The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-20
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shanghai, August lS,-ln cOnSoq u0nc0
of the landing of British troops the
French have arranged to land $50 blue
Jackets at their concession.
WILLIAM KISSED HIM,
Cassel, Prussia, August 18.-In the
throne room of the palace here at noon
today in the presence of Field Marshal
Count Won Waldersee and his staff, En-
peror William presented the count with a
field marshal's baton and made an apprO-
PIRATE speech to which Won Waldersee re
piled A dinner followed and His Majesty
toasted the Austrian emperor: AT 40
p M, ION Waldersee started for Berlin,
the Emperor embracing and kissing him
as he left.
The Emperor began his speech by con.
graduating the officers upon having been
chosen as the staff to cooperate in the
campaign in China, under the leadership
and direction of tour tried and trusty
field marshal His Majesty continued:
''My Dear Won Waldersee: L congratu-
late you that am today again able to
greet you as the head of the united
troops of the civilized world. 1t is of
great significance that your appointment
from the OUTSET secured the support and
approval of the Emperor of ali the Rus
sias, the mighty ruler who makes his
power felt throughout the continent of
Asia, This again shows how closely
united are the old traditions in arms OF
the TWO empires. hail with joy the fact
that at His Majesty's suggestion the
whole of the civilized world without dis
tinction and spontaneously entrusted
to Your Excellency the command of its
TROOPS AS Prussian officers we can be
gratefully filed with pride at the task as
signed to you inasmuch as 1t expresses
unanimous appreciation of our military
work and system and the training and
Ieaderships of our general officers
Then, presenting the baton to the field
marshal with few felicitious exhorta
tions expressive OF hope that Count Won
Waldersee might be destined to perform
the task set him, whether tedious, rapid
or sanguinary, or of what kind, in a man
ner that all would desire the Emperor
concluded:
In the interest of our people, l wish
our common expedition may turn into a
firm guarantee OF mutual appreciation
and mutual confidence for the European
powers, so that what the Gar attempted
last year in another Held AMI what we
failed to do in peace may now perhaps
be attained with weapons in our hands.
Count Won Waldersee, replying, said
that as long as he had strength to hold
the baton an order for a retreat should
never pass his lips. At the dinner which
followed after toasting Emperor Francis
Joseph OF Austria, the SEVENTEEN ami
versary Of whose birth occurred today,
Emperor William proposed the following
toast:
" Health to our noble all and the true
friend of our land, whom we all honor
from the bottom of our hearts, .
MORE TROOPS NEEDED.
Copyright 1900 by the Associated Press. }
Berlin, August 1S.-The flight of the
Dowager Empress and the disappearance
of the emperor OF China is here regarded
as OF much greater and lasting import
6noe than the mere taking of Pekin and
the complications resulting therefrom are
speculatively discussed by the press and
in political circles. The overwhelming
opinion is that since all the powers agreed
to install strong control at Pekin, it be-
comes necessary first to destroy, or at
least render harmless the fugitive govern
ment which is responsible for the whole
Chinese eruption. Therefore it is claimed
it is necessary to follow and capture the
fugitlves. This probably will call for
the employment of large additional forces
besides those which are now in China.
The naval manouvres this year are of
special interest because part of them from
Septemer 10 till September IA will be in
conjunction with the army. The coming
week will be devoted to tactical exercises
and nightly torpedo boat attacks in the
North sea.
From numoer of letters published In
the papers it appears that the situation
in Samoa is rather unsatisfactory. The
governor, because it is claimed he was do
ing justice to Tanu and his party, was
severely blamed by the Matafa party
Ceaseless dfssensions followed. Hardly
any actual hostilities occurred.
WI HEARS THE NEWS.
Washington, August 1S.-Mr WI, the
Chinese minister, tonight received an
official cablegram announcing the entry
of the allied forces into Pekin on the
night OF the 18th. 1t was sent by Lii
Hung Chang and transmitted to Minister
WI by the Chinese minister in London.
The text of the dispatch was not given
out, but it was explained that the message
was simple announcement from the
Chinese government confirming the 9TH
er advices reporting the fall of the Chi
nese capital.
CONGRATULATIONS TO CONGER.
Des Moines, Ia, August 18.-GoVern-
or Shaw tonight cabled Minister Conger
as follows:
''AIl Iowa congratulates After pro-