The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-09
UNCLE SAM
WITHDRAWS
|Our Troops to Leave
Peking.
RUSSIANS GETTING OUT
Probability of War Being Declared
by Germany--Russia Taking
Over all Manchuria.

| TIEN-TSIN. Sept. %, via Shanghai,
iSept. 3O.-Orders from Washington, di-
Irecting the withdrawal of the bulk of the
American troops, were received this aft
Ierroon and preparations to comply were
! begun Immediately. General Chaffee is
here directing the movement, which will
icommence at the earliest possible mo-
ment
1t is understood the plan contemplates
leaving a regiment of infantry, a SQUAD
ron of cavalry and battery of artillery
in Peking to protect American interests,
and the remainder of the troops will pro-
Iceed to Manila.
RUSSIANS WILL GO.
PEKING, Sept. 25, via Taku, Sept %.
via Shanghai, Sept. 3O.-At the conference
of Generals today the Russian command
er, General Linovitch, announced the i'm
mediate withdrawal from Picking of the
bulk of the Russian troops and the Lega-
tion. He will leave on Thursday, Septem-
. ber 9th. and the Legation will follow on
Saturday. There will remain a mixed
fierce of about 1000 to represent Russia
General Linovitch asserted that the dis
: patch from st. Petersburg transmitting
the order to withdraw contained the
statement that all the powers were adopt
ing the same policy. The other Generals
replied that they had received no orders
of that nature.
German and japanese columns are OPP
: Grating to the southwark. near the impe-
: rial deer park. sss-s
|. Sir Alfred Gaselee. the British COM
3 niander, has gone to Tien-Tsin to inspect
. the British troops there
: Friction between the British and Rus
2 slams over the railway continues, each
= party seizing and guarding small sections.
= The repairing is unsystematic and the
. completion of the work very indefinite.
. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 3o-The fol-
= lowing dispatch dated Peking. September
= 9th, has been received from M. de Giers,
= Russian Minister to China:
. I'm accordance with orders from the
- highest quarters, / am leaving for Tien-
= Tsin with the whole Legation"
= WHY AMERICANS WITHDRAW
). WASHINGTON, D. c.. Sept. ga MEM
. Der of the Diplomatic Corps says that the
y recent actions of the United States re-
= specting China were based solely on the
fact that this Government has in its pos
N ses sion information that formal war
* will start in the Far East in the next two
M months at the outside, and the United
r States did not care to take the risk of be-
/ coming involved in 1t. The man who CON-
municated this information Is not an
aiarmist. He believes the Administration
+ has shown excellent Judgment in getting
~ out of the range of these great events
He said:
president Mckinley ordered his troops
TO withdraw from China because he came
into possession of information that could
not be delayed much longer. He ordered
r. the American warships to the Far East
b ern waters because we must have some
Of thing there to protect American interests
faal abc rfalxy CIR hat he yNa
and that the war will begin within sixty
u days. expect it much sooner. Probably
ne ii will start by formal declaration o
c. war on the part of Germany against Chi
ne ma, but how it will end no living man cal
- tell"
10 INSTRUCTIONS TO CONGER.
r. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2s.-America
IF definite policy in China developed furthe
today when an outline of the instruction.
sent to Minister Coneer was allowed b,
= the State Department TO become pubii
IS property.
o. The instructions to Minister Conger sub
al stantially follow:
- First. Prince Tuan to be removes
." from office and some one, acceptable z
the powers be appointed in his place,
ce Second. Minister conger represent
id the United States Plenipotentiary an
of has no connection whatever with media
ton for China.
Third Any agreeable program out
d lined by the majority of the powers, tn
i'll stipulations to be less severe than thos
of Germany. may be accepted by CongeI
n, Fourth. In the event of continue
!. disagreement between the powers wit
China Minister Conger is to proceed
oy negotiate with Earl Ii Hung Chang an
n, Prince Ching solely with regard to Amer
c. lean interests and with view to deter
of mining the attitude of the United STA
~ as to future actions.
W. Fifth. Minister Conger tn plainly
OF form the representatives of the poWff
ar that the United States intends TO guar
e Annoy and Niuchwang with a large navs
force solely In the interest of trade right
and that aside from Legation guard
lPeking, no American troops VIII De PEI
q. United to remain in China"
These instructions are intended to me'
with at least partial approval from a
1.-THE interested powers Germany certain
lb- Ily will agree with the first proposition
nm that Tuan be deposed from his newly az
-, urired power and this approval on M
- part may lead to a closer understandih
oa' between Washington and Berlin than e,
ich lists now France, it is expected. w,
readily join with the United states
till these general propositions
cat EMPEROR THANKS GAR.
zen SHANGHAI, Sept. Z9-Enipe.oI -
ins Hsu has issued an eu,oe so,s;o-, IN 1vithdra
is tho Russian troops from Peking. and ais
arno1Incing his own willingness TO pc
ov- form a memorial ceremony over the gray
gi- of Baron Won ketoeIers 'ne
1T is reported from Chinese omci