Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-07-26

Greatly ComplEcate international
Features OF the War.
st. Petersburg, July ia dispatch
from Che Foo says: Prince Tuan
has modified $4,000 men, divided
into different corps. The northern
corps has been ordered to expel for
eigners from Amur. The Pekin ar
my, which is divided into four corps,
is the first to begin operations.
Causes Unessiness in London.
London, July 19.-If the news of
a Chinese invasion of Siberia proves
true it will, of course, immensely
complicate the situation from the in
ternational point of view. As stated
in the ST. Petersburg dispatch OF
July Is, the Chinese had already per
emptorily ordered all Russians to quit
Manchuria, but no one imagined they
would be audacious enough to break
out of their own country and attack
Russian territory. Such an outbreak,
if it has been made, of course, con-
stitutes in itself a declaration of war,
| rendering formal notification need
less. A separate attack by the Chi
nese on Russia means giving Russia,
according to the views expressed in
Europe, additional excuse for an isO-
lated descent on PelIin and an adj
ditiOnal claim to assert greater inf1u-
ence that the other powers and obtain
greater compensation when the day of
settlement arrives. Hence, extreme
uneasiness has been created in the
chancellories by the latest develop
ment.
Ii Hung Changes Mission.
Hong Kong, July Iii Hung
Chang, disregarding all attempts of
Europeans and Chinese to persuade
him to remain, left Canton this morn
ing for Pekin. Prior to his depart
ure Chinese merchants and gentry of
Canton strongly appealed to the vice
roy not to leave and presented a pc
tition setting forth that Canton, So
long the prey to the depredations of
robbers and pirates, had become
peaceful during Ii Hung Changes
viceroyalty, that disturbances had
been depressed with a strong hand
and the people enabled to live without
being panic-stricken when dogs
barked.
In reply to the British, French,
American, German and Portuguese
a body, Ii Hung Chang insisted that
his departure for the north has a
two-fold object-name1y, to save the
lives of the foreign ministers in Pel1in
and to arrange the best terms for
peace possible with the allied powers
He assured the consuls that he haG
taken all precautions against any uk
rising. He added that he had received
important cable messages from Lord
Salisbury and the French foreign
minister, identical in tone, demanding
full protection from injury and in
suit of the foreign ministers in Pelin,
and threatening to take life for life
of the head officials responsible if the
ministers were murdered.
Insist That Ministers Are Alive.
Washington, July 19.-The state de.
partment has received a dispatch
from Consul General Fowler at Che
Foo, saying that the governor OF
Shantung wires that his courier left
Pellin on the 9th. The legations were
still holding out.
More Hopeful Feeling at Washington.
Washington, July 19.-The buoyanf
and hopeful feeling of yesterday as to
the Chinese situation, was strength
ened yesterday by the addition
of a confrmatory dispatch from Con
sui Fowler at Che Foo touching the
safety of the Iegationers at Pekin on
July o. OF course, it is understood
that Mr.. Fowler's information came
from the same fountainhead as did
Minister Wu's of yesterday, namely
the famous Yuan Shih-Kai, the mill
tary governor of Shantung province
Boxers Nearing COrean Frontier.
Washington, July 19.-United States
Minister Allen at Seoul, COrea, tele-
graphs the state department that
boxers and Chinese are in force with
in a few miles of the Corean frontier.
The natives of Pingyan (the most
northern province of Corea) are much
and are fleeing. The for
eigners remain in safety. The gov.
eminent is very anxious.
No Further Withdrawal of Troops.
Washington, July 19.-''There viii
be no further Withdrawals of troops
from the Philippines for service in
China. That is the policy determined
upon and that viii be adhered to-
A cabinet officer Wednesday made thia
statement.
Gen. LIscum Buried at Tong Ku
Washington, July 19.-The war de
partment received a cablegram from
Gen. Macarthur, dated Manila, July
8, saying that Col. Liscum's body
was buried at Tong Ku on the 18th
instant.
Charged with Posting Train Robbers
st. Louis, July 19.-W. p. Reinach
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