Morris tribune., 1900-09-15
! NEWS r]Il,; OF. THE WEEK
THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
More British troops have landed at
| Shanghai.
General Barry reports conditions sat-
lsfactory at Peking.
France has agreed to Russia's propo-
sition to withdraw from Peking.
Allied forces at Peking marched
through the Forbidden City Aug. 90
| Germany positively refuses to agree
to Russia's proposal to evacuate Picking.
Reassuring messages have been re-
ceiyed from Minister Oonger and Cen
eral Chaffee.
Prince Ching has returned to Pek1ng
at the request OF, the emperor to con-
duct negotiations looking to peace.
England is sending six months ra-
lions to Peking, which move may be
reply to the suggestion Of withdrawal
of the allied forces.
Three hundred American troops de-
feated 600 Boxers near Picking. Tnlrty
Boxers were killed and many others
were made prisoners.
It is reported that 1000 Boxers have
been killed and wounded in conflicts
with the troops Of General Yuan Shi
Kia, military governor OF Shsntung.
A dispatch from Berlin says Great
Britain and Germany have agreed not
to evacuate Picking until full satlsfac-
ii on for the recent outrages has been
obtained.
It is asserted that Russia has agreed
to a compromise, leaving portion OF
the troops in Peking and sending the
main body to TEN Tsin, which will be
the military headquarters.
General Chaffee recommends the
withdrawal of the legations from Pc
king. In his opinion Peking will be
merely camp for the foreign army
pending settlement by powers at other
points.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg to
the London Daily Mail says that the
Russian and American legations at Pc
king, together with the troops OF both
countries, are already on the way to
Tien Tsin.
A special dispatch from Shanghai
says Ii Hung Chang has made re-
quest for an American escort to &C
company him to Picking and that
United States Consul General Good
now is now considering his request.
A native missionary who has just ar
rived at Taku states that 70 foreign
missionaries have been butchered IN
the interior and men, women and chill
dren mutilated, some while under es'
cort. Their heads were publicly ex-
hibited.
Orders have been csbled to General
Chaffee to prepare his forces for with
drawal from Picking. These orders are
preparatory and do not necessarily in
dictate that the United States has de-
cided finally upon an immediate with
drawal from China.
The Chinese minister at London has
communicated to the British foreign Of
fee an imperial edict dated Tai-Yuan-
Flu, appointing commissioners to nego-
tate terms of peace in association with
Ii Hung Chang. Grave dissatisfaction
is felt at the names of the commission
ers.
The Chinese minister at Washington
has received an imperial edict confer.
ring on Ii Hung Chang extraordinary
power for the complete settlement of
the Chinese trouble. It gives him au-
thority to make any terms. according
to his own discretion, without refer
ring them to the emperor.
John .Goodnow, United States consul
general at Shanghai, after inquiries in
every possible source, learns that the
number of British and American mis-
sionaries probably murdered during
The uprising in China has been SO.
while ITO others stationed in Chile.
Yam and Shansi provinces are unac-
counted for.