Evening star., 1900-12-04
SITUATION IN CHINA
Chinese Evade the Expedition Sent
to Kalgan.
THREE MANDARINS EXECUTED
A Recrudescence of the Out
RACES is Expected.
AFTER CHINESE REG

LONDON December "A special dis
patch from Han Kow Pass. dated Novem-
her 30. says the Kalgan expedition was IN
effective the Chinese evading all attempts
to engage them. The towns en- route were
occupied unOpposed. and some tolls OF skins
and silver were levied. The cavalry cap
tLred the baggage of the retreating Chinese
force at Sven Hwa Flu. killed thirty OF lts
guards and secured 10000 taels.
Three mandarins. who were instigators OF
the massacre of converts at Isl Ming, and
twenty-three Boxers. We're executed, but
the Germans generally ignored evidences of
anti-foreign activity.
There are continuous disturbances in the
interior where. the dispatch adds, bad
impression has been made by the excessive
withdrawal of foreign troops and the COM
plaisance of the allies. The missionaries an
ticipate a recrudescence of the outrages.
To Fight Chinese Regulars.
BERLIN. December A dispatch from
Field Marshal Count Won Waldersee, dated
Pekin, Monday, December 3, says a consid
cradle force of Chinese regulars has taken
up position at Bang Chou. ninety-fve
kilometers southwark of Tien Tsin. and
that two detachments of troops from Tien
Tsin. commanded by Col Lohrscheidt and
these Chinese
During the debate in the reichstag today
the supplementary credit for China,
Baron Won Richthofen. secretary of foreign
affairs, informed Herr Bebei. the socialist
leader that the China expedition was not
regarded exactly as an act of war, but as
a,n.ed intervention against an anarchic
condition of affairs not permitting con-
tinuance of certain amount of inter-
course between Germany and the lawful
government of China
The minister Of war. General Won Gossler
declared that while epidemics were rife
among the troops in China, the deaths were
only one-third per cent of the entire ex-
peditionary corps.
Or. Mumm Won Schwarzenstein, the Ger
man minister to China. cables that he has
received conciiiatory dispatch from Yuan
Shi-kai the mliitary governor of the prov
ince of Snan-tung' assuming full response
bility for the safety of Bishop Amer who
is about to proceed to Tsi-nan Flu to confer
with Iuan-Shi-kai.
SHANGHAI. December 4.-The Yang Use
Viceroys, who are masters of the situation,
gave Vice Admiral Seymour satisfactory
assurances of their future policy on the oc-
caSion of his recent visit to these officials.
OmciaI to BE Beheaded.
TIEN TSIN, Monday December 3.-Tang
Wen Huaan, the author of the outrages
upon the Pao Ting Flu missionaries, arrived
today and was paraded through the Vic
toria road in a cart, under strong Ger
man guard. previous to being handed over
to the provisional government for decapi-
tation-
SHANGHAI, December At is reported
in Tien Tsin that the Germans lost twenty
killed and many wounded west of P;ao Ting
Flu. where they were attacked by 300
Boxers.
A quantity of loose powder exploded in
the last arsenal occupied by the Russians.
1t is supposed the explosion was caused by
two Chinese who We're smoking Both
Cinnamon were killed. The shock was felt
at Ticn Tsin, four miles distant