Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-10-11
WERE DRIVEN BACK.
German Troops Encounter Force Of
5000 Chinese.
AFFAIR OCCURS NEAR TIENTSIN.
Advance Of the Germans IL Checked
and They Are Forced to Retire
Cabinet to Discuss the
French Note.

and They Are Forced to Retire
Cabinet to Discuss the
French Note.
London, Oct. s.--The Standard has
the following from Tientsin, dated
Friday, October. 5: ga German force
came into collision with 5000 Chinese,
described as Boxers, a few miles south
of Tientsin this morning. The Ger
mans were checked and compelled to
retire to Tientsin. There is reason to
believe that the Chinese in this case
were not Boxers, but were Ii Hung
Changes veterans who had been ordered
to wait near here in view of the pos
sibility that the foreigners would bar
his progress to the capital"
.At Prepare for an Attack.
London, Oct. S.-The Shanghai cor
respondent of the Morning Post in a
dispatch dated Sunday says: All
the foreign troops here are held in
readiness against possible attack by
5000 Chinese troops now advancing
along the Grand canal. "-#,l +
Fear Treachery.
Tientsin, Oct. S.-Li Hung Chang,
whose visit to Picking had apparently
been postponed Indefinitely, left Satur-
day morning for the Chinese capital.
The five Belgian engineers and Is mis-
sionaries who had been kept prisoners
for many weeks at Pao Ting Flu, but
were recently released under orders
from Ii Hung Chang, who directed
that they have safe escort to Picking,
refuse to start, fearing treachery on
the part of the Chinese escort: ~
Named for Punishment.
Picking, Oct. 8, via Tientsin, Oct. 6,
via Shanghai, Oct. s.-By an imperial
decree issued at Tai-Yuen-Fu, capital
of the province of Shan-Si, dated Sep
TENDER rs, Emperor Kwang Su de-
nounces the Boxer movement and
designates for punishment nine ring
leaders. He acknowledges his own
fault and rebukes himself: but he
places the chief blame upon the
princes and mobiles who participated
in the movement and protracted it.
Prince Tuan, Prince Chung, Prince
Tsai Lien, Prince Tsai Ying, Duke San
Kang, Wing Men, president of the
censorate, and Chao Shu Chiao, pres
ident of the board of punishment, are
all deprived of their titles, removed
from Office and turned over to various
trial boards for further penalties.
Prince Tuan, by the terms of the de-
cree, is to be tried by the board of
clans. Copies of the decree have been
received here. ~
Await Presidents Return.
Washington, Oct. s.-Developments
of any consequence in the Chinese sit
uation are not looked for until after
the return of President Mckinley to
the capital. He is expected on Tues
day morning and on the afternoon of
that day a cabinet meeting probably
will be held, when the questions pre-
sented by, the French note will be
gone over in an informal way. The
French note which recently has been
addressed to the powers is not re-
garded as just now of pressing neces-
sity for action, as several of the ma
tions interested already have instruct
ed their representatives in Picking to
ascertain whether the imperial .edict
completely names the persons ,deserv-
ing of punishment and other features
of the French proposal containing
propositions which can remain in abey-
ance. This government may not con-
slider seriously the propositions which
look to the prohibition of the importa-
tion of arms into China and the dis
mantlng of the Notifications. rs
Interest meanwhile centers in the
report which Mr.. Conger will make re-
garding the adequacy of the punish
ments to be meted out by the Chinese
government to those persons who
were instrumental in the Boxer re-
volt, and the future course of this gov
eminent may depend largely on what
the Investigations now being conduct
ed develop. No advices have come as
yet from Mr.. Conger on this subject,
but this is not surprising, as the work
to be undertaken is of considerable
magnitude. ~. ~.
The war department. officials expect
that all the American troops which are
to be sent from Picking to Manila will
be out of China by the 21st inst.
Americas Position ON, French Note.
Washington, Oct 8.-The American
answer to the French note, which is
the pending phase of the Chinese ne
:gotiations to be. disposed Of, has been
pretty well defined, although it will
remain for the return of the pres
ident and a meeting of the cabinet to
give the answer formal defniteness.
Already, however, limitations have
been conveyed to some Of the foreign
representatives that this government
may not be able to concur in the In
terdiction of the import Of arms into
China, and also that there may be
serious constitutional reasons requir-
ing at least two Of the French pro-
posals to be submitted to the Amer
lean congress before they can be act
ed upon affirmatively. i. ..5
These two latter propositions relate
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