Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-09-01
WEARY OF DELAY.
Mckinley Anxious to Terminate
Present Conditions In China.
Shanghai Dispatch Says Pskin Presents .
Spectacle of Ruin-Russia Coiaoides
with Unitsd statss M 10 Necessity
OF Military Operations.

Washington, Aug. 30.-The calling
Of special cabinet meeting for
Wednesday morning to consider the
latest developments In the Chinese
situation, following n midnight con-
ference Tuesday night, emphasizes the
amount of attention the president 10
devoting TO this troublesome topic. 1t
is understood that the government is
better advised than II was Tuesday
us to certain important elements OF
the Pelsin muddle. The president Is
DESTROYS of terminating the present
atisfactory state Of affairs In China
rs soon MS this can be done with honor
and security, and providing the OBJ
jects laid down in his various notes
can be attained, he will consider that
the United States has performed Its
duty from a military point Of view.
Therefore IL our government can find
some responsible person with whom to
conclude an agreement, and such an
agreement can be arranged on ba-
sis that will fully conserve the rights
of the United States without infring-
ing upon those of the other powers. n
speedy withdrawal OF the United
States troops from China may be
expected and II is entirely possible
that Field Marshal Waldersee will not,
after all, exercise command over any
American troops in China.
Pekin Spectacle Of Ruin.
London, Aug. 3O.-An account OF
the conditions prevailing in Pekin,
dated August Is, and mailed thence
to Shanghai, says that the capital
now presents an aspect Of absolute
desolation. The destruction has been
simply appalling. What used to be
Legation street is now unrecogniza-
BILE. All the houses Of foreigners have
been either burned, riddled with
shells, or blown up.
Plot Discovered to Burn Shanghai
Berlin, Aug. 30.-The Frankfort
Zeitung has received dispatch from
Shanghai saying a plot has been dis.
covered there to burn the whole city
It Is added that the Europeans con-
slider the streets unsafe after night
fall and the general situation is de
scribed rs critical.
Russia Comedies with Uaited statsa
London, Aug. 3O.-A special dispatch
from st. Petersburg contains the as
sertion that Russia, almost immedi'
ately, will notify the powers that she
considers the relief of the Pekin lega'
ton us the final accomplishment OF
the military task of the allied forces
Japanese Pursuing the Empires.
Berlin, Aug. 30.-Accor1ing to q
dispatch received here from Tien Tsir
japanese forces are understood to bt
now on their way from Taku to Pao
Ting-Fu Capital Of the province Of
Chilli, with the direct object Of oc'
cupying the latter place.
Invii.d Foreigners to Their Deaths
Che Foo. Aug. sO.-Yu. governor OF
the province of Shen-Si, is reported
to have invited the foreigners in the
province to come to his protection
About August 81 so accepted the in
vitation and all were massacred.
To Maintain $4,000 Men All Winter.
Taku, Aug. 3O.-0fiicers who hav,
arrived here from Pckin report that
Gen. Chaffec, commanding the Ameri
can forces in China, is making all the
necessary preparations to maintain
$4,000 men through the winter.