Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-12
THE REPLIES All IN.
Three Nations For and Five Against
Proposal to Withdraw From
Pekin.
Believed, However, That All the
Powers Will Ultimately Leave
Imperial City.
Missionaries at rekin Will Demand
Protection ultan of Sulu
In Trouble.

e w washington, sept. l2.-RuSSlas has re-
ceived replies from all the powers to its \
TO &evacuate Pekin. France is
the only power that accepts the pro-
posal without modification. The United
States has answered that While it does
not deem ii advisable to withdraw at
present twill do SO if Russia does
Three. nations therefore stand ready to
leave Pekln. Five nations-Ger
Great Britain, Italy, Japan and Aus
triae propose to remain: The replies of
ltalS and Austria are Well known.
Those of Japan and Great Britain have
lust been communicated 10 the state
Great Britain announces
thaJit Will remain in Pekin so long as
interests properly. 1t vas Grea. Brit
aims answer that influenced Germany.
Japen's note is a model of diplomatic
cores onaence. In III she expresses
herself rs being perfectly agreeable to
taking any action which the powers
may decide upon in concert and ex-
presses a Willingness 10 Withdraw any
Of her forces which may seem super
t'ous specially as her geographical
position enables her to return them 10
4ihina should foreign interests need
p:ofertion but Japan herself Will de-
tsrRirc What part Of her troops are
supsNhaus. 50 that ae.. replN, instead of
nsi,ss IDENTICAL withthat OF the United
sta5es as vas al first believed, is prob
ably nlere satisfactory to Germany.
and Mhila not agreeable To Russia. is
" MOI offensive 10 her.
III the United States decides 10 COM
ply with Ii Hung Chang request
there are now available f7r this pur-
pos the gunbeats NASHVILLE and
Rriup+ton and tbs battlsship Oregon.
Tie two former vessels are at Shang
habana The battleslsip Is al Woo Sung,
the a1an-of-war anchorage just below
Shanghai. The cruiser New Orleans
was a Woo Sung until Yesterday. when
she sale. For Taku. She could have
been employed for this purpose 70 great
owing 10 her high speed ca
pactty.
Ii Is entirely improbable that the
oregon. ii tllis government decided to-
comply with Earl LIS request. would
be an p,oyed upon sum an errand. The
Nesnvill.gis about 10 knots and the dis
tancs from Shanghai 70 Taku is about
miles, so that one of
them would require at least six days
10 make tho run. II is presumed that
Earl LII has asked for a United States
vessel because of the run.urs that ths
allied, commanders at Taku had dectG
ed TO take him into custody upon his
q ) - -,
arrival there. Earl Ii doubtless had
information that Admiral Remey hau5
.dissented from sucn program ana.
therefore preferred his request 10 the.
United States government, knowing
tina, his b ;pil you'd be safe from
seizure 1T Mere covered by the Amer
iean flag.
There undoubtedly are Chinese war
Sllips ia the neighbo.hood Of Shanghai
" nitsn could convey Earl Ii 70 Taku.
but ii is presumed that he fears We're
he 10 enbafk upon one Of them for a
trip north he might be Intercepted by.
the Nsrships of enc of the foreign
powers and - avoid al interruption Of
his trip le desires TO sail under the,
American iag
The great tiitticulty which Gen. Chat
fee has 10 deal WITH in China at pres
iAnt in The contemplated withdrawal Of
Amerieal troops from Pekin TO the
Philippine Islands is#tfe demand Of the
missionaries al Pekin that the Chinese
converts be taken from Pekin under
the protection of the United states
forces and guaranteed from future as
saults in China or BE- Drought to places
of safety II was reported at the time
cot the rescue of the ministers in Pekin
that there We're about $500 Chinese con
warts there who have sought protection
from the Boxers in the foreign lega-
lions.
Continued preparations are being
made to bring away the United States
troops as soon as orders are issued.
The transports Pennsylvania Indiana.
sumner and Giaronne are ready so to
Taku as soon as Gen. Chaffee starts
from Pekin. One or more of the egular
transports also will be available, The
four vessels named VIII carry $500
troops. The Packing, which has arr
rived al Manila With the horses Of the
First cavalry; the Port Stephens, now
al Manila, anaatlle .Athenian. which has
arrived al Kobe, Japan, willaalso be
available TO bring the horses - the
cavalry and artillery and mules Of the
transports from Taisu 10 Manila