Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-04
EVACUATION OF CHINA.
Withdrawal of Russian and Amer
ican Troops Now Under Way.
THE CHINESE IMPERIAL EDICTs.

They Direct That Funeral Honors
BE Paid to Murdered German and
Japanese DipIomats-Mr. RocLhiII
Leaves Pekin Under Cavalry Escort
London, Oct. beyond a number
Of imperial edicts, which throw into
still worse confusion the complicated
Chirc~c situation, there is little in to-
days news to arrest attention. From
Shanghai comes an unconfirmed report
that the allies have seived Shan Hal
Kwan
All the news with regard to the
edicts emanate from Shanghai. Ac-
cording to these advices, in addition
to the edicts ordering Grand Council
lor Kun Kang to offer obligations be-
fore the coffin of Baron Won Kettler
and the edict directing that Lii Hung
Chang's entire plan be followed in re-
gard to the punishment of the princes
and high ministers of state responsible
for the anti-foreign outrages, and the
decree ordering that funeral honors
be paid in Pekin and Toxic to the re-
mains of Sugiyama Akirira, the mur-
dered chancellor of the Japanese le-
cation, Emperor Kwang Su has ad-
dressed further letters to the car and
the mikado renewing his request for
their aid in the peace negotiations.
A dispatch from Pekin dated Sept.
25 intimates that the withdrawal Of
the army has already begun. Says this
dispatch:
''At the conference of generals to-
day the Russian commander, Gen.
Linovich, announced the immediate
withdrawal from Pekin of the bulk of
the Russian troops and the legation.
He will leave on Sept. 80 and the le-
cation will follow Immediately. There
will remain a mixed force of about
1000 to represent Russia. Gen. Limo
vich asserted that the dispatch from
st. Petersburg transmitting the order
to withdraw contained a statement
that all the powers were adopting the
same policy. The other generals re-
piled that they had received no orders
of that nature"
A st. Petersburg dispatch Of Sum-
day, dated Pekin, Sept. 27, says the
following has been received from M.
De Giers, Russian minister to China:
In accordance with orders from the
highest quarters l am leaving for Tien
Tsin with the whole legation"
A Tien Tsin dispatch of Sept. 80
says: Orders from Washington di-
recting the withdrawal of the bulk OF
the American troops were received this
afternoon and preparations to comply
were begun Immediately. Gen. Chat
fee is here directing the movement,
which will commence at the earliest
possible moment.
1T is understood that the plan con-
templates leaving a regiment of in
fantry, squadron of cavalry and a
battery of artillery in Pekin to protect
American interests and that the re-
mainder of the troops will proceed to
Manila.
THE allied commanders had decided
to dispatch a combined land and naval
expedition to Shan Hal Kwan on the
gulf of Lao Tung, leaving Taku Oct
], the total land force being 1900 The
American detail had not yet been
made, nor had decision been reached
as to the naval force. Now that the
order to withdraw has been received
from Washington it is possible that
the plans for the expedition will have
to be modified, so far as American
participation is concerned. Gen. Chat
fee, however, is proceeding on the op-
posite assumption, and has ordered the
fifth marine battalion to prepare to
go.
"The United States armored cruiser
Brooklyn will probably be the only
American warship in the expedition.
The troops will go by water and be
landed south of Shan Hal Kwan. They
will cooperate with large Russian
contingent already on the way.
THE news of the American with
drawal created a sensation among the
representatives of the other powers
here
Another Pekin dispatch says: Mr.
William Woodville Rockhill, special
commissioner of the United States, left
Pekin, with a cavalry escort, today for
Tien Tsin. He will visit Nankin and
the Yang Use valley, examine affairs
there and advise the viceroys to mem
oralize the throne, urging the return
of the court to Pekin.