Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-14
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II & .sss5 Move Out. Il
III Hung Chang to Leave Shang.
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/ General Chaffes was made acquainted
with tho attitude of the government
and was direotsd to hold himself in
|rsadtness toa withdraw his troops Un.
FdouBtedly be has conferred with the
|pther commanders as to the time and
manner of Withdrawal according to; the
terms Of the note. The sending Of
Further supplies to him has been
stopped and 10 now awaits but the
EHgnal from Washington to b4gin his
movement. Tits for the president to
give that signal. {s< 5s5sSa4s.-Ss Is,
" The considerations before him itl
flavor Of immediate withdrawal, are,
first, the fact that he is already com,
(mittedin . manner to such course by
1.-THE language Of the reply to Russia's
Inote.s Second, it il. represented that
IChina isSon the verge Of q terrible fam.
Inc and the q. &s' y u
/ Rstention Ut the Troops II psking,
preventing aa they do the return of the
Chinese government, and the supply Of
aiouaS q ~ . u places tho NV
thEea tsns 10 ID !
|sSishttul Supon the powers
Rho NC tionsd lths oconpation. .,3
On, the other hand sfxong repteDent9s
51ioaS hare been made to the president
IN opposition to withdrawal In advance
Eef the procurement Of absolutely suffi.
ssient guarantees for the protection Of
American interests in China and for
the safety 81 the native Christians.
This Lat addition 10 one most difficult
10 meet, bnt, being insisted upon by
the missionary element, is being given
most careful consideration.
s In anticipation Of such state Of af-
fairs It 10 highly desirable that some
responsible representative Of the Chi.
.nese government be recognized in order
that We may secure o sufficient guarsn-
tee upon which to base the withdrawal
/ Of or troops. Ii Hung Chang and
Prince Chung are the only lights in the
East so far as our government can see,
and IL is possible that the present prob
lem may be solved by decision TO- q
7I$5 Deal with Them Immsdiately
and to accept their pledge as sufficient
Tor our purposes. Therefore the deci.
sion announced during the day to
facilitate Ii: Hung Chang's passage
from Shanghai to Peking may be re-.
uarded as significant. Later 1t was an
,nounced that Consul General Goodnow
had reported that u would leave
Shanghai next Friday for Ten Tsin.
His means Of transportation are not
known, but he may have q United
States vessel If such thing is abso.
}lutely necessary to his reaching STien
Tsin. Possibly the negotiations may be
conducted there, but the opinion In off,
cial circles seem to be the last act In the
negotiations, namely. the signatures Of
tho treaties which must bind China for
tho future must take place q the Chi
snese capital. II II not known that any
II the powers 10 prepared % object to
IA Hung Chang visit Meanwhile the
/ state department il doing its best to
force the Chinese government. through
IA Hung Chang, TO restore peace in the
provinces and cease outrages upon
American citizens which have been con-
stinued up the present day. x Z 18s =