Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-07-26
GIVEN HIS Passports
Russia Sends the Chinese
Minister Home.
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS SEVERED
The Chinese Invasion Of the An,Mr Prov.
ince II Eq vxient tn y Declares
tiom NJ War A gximst Russia.

New York, July 2l.-A dispatch 20
the Journal and Advertiser from Lon.
Ion says:
The Chinese inavsi on of the Amur
province is equivalent to q declaration
Ut war against Russia, which, constru.
ing it as such, has handed the Chinese
envoy at st. Petersburg his passports
to-day and requested him to leave the
country, along with the members Of
ais mission.
The Importance of this Chinese dec.
laration of war against Russia, aud OF
his bold invasion OF Russian territory,
lies in the fact as the matter now
stands, that it virtually releases the
g.zar from his obligations to the foreign
POWERS to act lin concert with them in
China. He is placed thereby in po.'
sition to act indepe ndently, not only
with reference to the defense of bis
iominions against the Chinese invasion.
hut also ~ regards the carrying Of was
into the enemy's country and an event
mal march upon Pekin.
Should Russian army, proceeding
from Siberia. reach Pekin and capturs
it before the allies could get to 1t from
the Pacific coast, the GEAR would be
able to dictate terms to China indie.
tsendently OF the other powers, and
without any regard to their wishes. viz.
tually establishing himself as master
Of the country.
The British and German govern.
tnents, alarmed at the idea Of this
sventuality. have today decided to
abandon the policy which they have
pursued until now and to declare WAT
,pOn the Chinese government. thus
placing themselves in line with Russia
md France, and the United States ig
expected to follow suit immediately.
france has, indeed. already issued,
today, q decree forbidding the sale Of
arms or war material OF any kind to
the Chinese. while Germany has al.
ready prohibited the Chinese envoy at
Berlin from communicating with his
government except through the German
foreign office, and is preparing to give
him his passports. Here in London,
the Chinese minister has already packed
all belongings, removed his boys from
the schools and cancelled all his en-
.agements, 20 as to be ready for i'm.
mediate departure.
In addition to the corps OF the I'm.
perial Chinese army, which has in.
vaded Siberia with orders to drive all
foreigners out Of the rich collaborating
Amur province OF the czar, there are
i've other corps, one OF which is en-.
gagged in destroying the Russian rail.
road in Manchuria and in driving all
the foreigners. especially the Russians.
from the northern portion of the en-.
pire; another is to occupy the roads be.
tween Pekin and Sham Hal kawn; yet
mother Ia to concentrate at Marking,
while columns are being directed in
hot haste to Iien Tsin, to the bodrers
of Corea and to the neighbOrhood of
shanghai.
Altogether the Pekin government 10
estimated to have under arms at the
present moment no less than 200, 900
men, splendidly equipped with Muser
rifles, smokeless powder and quick-fir.
ing ordnance. and carefully trained
unier the direction OF Danish and Ger.
man officers. This huge army is un.
der the orders OF Prince Tuan.
In addition to this, there is the Chi.
nese fleet, reconstructed and reorgan-
lied since the war with Japan, and
comprising Is first.class cruisers OF
the very latest type. These are cruis'
ing about the Yellow sea, with their
decks cleared for action.
1nasmuch as five vessels of the allied
fieet, including the British battleship
Terrible, are cruising about in the
same waters, accommodating various
towns and forts and inviting the latter
to open fire upon them. news may be
expected at any moment of naval bat.
tie.
Nine other foreign men.of.war are at
anchor of Shanghai. with the object OF
assisting in the defense Of that city in
the event of its being attacked by the
big Chinese army, which is now with.
in one days march of the place.
HOrseleAa Artillery.