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the same time.
The brief answer which Germany al
ready has made to this Government stat
ing that any general consideration of the
proposition will be dependent upon in
ouiries as 10 the condition of affairs at
Pekin- These inquiries are now in prog
ress through the German Off cials at the
Chinese capital and the responses are
expected to form the basis of Germany :
| general answer.
The publication Of the text OF the
Russian proposals has intensified rather
than diminished the suspicious enter
/ tained by England of Russa's proceed
ing.. The rupture of the European con-
| cert is an accepted fact. Opinion differ,
however. as to the way in which the
Powers will now group themselves.
] Some papers thiuk that Great Britain,
Japan and the triple alliance will stand
together in refusing to leave Pekin.
ut is not doubted here, says the
Vienna correspondent of the Standard,
that Russias proposals will in the end
be accepted by Germany, who cannot
but shrink from a single-handed war
with China. The Austrian newspapers,
though at first indignant, are now
beginning to realise the possibilities of
an acceptance of the Russo-American
solution"
A dispatch from Paris dated the 3rd
! said that the French government had
indicated its willingness to accept Ii
Hung Chang as China's agent for peace;
| and one from Washington same date
stated that developments in Chinese
affairs over Sunday were of slight i'm
portance Acting secretary Adee de-
| clares that no information regarding the
notes from the other powers will be
given to the public but cabinet mem
Der states this morning none of them
| has vet made final answer to the United
| States proposition. He says that the
| communications so far received indicate
| that there is great diversity of opinion
I and that the retirement from Pekin OF
| American troops was practically assured
| He named Germany, Austria and Italy
as the powers most opposed to Russia S
| declaration. He thinks Japan and pos
| sibly Great Britain will take the same
| position as the United States while
France has already an understanding
| with Russia.
The withdrawal of American troops
will be accomplished after due notice to
| the other powers. 1t would be mani
| eestly unfair, say the war department
officials for the United States to EN-
barrass her allies by sudden removal of
| her forces There was cooperation
| throughout the march TO Pekin and
after the capture. Nothing should now
be done until the forces electing to re-
| main at the capital have had notice and
time to bring up reinforcements.
Reports of looting and outrages com
mitted by soldiers of the allies multiply.
The Russians, in particular, are accused
of most extreme brutality, and it is be-
lieved here that the reports coming from
| diverse quarters are at least based upon
| truth. Fortunately for the credit of this
| country no charges of this nature have
yet been made against American soldiers,
and it is believed that under the COM
mand of Gen. Chaffee, they will be i'm
possible He is said to be exerting his
influence TO prevent the continuance by
soldiers of other powers, and it is hoped
here that for the moral effect it will
have upon the Chinese that his efforts
will prove successful.
w w. Rockhill, special comm issioner
of the United States 10 investigate and
report on condition in China, is quoted
in an alleged Shanghai interview as lay
| ing the entire blame for the Chinese
trouble upon the imperial government.
Anti-foreign feeling is rapidly deepen
lug. In the Canton province the ranks
| of the rowdy element are tremendously
swelled by the unemployed. and these
restless mobs are reported to be busy
looting the homes and stores of the ma
| tive Christians. Boxer agents are adding
4 fuel to the flames by circulating placards
| purporting to give war news. These
| placards contain the widest and most
| fantastic statements, among other things
declaring that the allies have been rout-
en- and thousands of them killed, while
other thousands were drowned, having
been driven, panic stricken, into the
river. The placards also say that the
| foreigners are suing for peace, and make
no end of other infammatory state
ments, the effect of which has been to
| make the situation more critical.
Ii Hung Chang says the empress
dowager and her party, including
Chine government officials, are estab-
lished in the palace Of the governor Tai
Yung Flu. 1t is learned that this is the
governor who caused the slaughter of
/ SO missionaries
\ Russia's declaration of her intention
to act independently in China, thus
making the first break in the harmon
ious action of the powers. is still the
foremost topic Of discussion in diplomatic
circles. Under the lead of the United
States, all the powers are exerting their
influence to induce Russia to modify her
determination to withdraw her troops
| from PelriB.-At tha- same time. the
diplomats are trying to discover the real
motive Of the czar in proposing the evac-
uation of the Chinese capital One
suggestion is that Russia is actuated by
a desire to save her ally, France, from
the modification of seeing her soldiers
under the command of the German
Count Won Waldersee. Another, and
possibly the more correct idea, is that
Russia, for her own purpose is trying
to make China believe that she, alone of
the powers is friendly and desirous of
saving the kingdom from humiliation,
some even going so far as to say that
Russia has secret understanding with
China
On Tuesday an imperial edict, issued
at Tai Yuan Flu, where the empress
dowager and the court have taken
lrefuge, appoints Ii Hung Chang, Yung
Lu, Hsu Tung, tutor of the heir appa-
rent, and Prince Ching commissioners
to negotiate peace They constitute a
Hsu Tung is especially obnoxi ous
Three of the commissioners are Man
chus.
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