Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-09-27
INTERNATIONAL COURT
May Be Urged by Germany to Try
China's Murderous officials.
TBE RUSSIANS IN MANOHURIA.
All Regions Along the Amur Now Oc-
cupied by the Cars Troops Placed
Authority.


Entirely Under Russian Law and
Authority.
London, Sept 25-A semi-official
announcement has been issued in St.
Petersburg that the European cabinets
are engaged in an endeavor to induce
Germany to abandon her demand for
the surrender of the instigators of the
anti-fOreign outrages as a preliminary
to peace negotiations.
The Vienna correspondent OF The
Daily Chronicle asserts that Russia's
reply to the German note Is very
friendly, but that, although il appears
to consent to Germany's proposal, II
practically disapproves by asking
whether it would not be best to open
peace negotiations first and to make
the punishment of the instigators of
the outrages the first subject Of dis
cussiOn. According to the Berlin cor
respondent Of The Daily Express Ger
many will make a new proposal.
namely, that the great powers form
an international court to try the Chi
nese officials accused of completely in
the outrages.
The Morning Post has the following
from its Shanghai correspondent,
dated yesterday:
The Russians recently organized an
expedition toward Mukden, which has
already reached Lao Yang, about mid
way between Niu Chwang and Mukden.
1t will probably encounter opposition.
prince Tuan's ascendency creates a
very grave danger. The only Hope for
fnrpiUnarG & th1f the nrn-fnrQipn Vicp-
roy of Nankin has not yet been re-
moved. Tuan's emissaries are work
ing hard to get him out of the way by
murder or suicide
The British and Continental press is
still discussing Americas reply, which
is generally regarded as encouraging
Ii Hung Chang to delay the negotia-
| tions.
Gen. Gribsky. military governor OF
| Amur. has published elaborate regu-
| lations placing all the regions along
| the Amur river now occupied by the
| Russians entirely under Russian law
and authority The Chinese are for
hidden to return to the left bank OF the
stream. He has also issued a procla-
| nation declaring the annexation OF
| Manchuria to be punishment for the
| attack made on Blagovestchensk. and
exhorting the inhabitants hereafter TO
| respect Russian power and to live IN
peace and quietness on their fields.
A semi-official communique to The
! Cologne Gazette, disavowing any de-
sire on the part of Germany to execute
the instigators of the outrages on the
| strength of the testimony OF the for
| eipD minister's saws.
THE international court OF justice
would decide upon the question OF
| guilt and would pronounce sentence
| To look on complacently while mock
cry of justice such as the United States
| demand was being enacted would mean
| a renewal of the massacres."
| Commenting upon the reproaches
which the Cologne Gazette and other
! German papers have leveled against
the United States, the correspondent OF
| The Times says:
Whatever may be thought OF the
| attitude of the United States, it hardly
seems wise from diplomatic point OF
view to hurl these taunts at nation
which. an experience has shown, is by
no means in the habit OF pocketing OF
| FORGETTING such attentions"