Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-01
To the Amerlcan-Russian Plan
The Japanese are Withdraw
Inc From Annoy.
BRYAN AND JONES MEET
G. A. r. Encampment Closes
Chicago Labor Day-Otls to
Succeed Gen. Wheeler.
MORE PLAGUE IN GLASGOW

London, Sept. THE following dis
patch was received from Annoy under
date of Aug. 31st: "The Japanese land
ing parties have been withdrawn from
here and at Kulang Flu, only eighty
marines came ashore. These and the
sixty British marines landed Aug. Both,
presumably, will be withdrawn shortly.
The Japanese troops on the way here
from Formosa are ordered to return.
London, Sept THE foreign Office
here apparently is not yet ready to
publicly declare Great Britain's position
in the present Chinese situation but
all indications tend to confirm the be-
lief that Lord Salisbury favors the
principle contained in the American
Russian proposals, though possibly he
may have some modification to sug-
gest.
Berlin, Sept. 1-Semi-officially it is
reaffirmed that Germany now as here
tofore adheres to the program map
ped out in circular of July Sd, and
then approved by all the powers.
Washington, Sept 1-As far as the
war department has made any plans
for the return of volunteer troops from
the Philippines It is intended to COM
mence the homeward movement about
the middle of November No orders
as yet have been issued on the sub
ject, but it will take practically all the
transport service at the command of
the department to accomplish the re
turn of volunteers between the date
and June goth, of next year, when the |
term of service expires by the oper.
alton of law. 1t is the intention of the
department to return the organizations
in the same relative order they were
shipped to the islands, thus equalizing
as near as possible the terms of for
eign service. The above is practical
ly the information being returned to
private inquiries of friends and rela
tives of soldiers now in the Philip
pines with which the department has
been flooded for some time past.
London, Sept. LIN the absence
of definite and reliable news from Chi
ma, Shanghai has again distributing
crop of rumors. According to reports
from that city, treat Britain has fur
nished Liu Ken Yih, viceroy at Nam
in and Chang Chih Tung, viceroy at
Hankow with strong guarantees
against the reported intention of the
dowager empress to supersede them,
on account of their alleged pro-for-
eign tendencies. Guarantees are also
said to include the occupation to all
attempts to dismember China. The
imperial court, it is reported at Tai
Yuan Flu, capital Of the province Of
Shan ST is afraid to move owing to
stories that Chinese troops are raw
aging the country far and wide and
even numbering imperial officials who
have been trying to join the fugitive
Imperial court. The dispatches fur
ther assert the German legation will
be established at Shanghai at least
pending the arrival in China of Field
Marshal Won Waldersee.
st. Petersburg. Sept. THE "Of
cial Messenger" today publishes the
text of the circular addressed to thu
Russian representatives abroad, dat
ed August 25th, the gist of which wa
shown by correspondence issued yes
terday at Washington, the Russian
charge daffaires communicated witt
Acting Secretary Adee. Monday.