The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-12
THE EMPRESS
REPORTED ILL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN GERMANY
AND RUSSIA.
MEASURING NEWS RECEIVED BIZ
FRENCH OFFICIALS.
BRITAIN HAS NOT YET REPLIED
TO SECOND GERMAN NOTE.

Pe,tin. Sunday, OCTOBER ., VIA
Txn. Monday, October ., anu Hnane
boi October 1O.-Trustworthy Ohine'e
.ororts saw that the dowager empress
Is seriously i'll at Tai-Yuan fu W.
,nce of shan-SD and the free manu- 20
the amneror in affairs of state OIL iate
10 regarded as conirmatory OF these
ports. 10. rooeived an edict
from the emperor, dated Octopel 20
ranlv TO a note sent at the request ~
the legations, saying he VIII reeui -, ~
Pebin as soon as the negotiations '"Ae
favorable turn. ,,.,o 90 wait
The Pao Ting Fu expedition Is wa,c
ing for the Germans VINO are not . ne 10y
TO start. 1t Is reported there are AH NJ,
Chinese imperial troops at fao hine
Flu. Gen. Chaffee has returned heIe.
An agreement exists between Ger
MANY and. Russia by which Germany
10 TO control the railroad from fekin
70 Yong-Esun and Russia Is to controi
tSo roa1 from Yang-Tsun to TonG-ku.
Measuring News.
IL is semi-officially announced tnat
the news received at Paris from Onina
ia more reassuring than the HnssA
dispatches and make out tnat ah asio~
ment between the powers WIN pe a.,
rived at on the basis OF Nj. DeicasS1
note. that the reported arrlval ol ID
Eung Chang at Pekin has been con-
firmed. and that confirmation mas also
Neon received of the degradation or
Prince Tuan-
French officials Grntiied.
The officials of the Frencn ioreisn
office are elated over the recep.ion
which Frances note has secureu III
Europe and they are very nopeiui anu
sanguine that it will result in COM
mon understanding which VIII permit
Of early peace negotiations. rlanos'
however, has not yet received the III
NAL reply of any power, Dut the Verpa'
statements made by the various an
hassadors on the presentation or tns
note lead the government 10 peileVe ~
will be accepted everywhere eAcep. IL
Great Britain and the United States.
These powers agree to certain features
while objecting to others, put 10 no'
take stand which is mimlcai' senel
civ 70 the propositions of Nj. Delcasse.
chinese Minister'S Statement:
Washington. October 1O.-The Cnl-
nese minister said yesterday that IL the
mowers regarded it as essential tnat tue
emneror and empress dowager snoulu
return to Pekin he was quite conndent
This could be brought about, hrst by
giving positive assurances for the per-
sonal safety of their majesties, ana
then. as plain evidence of this assur-
ance. directing that the bulk OF the al
lied forces now at Pekin be Withdrawn
to Tien Tsin, Yangstun or some otner
point. leaving only a few hundred
troops at Pekin as guard. MI. Wus
statement was brought out by the an
nouncement he conveyed to the state
department Monday that the imperiai
family had postponed their return TO
Pel<in because Of the presence there OF
the allied forces, and by regrets over
this announcement, both among OIL
Gals in Washington and at foreign cap
itals.
Agreement of the Powers.
BERLIN. October lot was ascer-
tanned at the German foreign office by
the CORRESPONDENT of the Associated
Press that all the powers have agreed
to q proposal OF the second German
note with the exception Of Great Brit
ain, from whom no answer has yet
been received to either the first or Sec
ond note of Germany. The foreign OF
fee, however. expects Great Britain's
adhesion to the second note and still
looks for reply to the first.
With reference to the statement
cabled from America that Great Brit
ain has acted as mediator In effecting
ali understanding between Germany
and the United States, a high foreign
Office official said that nothing was Of
ficially known regarding such a serv-
ice If it had been rendered and that, as
a matter of fact, there was no neces-
sity whatever for mediator The lat
ter statement was corroborated by the
British ambassador. Sir JOrh Lascelles,
and by the United States charge d. af-
fairs, Mr.. John b. Jackson. No news
from Field Marshal Won Waldersee has
been received at the foreign Office
since the announcement that he had
taken charge. 1t Is taken for granted
that the details Of organization are alb
sorbipg his attention Nor has any in
formation been received regarding
Baroness Won Ketteler since she left
Chin afor Japan, but no fears are en-
tertained as to her safety.