Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-30
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
CHINA.

The Oregon is to repair hastily IN
Japan and return to China.
Prince Tuan is said to have mob1l-
lied an army of $4,000 men.
The London press regards Conger's
message as a Chinese trick.
The French government proposes an
international agreement as to China.
A caravan of Americans and Eng
Hshmen was attacked near Slang
kiang.
The allies lack leader. Chaffee is
said to be in line for COMMANDMENTS
chief.
General Kouropitkin is thought
likely to command the Russian forces
in China
Additional details are made public
of an alleged invasion of Siberia by
the Chinese.
Russia's course regarding China
threatens to bring on a war of Eu-
ropean nations.
The danger of a general European
war was discussed by the cabinet at
Washington.
The Sultan is said to be willing to
have Mohammedan troops in China
defend the foreigners.
Admiral Remey gives the losses OF
the American marines at Tientsln as
five killed, % wounded.
Four thousand additional marines
will be sent to China at once, equip
ped for protracted duty.
ID III !,
upon China from the north is regarded
seriously in Washington.
Germany has come to an under
standing with Russia and France with
regard to action in China.
Boxers and Chinese troops are in
force on the. northern frontier Of
Corea, Minister Allen cables.
Austrian diplomats believe the
United States should have censored
Minister Wu's communications.
"A dispatch from st. Petersburg re-
peats the story of the massacre OF
foreign legations in Pekin July 6.
A British attache of the Chinese
embassy in London said the legations
are safe. He claimed direct word.
Eighteen members of the ninth
United States infantry, who were kill
ed in battle,Awere buried at Tientsin.
Ii Hung Chang was unmoved by the
entreaties of the British officials at
Hongkong that he remain in Canton.
The Berlin understanding is that
Germany joins Russia in Directing to
a Japanese commander-in-chief of the
allies.
The German press objects to the
American policy, saying that Chinese
cunning has imposed on the United
States
Ii Hung Chang is waiting at Shang-
hal for further information from the
throne. The reception was not cor
dial.
It is reported that the emperor OF
China apologized to the kaiser, prom
ising punishment of Won Ketteler'e
murderers.
A commissary depot for American
troops in China was established al
Kaku and 80 carloads of meats were
sent there.
A Washington physician claimed
knowledge that Minister Conger, fam
lily and guests are safe in TUNE
under Pekin.
Secretary Of War Root cabled tt
Lieut-CoI. Coolidge at Tientsin tC
exert all his influence for speedy
march on Pekin.
Secretary Long cabled orders to Ad
miral Remey to ''use and urge every
means possible for the immediate re-
lief of Minister Conger.
Three companies of the fifteenth in
fantry left Governors island for Sal
Francisco, but expect to see service
in China before they return.
Brig-Gen. Chaffee, who is to com
mand the United States military
forces in China, was promoted tt
be a major general of volunteers.
Kogoro Takahira, the new japanese
minister to the United States, reached
San Francisco. He said that time
must solve the problem of the orient.
The allies lost a thousand men il
the three days fight at Tientsin. The
bodies of thousands of Chinese were
burned in the fire that destroyed tht
city.
A letter from the Japanese ministe
at Pekin dated July 1, says that op
position is hopeless and that the lega
lions may be massacred at any mo
ment.
Raizo Katsui, Toxic newspape
man, blamed Russia for all the boxers
atrocities. He expects a clash be
tween the mikado and ear over par
tition.
The secretary of the American
Asiatic association said that China il
not in the throes of dissolution, but i
awakening and that the powers mus
save the nation for itself.
Consul Fowler cabled that Shan
lungs governor reported the foreign
ministers in Pekin still alive, ant