Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-03-23

New orleans are cruising off the jap
anese coast near Nagasski, within a
two days run of the scene of the
trouble in China. They have been
there for two weeks. They were or
dered there as result of sinister re-
ports sent by the American Minister to
China, Mr.. t'onger, TO the state depart
/ ment. These vessels are 1900 miles
nearer the scene than they would be at
| Manila.
The secrecy surrounding the order
clearly shows the important character
of the move, and. the public agita ton
of the question since has occurred be.
cause of the impossibilty of maintain
Ing secrecy.
The Brooklyn and as many small
gunboats as Watson can spare proba-
bly, are now on their way to the
scene of violence.
Many years ago the Ten Tsin dis
trict furnished one of the rlost atroci-
GUS massacres of white missionaries in
| the history of the christian church.
Repetition of these frightful barbara
ties is feared.
The state department has received
further reports from Minister Conger
| indicating that the reign of anarchy is
about to begin.
The reception of these cables result
ed in tremendous activity throughout
the state, war and navy departments.
Secretary Hay had long conference
with Secretary Long. While this was
| in progress, Assistant Secretary Hail
consulted with Acting Secretary Mel
keljohn of the war department At the
termination of this conference Acting
Secretary Hill sent for Chief Signal
Officer General Greeley, and the two
| talked for half hour. Then Secretary
| Hay telephoned to the German Am
bassador, Doctor Won Holleben, and ask
ed him to come to the state department
at once. The absence of Doctor Won
Holleben from the German Embassy
MADE IL neressa,p 60 ~~-anoa for an
appointment for the two gentlemen
later in the day.
Neither officially nor unofficially
would a word be said by any of the
officials engaged in these significant
consultations. There is good reason to
believe, however, that Secretary Hay
desired to see tie German Am bassa-
dor to learn what help could be ex-
pected in the disaffected district, that
Assistant Secretary of State Hill ask
ell Mr.. Meikeljohn how many troops
could be spared from the Philippines
for service in China, that General Gree
ley was asked for an expert opinion as
to the capacity of the Signal Corps in
the Philippines to open, operate and
maintain line of communication from
the Chinese coast into the interior.
TO DISCHARGE CHINESE.
Another startling fact was the order
cabled to General Otis to discharge
every Chinese employe from the army
list in the Philippines. There are
probably 10, 900 Cinnamon attached to
the army as servants. burden bearers,
litter bearers and in various camp fol.
lowing capacities
This order seems to have u direct
bearing upon the landing of American
troops in China. The necessity Of not
having Cinnamon in an army destined
to protect white persons from the vio-
lence of Chinese in China is obvious
No other white nation is in a posi-
tion to give the help needed at this
time except the United States. France
has an army in Southern China, but is
presumably lacking in transportation.
Russia has a tremendous army within
two days march of the turbulent dis
trict, but apparently its aid is not de-
sired.
The attitude of the Dowager En-
press of China, the activity of the
"boxers' the secret society opposed
to the maintenance of the open door,
and which is, strangely enough, in
trenched in the southern border of the
Russian sphere of influence added to
the restiveness of Russia in all quar-
ters of the globe, and the recent opera
ions of France in Southern China,
seem to be closely related.
AS has been stated in these dis
patches, the belif is that the sudden re-
vival OF tho influence of the Chinese