The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-12
An EFFORT THAT FAILED.
The Chinese Imperial Court De-
clines for the Present to
Return to Pekin.
HAS DEPARTED FOR snEN 81 PROVINCE.
nestrniued From Returning 10 Pc
kin ny Fear of the Allied F"rSeS
aud the Dread Of the Outbre"k az
Epidcmics which Usually Follow
Great Disturbances.

WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-The effort 10
Induce the Chinese imperial court 10
return to Peiin has failed, after
weeks persistent effort on the part
of the powers. News to that enec'
was brought to the state department
by the Chinese minister, who received
IL via St. Petersburg from Niccroys
Liu Kun Yih and Chang Chin Tung
under date Of October 4. Minister WV
received the message Sunday night. II
was as follows:
Text Of the Message.
"rhe departure OF their imperia
majesties for Shen 81 (province) was
due to distressing conditions at Ia
Yuen Flu. There is a scarcity of food
supplies in the province of Shan 81
on account of long-continued
drought and the provincial capital
(Tai Yuen) il almost deserted, the
trades people having left on account
of the disturbances caused and con-
tnued for months by the Boxers
rebels, who had invaded that province
with the encouragement of Gov. lu.
Their majesties, therefore. were
obliged TO proceed TO Shen 81, where
telegraphis communication with
Shanghai and other parts of the en-
pire is opened, and rapid communica.
ton with their majestes may, there.
fore. be carried on and thus court and
official business may be transacted
more eXpeditiously by their presence
in Shen 81 rather than in Shan ST.
The Imperial Reasons.
The reasons for the temporary
postponcmcnt of their majesties' re.
turn to Pekin are the presence of the
allied forces there, on account OF
which SOLICITORS fear is doubtless en-.
tertained. besides dread of the out.
break of epidemic diseases. which
usually follow after great disturb.
nnces. destruction of property and
military operations. 1t is hoped the
powers will be considcrate in their
Judgment in this matter"
An Important Feature.
The important feature of the mes.
sage is the confession that the court
10 restrained by fear of the allied
forces from returning to Pekin. The
movement takes the emperor and EN-.
press dowager about 800 miles further
away from Pel<in, though. according
to the statements contained in the
message, by reason of direct tele.
graphic communication with Shang.
hal, the court practically will be
nearer for purposes of negotiation
with the outside world than it was
at Tai Yuen. Minister WI has been
informed, also. that Viceroy Yu OF
the province just vacated by the court
has been impeached because Of his
anti-foreign tendencies. which is the
first step toward his degradation.
No Boxers In Shen 81.
1t is said there are no Boxers in the
newly-chosen locality, so that the
court will have thrown off the hostile
Influences recently surrounding it.
The minister considers the question
OF punishments practically disposed
OF by the edict of the emperor and
the German and American notes ex.
changed last week. The only Difficult
ty he apprehends is in case the for.
eign ministers seek to designate Ger.
tain persons who shall be punish ed,
in addition to those which the gov.
eminent itself marks for punish
ment. Such course by the ministers,
he says, would be hard to comply
with. but he looks to the sagacity Of
Ii Hung Chang and Prince Ching tc
overcome any difficulty.