Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-17
The Most Exciting Day in Washing.
ton Since the Battle Of
Santiago.
Cabinet Decides That United States
Technically is Still at Peace
With China.
Talk Of Troops For Chinasecre-
tary Root Thinks 1t Not
Necessary.

government is still not at war with
the government of China. The big hap
penings at Tien Tsin, coming on top Of
the stories of the last struggles at Pc
kin, have Not affected the attitude of
the administration on this point; the
United States and China are technical-
Bly at peace. But this statement should
not be accepted as an indication of a
purpose on the part Of the government
to hold its hand in the administration
of swift and adequate punishment upon
the Chinese, without regard TO station
8wlio may be responsible for the out
RACES OF the past few weeks. 1t means
simply that the government of the
United states feels that ii can best
achieve that purpose by regarding the
status officially as one of peace. To.
hold otherwise Would seriously cripple
the government in its efforts 10 obtain
satisfaction for the outrages the
Americans in China have suffered We
should find the ports of China, now
open to us closed and all sorts of inn
psdments would be encountered, when
are now missing. Therefore, according
to the administration Nis3M a Geclara-5,
lion of War would afford not even a
technical gain wsile it would actually
|8be a heavy drawback, Chairman Cam.
non. oil the. house appropriations com
lmittee. is authorits fol the statement
! that money in plenty is at the disposal
of the president 10 meet the present
Emergency ard mat there is no ilecessi-
" io.ssa called session Of congress on
t.that scpre.
/ -rhe day was tile most exciting NASH.
liz gten has kllaWn since the battle Of
siisiil.o Al the Very beginning came
ADMIRAL Rsmey,s cablesram anlaounc-.
iiig tis defeat of tbs allied forces at
ii,ien Tsn and then came the vivid AS
4 saeitated Press account of the fight. A
Especial cabinet meeting Was held On
+ receipt Of this news With such members
lprcsert as are ii town. Great reiuc-
ltancs was manifestation the part Of the
participants 10 answer questions as 10
| tbs nature of the deliberations. The
/ bess Indication of its nature was the
4 de ia rturs for the white house Of Sec
! rotary Hay Immediately after he
Injecting He sat down and had long
4
5lang-distance telephone and it soon be-
came knpwn that the president had de-
cided tina, it would be best for him To
come back from Canton TO the national
4 capital.
4 The ca binet officers talked over the
i pos sibiities of reinforcing the troops in
i China. There was nodispositions shown
4 to withhold these troops. the only
I'm. of
tionai force available. That was a
4 war department officials To decide. The
lsonly point laid down was that the gov
4 eminent would send forward all the
4 troops that could be spared at this
time. One proposition discussed by the
4 cabinet appeared to have a Very practi-
Il cal aspect about it.
4 Technical men had made objection to
A the further conduct of the Chinese
/ campaign without an additional force
Il with some working understanding as
4 TO the duty of each power Represented
LIT was suggested thar an international
conference becalled hastily at one OF
j the capitals--London. Berlin. Paris OF
4 Washington-to define the part TO be
A taken by each power and the quota OF
1.-The selection of a mander-in-cniel
sof the allied forces.
J. This suggestion did not meet with q
4 Favorable reception 1t wassfelt by ths
8 cabinet that the United States should
), send what force it could dispose of e
Z, China as far as deemed necessary ant
!, should not make any agreement witt
,5Isother powers as to the. number. Thi:
=, q ~.
!, force of troops destined for China. Tit
9 respons officials eYaded any specific
q statement as to the extent of this in
s crease: it was, however, gathered tina
81 the reinforcements would be limited
s only by the ability of the government
J Ito spare troops from those command
Z now in the United States and Cuba.
) Estimates varied as to how man.
Z could be spared. bit the general Opinion
!, was that somewhere between 1000 AM
5 5000 men could be shipped TO the cas-
under orders. statement prepared b.
8 Adjt. Gen. Corbin shows that there ar
5 now a grand total of 1886 officers an,
men in China. en- route to China, el
s iroute to Nagasaki or under orders 70
, Nagasaki. This table, of course. in
Z scludes the Inflated Ninth Infantry
j I winch may not DE IN cOnQ1llOtl 5fOF IuF
; Their service. Gen. Woods last report
|, Indicate that owing to the tranquilit
5 prevailing in Cuba it will be entire
safe TO decrease the military force Their
S quite largely.
But even with these Cuban troops
z will be necessary if the cabinet plan
!, are carried out to divest the home post
of garrisons save in the case Of tn
s heavy artillery organizations All sea
? coast points. About all of the troop
z within the borders of the United State
:, that would be available for Chimes
!: service under a call are these regl
ments:
81 Second. Fifth, Seventh and Eight
2 cavalry regiments. intact; one squad
Z ron each of the First and the Sixt
5 cavalry, the First. Tenth and Eevent
z regiments of infantry, complete; on
& battalion each of the Second, Fiftl
5 Seventh. Fourteenth, Eighteenth
z Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth II
s fantry regiments and three companie
. of the Twenty-fourth infantry TIL
z available force of cavalry and infar
5 try aggregates about 5000 men. Som
2 artillery undoubtedly would be ser
3 and there are light batteries X Of tt
3 First Artillery. 4 ana F css.h4 senont
e G and F Of the Third: b OF the Fourth