The Washington weekly post., 1900-10-02
TUAN TO BE PUNISHED By COURTS
TIceroys Ordered "a PAY special Honsrs TO
Remains of Baron Won ,ketfeier-Ras-
Sims Withdraw from Pekin and vacate
Their Observation-Disclosures Prepariug te
Lraye-Confiieting Views Of Value and
Meaning OF Esiets Entertained In Lendon.
SPECIAL cApLEoRAM TO THE posT.

mems court for punishment. hang II
and Chao ShuchiaO are handed over 10
the censor's court for punishment.
Grand Secretary Kunkang is ordered to
pay respect to the German minister's re-
mains, and the viceroys Of Tientsin and
Marking are ordered 10 attend the coffin
on its journey. The Chinese minister at
Berlin Is ordered TO pay personal respects
upon the arrival OF the coffin in Ger
many"
81. Petersburg, Sept s0.-The Russian
government has received word from Tai
yuenfu OF the ediet of the Chinese En-
peror, expressing thanks 10 the Car for
Withdrawing the Russian troops from Pc
kin, and asking for further assistance
tn surmoUntiTg & the difficulties of the
situation. The edict also announces the
Dismissal from power, together with de-
privation of rank. OF Princes Tuan,
Chuang, and Ian. Chancellor Kangyi, and
Policemaster Pekin Innian.
De Giers Leaves PekiB.
St Petersburg, Sept. Set was OH
| ciaIIy announced yesterday that de Giers
and all the members of the Russian lega-
| ton lad quilted Pekin for Tientsin. The
remainder of the Russian troops are un-
derstood 70 be accompanying them as an
| escort. Vice Admiral SkTodloff has ar
rived and taken over the command of the
| Russian squadron in Chinese waters, his
| flagship being the Rossia.
A military writer in Novoe Vremya
states that the Germans intend. in case
/ of complications, 10 undertake an inde-
| rendent expedition from Tientsin south
along the imperial canal. and will prob
| ably seize Tienanem, on the Huanbe, for
which purpose the German squadron viii
be REINFORCED by several gunboats.
London View of Edicts.
Copyright, 1900. by the Associated Press)
London, Oct. /, $50 a. Nall the news
with regard to the ediets emanate from
| Shanghai According 10 these advices, in
| addition to the edicts ordering Grand
/ Counsellor Kun Kang to offer oblatioEs
| before the coffin of Baron Won Kstteler,
and the edict directing that Ii Hung
| Chang's entire plan be followed in re-
gard 10 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 Tokyo 10 the remains CT
| Sugiyama Akira, the murdered chancellor
| of the Japanese Legation, Emperor
! Kwang Su has addressed further letters
/ to the Car and the Mikado renewing his
request for their aid in the peace negotia-
/ tions.
Various opinions are expressed as to the
/ importance of the edicts. The Shanghai
| correspondent of the Morning Post says:
| The severe punishment ordered by
Emperor Kwang Su will only mean a
| money fine. There are traces of Ii Hung
| Chang's hand, under American inauep>e,
| In the edicts"
| On the other hand, the Standard
| Shanghai correspondent remarks:
| THE Empress Regent now realizes the
true nature Of the crisis. After consulting
| the Emperor, she summoned the cou-I
| dignitaries and, on their assembling, while
| she remained silent, the Emperor In a
| loud voice, delivered a TRADE lasting a
| couple of hours against the courtiers
| Then, in an angry voice, he dismissed
them. After this the decrees were issued. -
| While these have promulgated, how
ever feYerish war preparations are still
reported from Shanghai. and new ap-
pointments have been made TO the chi.
nese army and navy.
The Chinese Oficial Gazette has re-
| sumed publication says the Pekin cor
respondent of the Morning Post, WIRING
! September a, "and contains an order 6i-
recting the Pekin officials TO follow tbs
court, unless their duties have prevented
| them leaving.
British Iooting continues, and daily
| auctions are held at the legation. This is
| likely TO last all winter Members of tbs
nobility are the. heaviest losers. Prince
Ching in particular"
Russin's Withdrawal
Pekin, Sept. 25, via Taku, Sept g, via
Shanghai, Sept. 30-At the conference OF
generals to-day the Russian commander
Gen. Linovitch, announced the irnmediat;
I withdrawal from Pelxin Of the bulk OF the
Russian troops and the legation He viii
leave on Thursday, September q, and the
| legation will follow on Saturday. There
! will remain a mixed force of about two
| thousand 10 represent Russia.
Cen Linovitch asserted that the dis.
patch from ST. Petersburg transmitting
the order 10 withdraw contained a state
| ment that all the powers were adopting
| the same policy. The other generals re-
piled that they had received no orders OF
that nature.
German and Japanese columns are oper-
! ating to the southwark near the imperial
deer park.
Sir Alfred Gaselee, the British command
er. has gone 10 Tientsin to inspect tht
| British troops there
Friction between the British and Rus.
SLAMS over the railway continues, eact
party seizing and guarding small sections
The repairing Is unsystematie, and ths
completion Of the work very indefinite.
Americans Preparing 60 Leave.
Tientsin. Sept. 2S via Shanghai. Sept
39-Orders ffom Washington directing th'
| withdrawal of the bulk of the American
| troops were received this afternoon anC
| preparations TO comply were Immediately
begun. Gen. Cha1ee is here directing III,
movement, which will commence at tbs
earliest possible moment
II is understood that the plan contem
| plates leaving a regiment OF infantry, 8
SQUADRON Of cavalry. and a battery OF ar
| tillery in Pekin 70 protect American In
! terests and that ;he remainder OF tbs
| troops win proceed 10 Manila.
The allied commanders had decided II
dispatch a combined land and naval expe
| dition 10 shan Hal Kwan. on the gulf o.
Lao Tung, leaving Taku October l, III,
total land force being 49)0. The Ameri
can detail had not YET been made. nor hat
| a decision been reached as 10 the nava
force Now that the order to Withdraw
has been received from Washington, IL /:
possible that the plans for the expedition
viii have 10 be modified. so far as Amers
can participation is concerned. Gen. Chat
fee. however. is proceeding on the oppo
site assumption. and has ordered tbs
| Fifth Marine Battalion TO prepare 10 90.
| The United States armOred cruiser Brook
| lyn will probably be rne only American
| warship IN the expedition The troop.
will so BY water. and be landed south o
shan Hal Kwan. They will eo-operat.
| Nith a large Russian contingent already
on the way.
The news Of the American Withdrawal
| created a sensation among the represen
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