The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-10

reNt that he was selected by the PhilI!el
nhal convention as the nominee of the ~
publican party. There is at this monen
10 intention Of calling an extra session q
| Congress though active consideration .
| such measure will be given by the Pr"si
dent IN case developments should arts
showing the necessity of obtaining iesisia
tion which will strengthen his hand. Their
. IS 40 reason TO believe that war will Re de
olarcd on China and the calling of tonsreS:
in extra session would lie Tor tn" purDo~'
OF granting the President additional troops
! and money. The Withdrawal OF troops from
tn" Philippines is strongly opposed 10y
General Macarthur. who thinks he rhoulC
have every man of the force attached tt
the division Of the Philippines In the archi.
| pelag0 20 suppress the revolt and prevent
| another uprising.
| Minister Wu's Advices.
Further Chinese light was thrown on the
| situation at Pckin by a disatch received by
| Minister Wa from the Director General OF
| Imperial TeieGraphs At Shanghai A copy
| Of the dispatch was presented to Minister
| Wu this morning to Secretary Hay ana the
| latter at once posted this bulletin:
Translation of cablecram from his
| Excellency Sheng. Director General of In
| per.al Telepraphs. dated at Shanghai. July
| $. 1900. and received by Minister WI On the
same day:
Ion third July two legations IN Pekin
| still preserved. All Ministers safe. Re
| belious troops and rioters make attacks
and suffer many losses. Imperial Govern
meut is protecting, but meets difficulty in
doing so. 1t is feared that food and am
muniticn are exhausted.
(SignedD 'SHENG.
Hay Is Dubious.
Secretary Hay is naturally disposed to
hope for the best. but he does not know how
reliable Shengs information is. and he Is
rot inclined to rely on any information OBJ
taired from Chinese sources until there IS
an absolute confirmation from a foreign
source in Pekin. WI Ting Fang. the Chi
Lese Minister, said this evening that he Is
entirely satisfied with the correctness OF the
information.
'-Sheng would not have sent the message"
he continued. mad he not possessed accu-
rate information. He Is able to get infor-
nation promptly. and l am Inclined to fully
credit 1t. At the same time. l earnestly
hope that no time will be lost by the allies
in marching to the relief Of the foreigners
in Pekin."
The Counter Revolt.
No information was received by either the
State Department or any of the foreign EN-
bassies or legations here to confirm the re-
mand Of a counter revolt. and had taken
possession Of Pekin.
Il would not he surprised" Minister WI
said. If there should be truth in the report
of Prince Ching's leadership. He was the
head of the Tsung Ii Yamen before Prince
Tuan's appointment. and is very capable
man. Besides, Price Ching understands
the foreign situation and knows very we'll
the necessity OF suppressing the existing
insurrection. have bsen epdsavorinS
to communicate With him. and proba-
bly, from my dispatches and those he
has obtained from other points he appre-
ciates the necessity of taking action look
Ing to the restoration of peace and order"
Prince Chins's Army.
Minister WI places Chings force at 1000
men-Manchus. II is d very effective fight
ing machine. and he believes 1t will be
able TO DO efficient work against the Box
ers" who, from the Minister'S point OF
view. have lost all principle a result OF
their action in looting and rioting. and the
best and most influential mandarins will
find II necessary to combine 10 suppress
them.
Brigadier General Ludinston. Quarter
master General, was much relieved to-
night when he read the announcement that
the Logan had passed Che-Foo on Friday,
bound for Taku.
That's good news" he said. Il was not
at all concerned over the safety of the To-
gan. for she is a good. stout ship and able
to weather a typhoon: but ! am always
anxious when a ship is overdue. L have not
been informed of the vessels arrival at her |
Gestnat ton |
Secretary Root asked Secretary Long |
again to-day to wire to Rear Admiral /,
kempf to report whether the Logan had /.
reached Taku and to look out for her In =
case she had not arrived The news has .
relieved the officials. however. and they /
will not so anx.ously await Rear Admiral I.
KempGs reply as they otherwise would /
have done.
MACARTHUR MUST SEND MORE.
Washington, July ?-Admiral kempffs |
cableGram giving his estimate of the forces |
regarded as necessary to represent the |
United States properly In the movement up i
on Pekin was carefully considered at to-
days Cabinet meeting.
An agreement was reached TO say moth /
ing about the Admirafs figures. on the |
ground that 1t would be impolitic TO make
our needs known to the Chinese in the first |
and also because OF desire on |
he part of this Government to avoid being
put in the position of appearing to set up
, standard for the other Powers In this
natter. 1t is understood. however. that the
1ith of Admiral Kempif's communication is
he necessity of speedy re-enforcements. If
,uick action il desired. and on the latter
point there is not a dissentient voice among
he Cabinet officers.
II re-cnforcements are to he gotten TO |
,hina speedily they cannot come from the |
United States. According to the schedule !
,lready In execution only one steamer with
wo bat.alions of one regiment has started !
rom San Francisco. and the next steamer
: not to start before the 18th of the pres
mt month. This is about the best time
hat can be made with the present facilities
md at that rate many weeks, and even
months. must elapse before the COCO addi-
ional troops ordered east Saturday can |
be landed there. This state of affairs
'aused a revival to-day of the report that
General Macarthur is to be again called |
lpon TO relieve the situation by dispatching |
rom the Philippines at least two regiments |
n addition to the Ninth Infantry, already |
ent to Taku.
1t was said that the Cabinet officials con- |
i1erei this subject and decided to give the
lecessary orders looking to a replacement |
f the troops withdrawn from General Mac |
Arthur's command from the force going out |
rom the United States None Of the Cabi- |
et officers would admit or deny this. so Il |
aimed some measure of crlience. Unless !
apau il TO be left 10 do all OF the fighting |
n the immediate future. General Mac
arthur must respond to this demand. By |
rawing upon the Philippine forces at
east month could be saved in lending
rorDs in China,
MISSIONARIES SAFE.
Dispatches Received in New York
of a Hopeful Tenor.