The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-02
ALLIES MOVE.
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munication with the ministers at Pekin,
1t is believed that a crisis has been
reached, automatically speaking, in. the
Chinese situation. If the Chinese gov
eminent decides to accept Secretary
Hays terms 1T must do so very promptly
and it's answer may be forthcoming at
any moment. Otherwise. the march on
Pekin proceeds. Neither the military nor
naval commanders at Tien Tsin or Taku
have advised the government here OF the
reported movement of the international
forces.
The officials would not be surprised at
the lack of report, even We're the march
already under way, owing to the delays
in kilograms between Tien Tsin and Che
Zoo. Doubt is expressed here, however.
as to the actual forward movement in
force. owing to the lack of cavalry and
artillery. 1t is stated that military
practice would not warrant the forward
movement of the entire international
command until through reconnaissance
mediate front.
Moreover it Is said the column would
not start forward as a whole, but in de-
tached bodies, leaving a consideration
force at the base-Tfen Tsin The last
adviceS from any official source that
have been received by the state depart
ment regarding the strength of the in
ternational force were to the effect that
1t numbered $4,000 men of all arms. This
has since been increased by at least one
regiment and battery of United
States troops; by ESQ United States ma
rfnes and by an unknown number of
Japanese troops, but the impression Is
that the aggregate strength of the col
umn is not above 10000 men.
This, however. is regarded by our gov
eminent as quite sufficient for the pur-
pose of an immediate advance and hold
ing that view it has lost no opportunity
of quietly but earnestly urging the Eur.
opeans to action.
Advantage was taken of the oppor-
tunity afforded by the presidents return
to Washington this morning to hold a
meeting of the cabinet. Secretary Hay
was prepared with a full report of all
that he had done in relation to the Chi
nese trouble since the presidents depar-
ture and there was little for the cabinet
to do, but set the seal of it's approval upon
the secretary's policies, and particularly
upon the energetic communication to Ii
Hung Chang.
MINISTER WI IS DISTRESSED.
Washington, Aug. 2.-The Chinese
DR. Morrison, from Pekin, to the Lon
don Times, when he was seen by a rep
resentative of the Associated Press this
morning. Mr. WI, who all along has
maintained an optimistic tone as to the
trend of events in China, seemed more
distressed by yesterdays developments
than at any time since the Chinese
trouble began. He said.
of course, I do not know this cor
respondent, and / can not tell what his
sources of information are. They GER
tainly are not official utterances. He
evidently has been under siege in the
British legation for month and is nat
uTalIy 1rritated so that his utteranceS
probably are biased, and he is inclined
to believe the worst of the imperial au-
thor1tfes. see that he makes the direct
statement that I have telegraphed my
government that the United Safes
would gladly assist the Chinese gov
eminent. This is untrue and unfair to
me. L have telegraphed nothing direct
to my government beyond forwarding
the presidents reply to the request of
the Chinese government for mediation
Everyone knows what that is.
THE statement that l have led my
government to expect help from the
United States Is most unfair to me. It
looks as though 1 had not been dealing
eandidly. AS a. matter of fact / have
been doing my utmost to deal honestly
with both sides and as a loyal sub1ejct /
have tried to point out the best course
to my home government. In my COM
munications with the viceroys and high
officials with whom I have been in cor
respondence L have urged that the min
listers be in free communication with
their governments 1 have only two di-
rect communications from my govern
ment since the first trouble occurred,
which shows that direct communication
is not easy"
1t may be stated on good authority
that the state department, whatever
may be its opinion of the imperial gov
eminent of China, has had no reason to
change it's opinion as to the sincerity
and good intentions of the Chinese min
lister here and the department is con-
tinuing to deal with him in entire con-
fidenee despite the peremptory tone of
the last message addressed by Secre-
tary Hay through him to the Chinese
government.
Regarding the@possihility of violence
being renewed against the PelSfn lega-
lions in case the march of the interna-
tional column on the capital was not
arrested, Mr.. WI declined to talk He
said it was impossible to fairly judge of
the situation from this distance, but it
was evident from his tone that he was
exceedingly anxious as to the outcome.