The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-10

Kempff's cablegram, giving his estimate of the amount of force he regarded as necessary to represent the United States properly in the movement upon Pekin was carefully considered An agree ment was reached to say nothing about the admirals figures, on the ground that it would be impolittc to make our needs known to the Chinese in the first place and also because of a desire on the part of this government to avoid being put in the position of appearing to set up a standard for the other pow CTS in this matter It Is understood however, that the pitch of Admiral Memphis communication is the necessi- ty of speedy endorsements, if quick action is desired and on the latter point there is not a dissenting voice among the cabinet officers. If endorsements are to be gotten to China speedily they cannot come from the United States,
 According to the schedule already in execution only one steamer with two battalions of one regiment, has started from San Francisco and the next steamer will not start before the 18th of the present month. This is about the best time that can be made with the present facilities and at that rate many weeks and even months must elapse be- fore the 5000 additional troops ordered east Saturday can be landed there. This state Of affairs caused a revival to-day of the report that General Macarthur is to be again called upon to relieve the situation by dispatching from the i,ne nt1 addition to the Ninth infantry already sent to Taku. It was said that the cabinet officers considered this subject and decided to give the necessary or ders, looking to a replacement of the troops withdrawn from General Mac Arthur's command from the force going out from the United States None of the cabinet officers would ad- init or deny this, so it gained some 1 measure of credence. Unless Japan is to be left to do all of the fighting in the immediate future. General Macarthur must respond to this demand by draw ing upon the Philippine force, at least a month conld be saved in landing troops in China
 Secretary Long this afternoon showed hoW the navy was responding to the call for achievements by ordering five | hundred marines to be assembled from the several navy wards and hurried to China. It is significant that these are the first military forces to be sent di- rectly from the United States to China without instructions to stop at Nagasa- Ri for orders, The marines will make up force of 75o men, as the depart ment already has given orders for the equipment of 250 marines for similar service.
 They will be sert out on the first army transport available for the ser vice The Russian and the French charge d'affaires and the Chinese minis ter were among Secretary Hays callers to-day. Save the Chinese minister they came, as they said, for information. but it is surmised that their object also was to assure Secretary Hay as to the will ingness of the governments of Russia l and France to allow Japan free hand in the matttr of landing troops in Chi ma to quell the Boxer disturbance. There is suggestion in the air that this perfect understanding, initiated by Sec retary Hay. has been brought through the quiet acceptance of at least one most important condition. What this condition is cannot be learned though
 it is suspected to relate to the territori- al acquisitions