Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-09-06
The London Press Considers the Con-
cert of the Powers in China
an Accomplished Fact.
EXPRESSED CHINESE PUBLIC OPINION.
The London Times Declares that
England Must Retain Her Hold on
PekIn and Refuse to Treat with
the DOwRger Empress or Her
Emissaries.


in China as an accomplished fact.
A dispatch from Shanghai to the
Times, dated August 81, says that Ii
Hung Chang received, on August 80,
a telegram from the Chinese minister
at st. Petersburgh saying that Rus
STA would issue instructions without
delay for her troops to leave Pekin
and return to Tien Tsin. Ii Hung
Chang subsequently received a dis
patch from the Chinese minister at
Berlin, saying that Germany was pre-
pared to cooperate with Russia.
Chinese Public Opinion.
The Times. correspondent adds
that Chinese public opinion, freely ex-
pressed, even by officials, is to the eff
feet that if the reactionary leaders
are made to suffer the extreme pen
atty, reorganization and reform will
be alike impossible. Everything is
quiet at Tien Tsin, but bodies of hos
tile Chinese are not far distant. The
empress dowager is reported to have
placed herself under the protection
of the governor of Shan 81.
An express message from Shang-
hal says it is stated that Prince
Tuan's son, Put Sing, will be de-
clared emperor under the protection
of Russia.
Must Remain in PeISin.
The Times, commenting on Rus
sia's note defining her policy in China,
says:
England can not initiate Russia's
course. We must remain in Pebin,
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empress or her emissaries until she
has purged herself of the suspicion
that she was the instigator of and the
accomplice in murder and destruc-
ton. Such view will not be taken
by England alone. 1t is from Pekin,
and Pekin only, that an abiding peace
can be dictated"
Russian Press Satisfied.
The Times st. Petersburg corre-
spundent says that the Whole Russian
press is greatly satisfied with the gov
ernment's declaration of its policy,
which fully accords with Russia's ira
ditional course in the far east. More
over, it is held that the return of the
international headquarters to Tien
Tsin is necessary, in view of the diff
Guilty in keeping open the lines of
communication and victualing the
troops.
The RussOphobes Nervous.
Nervous Russophobes here see in
the whole situation an elaborate plot
against British prestige in the far
east. Russia, they say, has squared
Germany by allowing her to effect a
partial reconciliation with France,
which has been the object of the
kaiser's policy for years. In return,
the two western military powers are
TO support Russia in settling the
Chinese question in her own way,
which is not that of England. Advan-
tage has been very cleverly taken of
American anxiety to avoid extensive
acknowledgements in China in order to
induce the United States to support
the policy of withdrawal from Pekin,
to the ultimate benefit chiefly of
China's powerful northern neighbor.
simply COnjecturaI.
This, however, is very conjectural.
The only positive testimony as to the
views of the Russian government is
to be found in the official memoran-
Saturday. The text of this has been
carefully studied in all European cap
itals, but it still leaves the situation
in much obscurity. The general prop
ositions enunciated are obviously
sound. Every one accepts the princi-
pie of maintaining a common agree
mcnt among the powers for preserv-
ing, as far as possible, the existing
Chinese constitution, respecting the
integrity of the empire and establish
ing a stable central government. But
the question is, whether a hasty "scut-
tie" from Pekin and the restoring
without adequate guarantees of the
government of the empress dowager
will effect the desired objects.
Actual withdrawal.
Meanwhile, the allied governments
have to reckon with the actual with
drawal of the Russian legation and
troops to Tien Tsin, which Gen. Lene-
witch has been directed to carry out
as rapidly as circumstances allow. The
British foreign Office is moving slow
ly, and this is partly due to the dila-
toriness naturally caused by threads
of the negotiations passing through
the hands of the invalid premier at
a remote continental health resort.
At Downing street the impression is
current that the British reply will in
sist that the retirement before def
mite understanding has been arrived
at with the Chinese government
would only lead to confusion. But it
is not certain that Lord Salisbury has
yet abandoned hope that Great Brit
ain, the United States and Japan can
work closely together for the solution
of the Chinese question, and his atti-
tude may be largely determined by
the information which reaches him
from Washington and Toxic.
Not 10 be Overlooked.
One element must not be over
looked. Even if the Boxers are sup
pressed, other Chinese secret societies
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