Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-03

London, Aug. 3O-Amid the growing
difficulties of the Chinese imbroglio
Mr.. Brodericks emphatic declaration
at Thorncombe last evening proves
that the British government does not
vet see any cause to depart from the
line of policy originally decided upon,
namely, to take no responsibility Tor
the administration Of China. BrOd-
erick said he hoped it would not be
supposed that the government was
pusillanimous in this respect. Its OBJ
iect was to maintain British interests.
1t was quite ready to take it's share OF
the white mans burden. but could not
admit that the nature of that burden
should be dictated to it by a yellow
man. Here the Morning Post OBJ
serves, sis where the difficulty OF
choosing policy comes in. We can
not decamp and leave the powers to
settle the matter between them Sir
Chih Chen Lofengluh, Chinese Minis
ter in London, asserts he is in constant
communication with Ii Hung Chang,
who is said to be still in Shanghai.
DISPATCHES
bring no later Pekin news. A Shang-
hal telegram says Ii Hung Chang has
sent a memorial begging the empress
dowager to appoint Prince Ching Gen
Yung Lu and Yang Use viceroys
as joint peacemakers with himself. 1t
is rumored at Shanghai that the Jap
anese gained a great victory over the
boxers and Chinese troops from Pei
Tsang and Ho ST WI last Thursday at
| Teh Chou. The story says that 1900
Chinese were killed including Prince
Tuan, and that all the Chinese were
driven back into Chi Lii The reform
party under Kang Yu Wei is said to
| be actively preparing for rebellion.
| General Creagh, in the presence OF
| Vice Admiral Seymour, reviewed 5000
troops of all nationalities at Shanghai
| Wednesday. It is reported from Han
kow that Is reformers have been exc
cuted, their heads being exposed. A
Taku correspondent of the Daily Tel
egraph says the country around Taku
and Pekin is devastated with the re-
suit that the boxers are most unpopu-
lar and are being attacked by the
peasantry. The boxers who were NOV
ing north from Shantung are now re-
turning hastily to their homes. Be
| lated dispatches and stories of refugees
arriving at Chefoo continue to de-
scribe the terrible conditions
in Pekin. One of the worst
incidents is the shocking dissertation
of the foreign cemetery. The details
are too revolving to be DESCRIBED
Hundreds of bodies of C444nese are
| found in the streets of Pekin. sup
posed to be those of traitors to the
cause of the boxers.
Communication between Pekin and
| Tientsin is interrupted, probably be-
cause bands of boxers made the road
unsafe for couriers. The country
north of Yang Tun is said to be food
| ed. A German firm is negotiating
with Chang Hi Tung, a viceroy, to lend
him one million taels on security OF
certain viceregal industrial undertak-
ings. A correspondent at New Chwang
says the Russians at Hal Cheng are
awaiting achievements. The advance
| delayed by impossible conditions Of
| the roads to Mukden. Meanwhile the
native population of the Q4e.4Act is be-
ing treated with the utmost severity.
Eye witnesses report indiscriminate
slaughter of non-combatants and the
reduction of the country in the vicinity
| of Port Arthur to state of utter DESC
lation.