The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-08-31
CHINESE CRISIS
IN BRIEF ITEMS


Yuan shl KIa. Governor ~ shantung.
IL dead
The Austrian envoy has been slightly
wounded
The missionaries at Fac Tins Fu are
all Killed
British transports have been recalled
to- shanghai
The French may land 100 biuejackets
at Shanghai.
France regards England's Yang.tse
policy as selfish.
The Americans ut Swatow have ask
ed for warshlp.
Russia Is making successful cam
paign In Manchuria.
Japan may land troops to protect her
subjects at Shanghai.
General chaffee may get the next va
cancy as major general
Troops of the relief column were Sc
vcrely tried by the heat.
The japanese entered Tung Chow by
blowing open the gates
The Car says he only seeks the res
toration of peace In China.
Germany will insist on full redress
for the attacks on legations.
The Russians have captured Yuk Shi
Pass. defeating 1000 Chinese.
American military headgear Is re-
garded as poor for hot weather.
Sir Robert Hart Is said to have left
Picking under Chinese protection.
a Russian regiment has landed in
the Ping Yang district of Corea.
British testimony denies the charge
of Russian atrocities at Tien-Tsin.
Germany favors the pursuit and cap
ture of the fleeing Chinese rulers.
All Americans at Hankow, Including
the Consul. have gone to Shanghai.
Five hundred Chinese dead were left
on the battlefield of Chang Chi Wan.
The ombardment and capture of New
Chwang by the Russians has been con-
firmed.
Japan may use its good offices on
behalf of the Emperor and Empress
Dowager.
Englishmen are opposed to any
yielding in the plan to land troops at
Shanghai.
The Americans made a great record
for tenacity at the battle of Tien-Tsin.
July 18th.
There is a revolutionary movement
in the Yang-tse not directed against
foreigners.
President Mckinley is said to favor
an International conference to deal
with China.
The hardest fighting at the battle of
Yang Tsun was done by the English
and Americans
The transport Indiana, carrying a
battalion of the Fifteenth Infantry, has
arrived at Taku.
Japan, smarting under Russia's &C.
cupation of Newchwang, may send an
army into Corea.
Conger telegraphs that the State De-
partment cipher has not been discover
ed by the Chinese.
Count Won Waldersee left Berlin for
China on August 20. He had great ova-
lions in German cities.
M. Pichon, French Minister to China,
hapn 81 commander
French Legion of Honor.
The Governor Of Shantung says that
the Empress Dowager has gone to an
Imperial palace in Shen ST.
The United States will establish a
temporary garrison at Taku. No large
force will be kept in China.
1t is said the Emperor and Dowager
Empress are sixty miles west of Pc
king, under the constraint of Prince
Tuan.
The cruiser New Orleans has reached
WI Sung, but the presence of our
forces at Shanghai Is not thought nee
essary.
The Russians took Chingan Pass
after bloody battle in which the Chi
nese suffered heavily, losing four or
five guns.
Among the lost missionaries are Miss
II. ]. Rice, Miss M. Il. Huston, Mrs. Il.
j. Cooper and three Saunders children,
all murdered.
Under Secretary Broderick says
Great Britain is prepared to put for
ward her full strength to defend her
interests in China.
The French, Italian, Belgian, Aus
TRAN and Dutch legations in Peking
and all private foreign property there
have been destroyed.
Prince Ching, who Is again in power
at Picking, is strong friend of for
eigners. He is a Manchu of royal
blood, son of the celebrated Prince
Kung.
The Kaiser honored Won Waldersee
highly on his departure from Cassel,
and toasted the Gear and the Emperor
of Austria for their ready acceptance
Of him for commander in chief.
The fall of Picking has led Ii Hung
Chang to make a new appeal to the
United States for peace negotiations.
He wants Mr.. Conger or some one else
to act as an intermediary. The over
lures will probably be rejected.
Field Marshal Count Won Waldersee
has shipped to China on one of the
transports a unique house for his own
use in the campaign. He calls 1t his
"Kriegshaus" (war house,. 1t Is built
entirely of asbestos and Is hard as
stone. 1t is bullet-proof, fire-proof,
waterproof, insulated against electric
ity. proof against heat and against cold.
1t Is in sections, arranged SO as to be
boxes, in the hold OF the transport. In
rooms, consisting Of an audience cham
Der, workroom, bedroom and bathroom
for the Field Marshal, room for his
adj infant and rooms for hia Spryanta