The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-31
A WAR CLOUD 50 FAR.
Russia, Germany and Japan Have Yet to
Break CT Relations with China.
RUMOR FROM roo NOT CREDITED.
From Conger, Remey or Chanee-Fear
Eek expressed as to Internationals Action
Meaning of Russian Attitude.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-Russia,
Germany and Japan have not declared
war upon China, either separately or
in concert. This statement is made
upon the authority of the highest
character.
What those nations may do within
the next forty-eight hours, or within
the next fortnight, is a question which
no ons in Washington is prepared to
answer.
A brief dispatch from Che Foo, con-
veying a rumor current there that
Russia, Germany and Japan had Joined
in a declaration of war upon China,
aroused some interested comment
among Washington officials and among
diplomatic representatives of foreign
governments resident here. In neither
official nor diplomatic circles, how
ever, was the M taken seriously.
No information of such action has
reached either the Department of State
or the legations Of the governments
primarily interested. That fact alone
is accepted in official circles rs a suffi-
NlObl VI Nv uilSi
Officials of the State, War and Navy
departments were at their desks early
today, but up to the hour of closing
for the day not a word had been heard
from Minister Conger, General Chat
fee or Admiral Remey. Since the dis
patch from Consul Fowler WIS received
late last Thursday night the Depart
ment Of State has received no advices
from any source in China, except a
brief cablegram from Minister Conger
inquiring how he should route his
messages. The text Of the dispatch,
which, it was explained, was very brief
and purely administrative in charac-
ter, was not made public. The War
department has received no dispatch
from General Chaffee, known to have
come directly from him, for about a
week. C~ablegrams signed "Chaffee"
have been received, but as they con-
tanned only lists of casualties it is as
sumed they were sent by some subor-
dinate officer in General Chaffee's
name. From no official sources has the
department learned of the departure
of forty Americans from Pekin to Tien
Tsin, as reported to q london paper
under date of August 10.
Advices from General Chaffee are
expected hourly, as the military tele-
graph line between Tien Tsin and Pc
kin, which has been interrupted, pre-
sumably is being or has been repaired.
Imperative instructions were sent yes
terday to the commander of the United
States forces at Tien Tsin to have the
line restored at nee under the pro-
lection of a cavalry detachment. A
suspicion exists here that the delay in
messages, both from and to Washing
ton, is rather between Che Foo and
Shanghai than between Tien Tsin and
Pekin. From Che Foo to Shanghai
the telegraph line is in control of the
Chinese authorities and it is suspected
they are not so prompt in the trans
mission of messages as they might
be.
Later in the day a dispatch was re-
ceived at the Japanese legation from
the foreign office of Japan conveying
the latest and most authentic informa-
ton of the situation in and around
Pekin. In a measure the advices
were of a disquieting nature, as they
indicated that the Chinese had rallied
their forces and were preparing for an
attack upon the allies in Pekin. II
it should prove that the allied forces
were besieged in Pekin it would ac-
count for the lack of advices from
General Chaffee.