The age-herald., 1900-10-08
Situation in Washington Awaits
 Presidents Return.
THE CABINET WILL MEET TUESDAY
Advices from Minister Conger Regard ing Several Features Will be Awaited-Pekin Dispatches
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London. October 1.-The Standard has the following from Tien Tsin, dated Friday, October 5,
 "A German force came into collision with 5000 Chinese, described as Boxers a few miles south of Tien Tsin, this morning. The Germans were checked and compelled to retire to Tien Tsin
 There is reason to believe that the Chin ese In this case were not Boxers but were u Hung Chang's veterans"
 Washington, October 7.-Developments of any consequence in the --.ness situation are not looked for until after the return of the President to this city. He is ex- peoted on Tuesday morning, and a Cabinet meeting probably will be held that after noon, when the questions presented by the French will be gone over in an informal way. The French note, which recently has been addressed to the powers, Is not re- garded as just now of pressing nature as several Of the nations interested already have instructed their representatives in Pein to ascertain whether the imperial edict names the persons deserving of pun ishment and other flea atures of the French proposal contained in the proposition which can remain in abeyance This government may not consider seriously the features which look to the prohibition of shipping of arms into China and the dismantlina of the Notifications. The rest, meanwhile. centers in the report which Mr Conger will make regarding the adequacy of punisn- ment to be meted out by the Chinese gov ernment to those persons who were instru- mental in the Boxer revolt and the future course of this government may depend largely on what the investigations now beng conducted develop No advices have come as yet from MT. Conger on this sub 1ect, but this is not surprising, as the work to be undertaken is of considerable magni- tude.
 The War Department officials expect that all of the American troops which are to be sent from Peldn to Manila will be out of China by the Fist instant
 Such efforts as has been made by the State Department urging the return of the imperial family to the capital city seem up to this time to have been intellectual The last official advices of Minister wu, now about a week old, indicated their in- tention of going to si Nan Flu, in the pro-
 
 west that they now are. The fact that the Governor of the province was directed to refrain from all extrayagant prepara- tions" in making arrangements for the im- perial family. is to Mir. Wu's mind an in- dication that their sojourn at si Nan Flu is to be but temporarily. nditions re- specting the food and teea. - tic commu- nication were unsatisfactory in ri Yen, Shen Si province, where the court has been located since the departure from Pe- kin and these requisites will be improved in the new code. MT. Wu believes that Earl Li, the peace negotiator, already has started for Pekin, as a message of several days ago indicated that 1t was impossible to reach him by lele telegraph at Tien Tsin as he had started for the capital.
 Rebels Defeated
 Hong Kong, October 7-Yesterday 1000
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