The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-08-29
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Derldl phlhC6. l0ey nave CHplurSu tOuT
of the courts. The American flag is
flying over the imperial granary, and
the imperial bank has been looted.
Describing events prior to the relief,
the Morning Posts correspondent, Ca
hles: "On August II the Tsung Ii
Yamen requested a conference with
view to peace. No armistice was grant
ed, however, and that night we endured
The longest lusiade OF the whole seige.
1t lasted - hours. On August ID The
Tsung Ii Ysmen begged to be excused
from any conference, saying that The
members were too busy. Later they
wrote that they had forbidden firing on
us and would court martial any who
disobeyed. During the evening many
shells fell on the legation compound"
The Japanese minister at London, IN
an interview this morning said: "The
Empress is the heart and soul of China.
So long as she lives, 30 long as she re-
mains in China, whether the supreme
power is taken from her or not, she
will always be the greatest force, the
one above all others to be reckoned
with. The difficulty will be to get any
one who can speak for her. fear that
the influence OF Ii Hung Chang is
now of extremely little weight. The
powers must come to a final under
standing quickly. Riots, anarchy,
bloodshed and misery throughout
China will be the inevitable result of
policy that does not Immediately dis
close itself. The government must be
re-established.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-An Amerl-
can soldier and Vermonter was first
to get inside the wall at Pekin. He
was Calvin p. Titus, bugler in the
Fourteenth United States Infantry.
Titus enlisted at SALISBURY, VT. in
1898, in Company X, First Vermont
Regiment, for service in Cuba, and
served out his term at Chickamaugua.
He went West after being discharged,
doing revival work in Oklahoma and
among the Indians. In April, 1899, he
enlisted at Wichita, Kan, but being
only eighteen years old, could not go
until he received permission from his
guardian. He pawned his watch to
pay for guardianship papers. His
father is now living in West Virginia.
One uncle is in Wichita and the others
are in the Klondike. Young Titus is
an excellent shot.
The important development in the
Chinese situation on Thursday was the
decision of the governme mt not to send
any more troops to China. All the
troops now at sea, amounting TO about
1000, together with those under orders
for service in the far East, which have
not sailed, amounting to about 5000
more, will be sent to Manila. These
troops will sail on the same route and
upon touching at Nagasaki will go to
Manila, unless there are developme nts
in China, not now expected, which
would make their presence in that
country necessary. Secretary Root
said today that no more troops were
being sent to China because they were
not needed. With the arrival at Taku
of the Hancock and the troops she
carried, Gen. Chaffee will have five
thousand available men, which is
deemed sufficient for all present pur-
poses. The decision Of the depart
ment was not based upon any recon-
mendation made by Gen. Chaffee, but
| upon reports received from him which
made it apparent that no more troops
| were needed.
LONDON, Aug. 24.-Fires, fighting
and discussion are apparently following
in the wake of the relief of Pekin. The
Daily Mail publishes dispatches from
the Chinese capital, dated as late as
August II, declaring that great fire
was then raging in the imperial city.
| The Russian commander had declined
to accept the decision of the other gen.
erals not to violate the imperial pre-
cincts, and street fighting was going
on.
General Chaffee, so it is asserted,
maintained that the Chinese had been
adequately punished already, and that
| it would be unwise to take the imperial
palace. This explains the withdrawal
of the Americans after preaching three
gates, as cabled by the special corre-
spondent of the Associated Press. The
Russian general, however, maintained
that his government had declared war
against China and that therefore, there
was no reason to prevent him carrying
hostilities into the sacred precincts.
All the dispatches point to the fact
that, when the latest message received
here left Pekin, the commanders were
somewhat at sea regarding their future
action, all awaiting instructions from
their governments. The foreign resi-
dents appear to have been sent to Tien
Tsin although the St.Petersburg cores
pondent of the Daily Mail says the
ministers will not leave Pekin until
negotiations for indemnity are under
way.
The reports of risings in Northern
Korea are confirmed. 1t is beloved that