The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-09-06
THE RUSSIAN NOTE.
The Powers Asked Concerning the
Withdrawal from China.
OUR TROOPS IlY WINTER IL CHINA.
A CarefuI Confederation Given to Il Hung
ChsnG'- tr-denrIsI- >h"N In+ They
Were I<~u-t To- the fUp--~- Dow
aSer and Not by the fmperor.


/ note relative - the WlraG -aval OF
/ Russia from China and the United
/ ~tatr~. rr~ spouse thereto Mere made
/ public yesterday 10y the state depart
/ meut. after the cabinet haG fully con-
! Sidered the -Npeaieucy of 80 doing.
/ Ihe correspondence l. unique in the
/ history oi diplomatic exchange. II
/ may lee said 70 illustrate ID clever move
! ry which the United States GOVERN
meut again has assumed the lead i'm
prescribing The policy of the powers
respecting the Chinese trouble. This
was accomplished by the state de-
part meut'~ asailing itself of the Rus
sian note TO address TO the po}s er> am
inquiry a~ to their policies. an answer
TO which scarcely can be avoided.
Various meanings may be placed
upon the statements OF the TWO priu-
cipals 81 rhi> correspondence. Thus.
on the one band. il may be noted that
while Russia announces a purpose 10
withdraw her troops from China. still
"a TO the occupying force al Ne->
ChWun@. a condition j. attached THAI
almost negatives The proposition a. 10
that point. Respecting our own anti
tude. it appears that. while believing
the best course To pursue i 10 remain
in Fekin. our government i still will
ing 10 Withdraw. Perhaps this means
that il there Is to be separate notion
by the powers in China the United
States proposes 10 deal with the Situ-
alton mith free hand. 1t may he
noted. in connection with our With
draWal statement. that whereas Rus
STA proposed To Withdraw from China.
our offer II 10 Withdraw only from
Pckin. y significant fact i'm this con
nection i that Gen. ChatTce. who j.
well advised of the Situatiou having
several days ago been directed 10 pre-
pare for Just AN emergency ~ that |
precipifatcd by Russian action. con
tinues his preparations for wintering |
the American troops in China. In
deed. unless the men are atoat and out |
of the Pei-IIo within the next SIN |
weeks they are likely 10 remain in |
China per force. being icebound. Gen |
Chatfee was further advised yesterday |
of the developments in the situation. |
a comprudioUs statement of the |
points in the Rus-o-Nmcricau CORE |
spondence being cabIed to him for his |
guidance. As bearing further on the |
prospects OF the future il may bc |
noted that the war department Off |
Gals state that the government has
not considered the question of the |
evacuation Of China.
IT scarcely * expected that even
with the aid of the cables a compile.
accord can be reached upon this last
Immediately. Up TO the
lose OF the official day only two com
had been received in con
sequence OF our last note. One was
rom the British foreign otfica.
through the American embassy. stat
ng that Lord Salisbury was absent
rom London and merely promising
for the note The Ger
nan response was through Mr. Jack
'on and Was equally inconcIusive. IN
heating wish on the part of the |
Ierman government for time 10 con
'ider the proposition. The otficia :
lere say that they are satisfied that
Japan At least is fully in accord with
'ur objects as set out in the note and |
ather expect an early answer from
he government Of that country.
rance has not been heard from on
his point. her last communication re-
ating entirely 10 the matter Of II
lung Chang's status.
The full text of the French govern
lent's answer to Ii Hung Chang's
eace proposals of August u and p
as just been received here. II proves
0 be almost identical in language
h.. 8 =
rnment. which laid down as pre-
minary to peace overtureS that -
urity in the Chinese capital and re-
government authority be es- {
lblished.
1t has developed in the course Of :
be careful consideration which Off I
als have given 10 Ii Hung Chang
redentials. that they were issued by
le dowager empress and not by the
npero-. kwang TSu. This may have
4 important bearing on the subiec-. =
II opens up the authority OF the
npress dowager since the coID
etat Of September Q. 1sg-. when she ="
'ok the reins Of power from H.. -
inds Of the emperor. L involves also Y
~ issues between the empress dow j
ger, who Is anti-foreign. and the EN- b
,ror, who Is pro-foreign. Stiu a 81
rther consideration j. the Russian
mpathies entertained by the EN-
'ess dowager, as against the Brit
h sympathy held by the emperor
aus far. however, there has been 10
iestioning Of the credentials on anv
the personal grounds mentioned. -
though they are forcible in shaping
( action Of the several powers