Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-19
ARE ON THEF|GHT
GERMANS WANT WAR RATHER
THAN PEACE.
BLOCK PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
Little Armed Opposition to Allies
on Withdrawal of
American Army.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
1ien 1sin, oct. The withdrawal
from nurtilern China of a large portion
of the american and Russian troops, and
repeated but lnconfirmed reports that
japan contemp ates similar action. has
caused much comment in military ana
comma ti<t uirC.vs. While il is not felt
that tais re0uvtion Of the al lie force
is sufficient to render the situation dan
gerous, a cause for alarm is that this
action of w powers might Indicate a
general policy Of withdrawal.
There is a large elemen. of foreign
residents who insist that all danger of
a renewal Of trouble is not past, aud 1t
is from this quarter that most of the
adverse criticism of the American reduc-
ton comes.
out of q mass of contradictory edicts
purportins 10 he from the court and
various yiyagays and officials which have
found tnsi, nay into Pekin and Tien
Tsin it appears that in the more re.iale
regions Of North China tl2re is SSH
an active restleSsness ana hostility
among the people. How man, Of these
edtcts are genuine, and how many CT
the reports that are brought in ara gen.
uine, no one can say. Most Of the Tu-
more of massirg roops at one point and
another are obtained through native
Christians, and there is a rather SEN
eral disposition to accept them With
some allowance for the distortiouand ex-
agEerati- II which seems to be inhe .@nt in
the Orient. Scouting parties have coy
cred g wide territory both around PeEin
and Tien Tsin without discov ring at.E
enemies in force, and in but few in
STANCES INV at all Mo a--NhSfNIlr, in
the Tien Tsin country was a small at
fair on October 4. \ small force was
accommodating toward Pao Tins Flu re-
gion, when it was fired upon from cover,
three Germans being wounded and. ac-
cordinS to report, one Japanese cOoit
killed. The Germans kept the aifai"
very secret and 40 official report Of it
has been obtained. Admitting. how
ever. that the Boxers are reassembtad
in the interior toward Shan 81 and back
Of Pao Ting Flu. military men are not
inclined TO regard this as Il monaco.
They point out that as far as can be
learned. whatever Boxer force may lie
massed now, it is without supplies ard
equipment for winter campaigring
Moreover they feel as assured thar a
force from the far interior would re-
,eive no real assistance from natives
near Pezin or Tien Tsin, who have had a
taste of the fighting. Even Ii Hung
Chang candidly says that he felt that
most of the people now realized that
they We're no match for the allies and
modern arms.
As has been indicated in the Associate
I'd Press dispatches from China. there
has been a pretty general disposition IN
the part of most of the powers to hold
Germany responsible for some of the
delay in reaching a point of commence
Hlent in this arrangement. There is re-
newed talk of an expedition against
Pao Ting Flu. Reconnaissance in force
became the order of the day, but on the
other hand there was apparently 4 re-
newal of military activity. Fled Mar
shall Count Won Waldersee has been cred
tied with A remark to the effect that
Germany did not regard the time as
opportune for diplomatic settlement, in
timating that a further display of mill
tary power was regarded as wise. Sub
seduent DEVELOPMENTS have been cor
rohorative of thiss statement. In this re-
spect, so far as can be judged from
movements here, the British are in full
sympathv with the Germans.
Practically the entire military situation
Is in the hands of these ~preponderating
forces for it is generally thought that
Japan Is not at all DESTROYS OF maintain
ing her present large army N China dur
ing the winter and that she will accept
any policy which looks TO a reduction OF
troops. Russia's consent to a withdrawal
y t"=e'fS : t hnro to "a based on TIE
necessity for a large Russian force in
Manehuria, where. according to reports
which reach here, she has her hands full.
As cabled the Associated Press, the
American residents at Tien Tsin met al
the announcement of the withdra wal OF
the larger part of the United States
Ing such action. The sentiment of The
English here is expressed in an article il
a local paper, which has resumed publ.
cation. The article in question attaches
much Importance to the probable effec
the American action will have among tn
Chinese and says: The reason for tht
Withdrawal is perfectly understood ant
allowance is apparently made in conse.
quence by the powers. But the poin
which appealed most strongly to Ameri
can traders and missionaries here is no
what the powers will think, but wha
China will think"
It is then pointed out hat the masse:
of the peGD'e are led to believe that tn
Americans We're afraid of the conse
quencas of remaining in Min Continu
ing the editorial saws: "America's action
viii bear an enormous miscrop by whicl
al viii suffer. Leniency will not enhanc
her prestige but will tend to limit he
vs+os in the council of nations at Pc
kim"