign troops are withdrawn.
Therefore the allies had better appoint
provisional government or a regent,
proposing for the latter Prince Ching"
The Chinese diplomat also advises
concluding peace and accepting the Of
fer OF LII Hung Chang, who, assured
ly, is empowered either by the Tsung
Ii Yamen, the emperor or the en-
press"
The only danger of a renewal Of hos
Titles, he declared, was If harm befel
the empress OF emperor"
The foreign Office publishes a letter
from the Taotai OF Annoy TO the Ger
man consul there, expressing his deep
regret at the death of Baron Won Ket-
teller, the late German minister to Pc
| kin.
| The naval manoeuvres this week were
| interesting in demonstrating the fact
| that
Torpedo Boats Are PowerIcss
to attack big vessels at night If proper
vigilance is observed. The feet to-day,
after renewing its coal supply will sail
around Skagen into the Baltic, where
| there will be tactical and reconnoiter-
| ing evolutions during the coming
week, arriving August 30, at Noufar-
wasser to recOal.
| The emperor and empress to-day will
attend the unveiling Of the monument
| erected to the memory Of his grand
! father, William l, at Erfurt
There will be a big review on the
/ TempelhOf field next Saturday. 1t
will be attended by the King Of Wur-
temburg. the Grand Duke of Hesse,
| Prince Henry OF Prussia, the Grand
Duke or Oldenburg and many other
| royalties, besides Gen. Lundlow, OF the
| United States army.
The German government has shown
| great attention TO a number Of other
! American officers, who. in addition 10
/ Gen. Ludlow. are here to study German
naval and military institutions, notably
| Captain Mitchell. Of the ordnance de-
/ partment. who inspected the German
method Of manufacturing smokeless
/ powder. and Naval Constructor Wood
ward, who inspected the KEEL, Dantzic
aud other yards Col. Cary Sanger. Of
| the New York National Guards, who Is
to investigate the European militia
! system. is expected here in a few days
( from Switzerland
| An exposition Of South and Central
American vegetable products has been
opened here and will remain open IN
/ til September 90
The papers here comment on the in
! terylews and speeches in America Of
/ Mr.. Andrew D. White. the United
States ambassador 20 Germany on the
subject OF relations. The Kreuz Zei-
+ung
Disputes Mr. whites Assertion
that the excitement here regarding the
| Dingley tariff has subsidized and that
the latest Won Hollenben-Eay agree
nent IS considered here to be import
ant, pointing ont that all the important
! points al issue are left untouched By
the letter, including sugar
| The foreign Office officials informed
the Associated Press correspondent this
afternoon that they had not received
any direct news from Pe1sin since
Thursday, and expksssed apprehension
that the commune ,,tions were inter-
rupted They sak depends entirely
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